Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH) implemented the National Health Insurance (NHI) on March 1, 1995. The annual expenditure of the healthcare industry has increased from ＄1.4 billion in 1980 to over ＄15 billion...
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Taiwan's Department of Health (DOH) implemented the National Health Insurance (NHI) on March 1, 1995. The annual expenditure of the healthcare industry has increased from ＄1.4 billion in 1980 to over ＄15 billion in 2000 (CEPD, 2001). On average, healthcare spending for each person in Taiwan has increased more than eightfold from ＄80 in 1980 to ＄670 in 2000 (Chang et al., 2002). Therefore,the government has implemented many programs in an attempt to contain these costs. On the patients' side,the government uses cost-sharing plans such
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