Impact of family physician integrated care program on decreasing utilization of emergency department visit and hospital admission: a population-based retrospective cohort study
Abstract Background Hospital admission and emergency department(ED) visits are a massive burden in medical expenditures. In 2003, the Taiwanese government developed Family Physician Integrated Care Program (FPIC) to increase the quality of primary care and decrease medical expenditures. This study’s...
Main Authors: | Po-Tsung Huang, Pei-Tseng Kung, Wen-Yin Kuo, Wen-Chen Tsai |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-05-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-05347-7 |
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