Healthcare in Taiwan

Healthcare System

The health care system in Taiwan is referred to as the National Health Insurance (NHI) and is administered by the Department of Health of the Executive of Yuan. The NHI is a government initiated social insurance plan that centralizes the funding of healthcare services. The system ensures all the citizens to have coverage and hence access to Taiwan’s leading medical services.

Quality of Healthcare

Taiwan’s single-payer insurer monitors standards, usage and quality of treatment for diagnosis by requiring the providers to submit a full report every 24 hours. This improves the quality of treatment for patients and eliminates long-waiting queues for them.

Taiwan’s medical sector also boasts of a wide range of diagnostic technologies like world-class MRI, PET and CT machinery and can generally be considered as of higher quality than several of its Asian equivalents.

The future of medical tourism in Taiwan looks bright as it offers world-class physicians, state-of-the-art health service equipment, top-rankings in health infrastructure and low treatment costs. Currently, Taiwan has 10 JCI accredited facilities to demonstrate their ability to keep up with international accreditation standards.