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2024 Taiwan Health and Welfare Report

Chapter 2 Expenditure 2. Setting up a high-quality long-term care system and
The Ministry's financial statement for 2023 came preparing holistic long-term care service resources
to NTD 363.55 billion, wherein the expenditures and (1) Establishing a well-rounded long-term care
their respective proportions in the financial allocation system; enhancing long-term care service
are shown in Figure 1-2. efficiency and capacity.
(2) Popularizing a comprehensive community care
Chapter 3 Administrative Goals service system by integrating long-term care
institutions and enhancing human resources in
Section 1 Annual Objectives the field of long-term care.
Annual Objectives The Ministry has prepared (3) Promoting dementia community care services,
its policy plan objectives for 2023 as shown in Figure enhancing dementia care resources.
1-3 in accordance with the 2023 Executive Yuan's
policies and approved budgets. The key strategies are 3. Creating a mutual assistance society and improving
summarized as follows: the protective services system
1. Reinforcing the welfare service system and giving (1) Developing diverse strategies for different
priority to care for vulnerable groups protective cases and promoting a variety of
integrated, family-centered service programs.
(1) Promoting the Convention on the Rights of the
Child; improving childcare management laws, (2) Safeguarding economic means of disadvantaged
providing child-raising allowances, and alleviating groups and promoting the "Savings Accounts for
the financial burden on families. Future Education and Development of Children
and Youth."
(2) Promoting the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities by improving the care (3) Setting up a professional system for social
service capacity and quality. workers to enhance service quality and capacity.
(3) Strengthening the Social Safety Net, enhancing (4) Empowering communities to create mutual
children and youth protection; raising the level assistance networks, thereby increasing their
of drug addiction treatment, suicide and mental volunteer capacity.
illness cases service effectiveness. 4. Expanding current systems of healthcare and
(4) Promoting intergenerational harmony and safeguarding people's right to seek medical
inclusiveness, establishing an age-friendly and assistance
secure environment for the elderly. (1) Establishing a pediatric healthcare network to
enhance the well-being of children.

Figure 1-2 Distribution of 2023 Health and Welfare Final Accounts

Unit: NTD Thousand; %

0.07% 59.28 %
Education 267,396 Social Insurance 215,506,146

0.28 % 8.81 %
Social Assistance 1,020,287 Welfare Services 32,020,959
1.76% 29.80 %
Science 6,414,774 Medical and Health Care
108,324,050

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