Do patients bypass primary care for common health problems under a free-access system? Experience of Taiwan
Abstract Background A common challenge for free-access systems is that people may bypass primary care and seek secondary care through self-referral. Taiwan's government has undertaken various initiatives to mitigate bypass; however, little is known about whether the bypass trend has decreased o...
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Main Authors: | Li-Lin Liang (Author), Nicole Huang (Author), Yi-Jung Shen (Author), Annie Yu-An Chen (Author), Yiing-Jenq Chou (Author) |
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2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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