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Ming-Cheng Chang
Researcher at South Korean Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs
Publications - 16
Citations - 937
Ming-Cheng Chang is an academic researcher from South Korean Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Fertility. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 15 publications receiving 888 citations. Previous affiliations of Ming-Cheng Chang include Princeton University & University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
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The effects of Taiwan's National Health Insurance on access and health status of the elderly.
Likwang Chen,Winnie Yip,Ming-Cheng Chang,Hui-Sheng Lin,Shyh-Dye Lee,Ya-Ling Chiu,Yu-Hsuan Lin +6 more
TL;DR: Although Taiwan's NHI greatly increased the utilization of both outpatient and inpatient services, this increased utilization of health services did not reduce mortality or lead to better self-perceived general health status for Taiwanese elderly.
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Social ties and perceived support: two dimensions of social relationships and health among the elderly in Taiwan.
TL;DR: Perceived support and social ties are related to health, but many of the apparent effects are attenuated in the presence of controls for prior health and positive perceptions about support are protective of mental health.
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Household composition, extended kinship, and reproduction in Taiwan: 1965-1985.
TL;DR: Co-residence of a married couple with the husband's parents continues to be an important aspect of family life in Taiwan, and despite the increase in the prevalence of nuclear households over the past twenty years, the percentage living with a parent in a stem household has declined only modestly since 1973.
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Measuring subjective social status: a case study of older Taiwanese.
TL;DR: Responses to a recently developed measure of subjective social position, known as the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status, are examined to gain a better understanding of how such subjective assessments are formed and to assess the potential utility of the ladder instrument in social science and health research.
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Trends in fertility family size preferences and family planning practice: Taiwan 1961-76.
TL;DR: The long term secular decline in fertility has leveled off, at least temporarily, and the Coombs preference scales indicate a continuing decline in the underlying preference for large numbers of children.