Department of Ophthalmology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan. nshoji@kitasato-u.ac.jp.
From the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX (E.E.B., R.M.J., L.A.H., S.E.M., M.D., K.R.K.), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA (E.E.B., K.R.K.). Electronic address: ebirch@retinafoundation.org.
From the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX (E.E.B., R.M.J., L.A.H., S.E.M., M.D., K.R.K.), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA (E.E.B., K.R.K.).
From the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX (E.E.B., R.M.J., L.A.H., S.E.M., M.D., K.R.K.), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA (E.E.B., K.R.K.).
From the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX (E.E.B., R.M.J., L.A.H., S.E.M., M.D., K.R.K.), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA (E.E.B., K.R.K.).
From the Retina Foundation of the Southwest, Dallas, TX (E.E.B., R.M.J., L.A.H., S.E.M., M.D., K.R.K.), Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA (E.E.B., K.R.K.).
Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Radio Electronics and Multimedia Technology, Warsaw University of Technology.
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To explore the factors related to healthcare utilization (both inpatient and outpatient services) among foreign beneficiaries of the National Health Insurance (NHI) in Korea....
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