Antibiotic restriction policy paradoxically increased private drug consumptions outside Taiwan’s National Health Insurance
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National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, No. 35, Keyan Road, Miaoli County, Zhunan, 35053, Taiwan; Divisions of Infectious Diseases, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shipai Road, Beitou District, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan; Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, No. 35, Keyan Road, Miaoli County, Zhunan, 35053, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 10002, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 1, Sec. 1, Ren-ai Road, Taipei, 10051, Taiwan
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