Medical providers as double agents in a universal health care system: evidence from generic pharmaceutical adoption in Taiwan
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Diabetes; Generic drugs; Agency problem; Universal health care system;All these keywords.
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- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- L65 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Chemicals; Rubber; Drugs; Biotechnology; Plastics
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