Associations Between Physician Supply Levels and Amenable Mortality Rates: An Analysis of Taiwan Over Nearly 4 Decades.
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Journal
Health Serv Insights
Volume
13
DOI
10.1177/1178632920954878
Abstract
Access to health care is an important determinant of health, but it remains unclear whether having more physicians reduces mortality. In this study, we used Taiwan's population-level National Death Certification Registry data to investigate whether a greater supply of physicians is associated with lower rates of amenable mortality, defined as deaths that can be delayed with appropriate and timely medical treatment. Our baseline regression analysis adjusting only for age and sex shows that an increase in the number of physicians per 1000 is associated with a reduction of 1.7 (
APA Citation
Chen, B., Jindal, D., Yang, Y., Hair, N., & Yang, C. (2020). Associations Between Physician Supply Levels and Amenable Mortality Rates: An Analysis of Taiwan Over Nearly 4 Decades.. Health Serv Insights, 13 (). http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178632920954878
Peer Reviewed
1
Open Access
1
Comments
This is an open access PubMed Central article.