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Following the enactment of the Medical Care Act care system in accordance with the Medical Care Act
in 1985, the government implemented a medical care and the Medical Care Network plan. Using regional
network, whereby Taiwan was divided into healthcare guidance and the operation of related organizations, the
regions. Planning was undertaken for the equitable MOHW assessed the health needs of each area, and
allocation of medical manpower and facilities to each implemented various projects to ensure the equitable
region to ensure the quality of medical care in each allocation of healthcare resources between regions
region. The "Building the agile and resilient medical and to ensure the quality of care everywhere. The main
care system" project was implemented from 2021- results achieved in 2022 are shown below:
2024 to develop an integrated, sustainable public health 1. Current status of medical institutions: Table 4-1.
and medical service network that is rooted in the local
2. Current Status of Hospital Beds:
community.
The total number of hospital beds (including general
and special beds, excluding licensed beds) amount
Chapter 1 Healthcare Systems
to 139,441. The general hospital beds include acute
Section 1 Medical Care Resources beds (acute general beds and acute psychiatric
Aiming to promote balanced distribution of beds), chronic beds (chronic general beds, chronic
medical care resources, the Ministry of Health and psychiatric beds, chronic tuberculosis beds and
Welfare (MOHW) has established a regional medical leprosy beds). Specifically, there are 77,248 acute

Table 4-1 Status of Medical Institutions, 2022

Type of Medical Institution No. of Institutions
Hospital 480
Medical Care Institutions
Clinics 23,098
Pharmacies 8,665
General Nursing Homes 525
Psychiatric Nursing Homes 46
Nursing Institutions
Home Nursing Practices 752
Post-Natal Nursing Institutions 270
Blood Donation Centers 4
Blood Donation Institutions
Blood Donation Stations 14
Pathology Institutions 11
Midwifery Practices 24
Medical Examination Clinics 355
Medical Care Radiological Clinics 47
Physical Therapy Practices 411
Occupational Therapy Practices 133
Mental Counseling Clinics 202
Other Medical Institutions Psychotherapy Clinics 114
Speech Therapy Clinics 103
Dental Technology Centers 994
Hearing Clinics 30
Home Respiratory Care Units 15
Optometry Practices 3,144
Nutrition Counselling Institutions 39
Source: Department of Statistics, MOHW, 2022 Medical institution service volume statistical year book

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