* Factors associated with poor hospital mortality rates after the National Health Insurance program.
- The study examined whether hospital mortality rates have improved since National Health Insurance (NHI) in Taiwan and what factors affect the hospital mortality rates. The related hospital data were collected from databases belonging to the NHI Annual Statistics Information. In addition, panel data analysis and stepwise regression are used to indicate the determinants of hospital mortality rates from 1995 to 2008. The evidence shows that mortality rates have not improved since the NHI; competition, the elderly, family income, the poor, the number of clinical departments, length of stay, new technology, public hospitals and family medical expenses-all affect mortality rates. Moreover, longer length of stay, increase in the number of elderly and low-income families, and inequality of resource allocation have led to high mortality rates. Policy makers first have to realize what drives them to change and then set the benchmarks for their improvement.
=>1.関係のある, 関連した, 2.同族の, 親類関係にある
Overview of verb relate
The verb relate has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (15) associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect -- (make a logical or causal
connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I
cannot relate these events at all")
2. (9) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with -- (be
relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your
earlier comments")
3. (7) relate -- (give an account of; "The witness related the events")
4. (4) relate, interrelate -- (be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?")
5. (2) relate -- (have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers")
Overview of adj related
The adj related has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (20) related, related to -- (being connected either logically or causally or by shared
characteristics ; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle
formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces")
2. (4) related -- (connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage)
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