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04 ｜ Health Care

Following the enactment of the Medical Care Act Welfare (MOHW) has established a regional medical
in 1985, the government implemented a medical care care system in accordance with the Medical Care Act
network, whereby Taiwan was divided into healthcare and the Medical Care Network plan. Using regional
regions. Planning was undertaken for the equitable guidance and the operation of related organizations,
allocation of medical manpower and facilities to each the MOHW assessed the health needs of each area,
region to ensure the quality of medical care in each and implemented various projects to ensure the
region. The "Building the agile and resilient medical equitable allocation of healthcare resources between
care system" project was implemented from 2021- regions and to ensure the quality of care everywhere.
2024 to develop an integrated, sustainable public The main results achieved in 2023 are shown below:
health and medical service network that is rooted in 1. Current status of medical institutions: Table 4-1.
the local community.
2. Current Status of Hospital Beds:
Chapter 1 Healthcare Systems The total number of hospital beds (including general
and special beds, excluding licensed beds) amount
Section 1 Medical Care Resources to 138,661. The general hospital beds include acute
Aiming to promote balanced distribution of beds (acute general beds and acute psychiatric
medical care resources, the Ministry of Health and beds), chronic beds (chronic general beds, chronic

Table 4-1 Status of Medical Institutions, 2023

Type of Medical Institution No. of Institutions
Hospital 476
Medical Care Institutions
Clinics 23,420
Pharmacies 8,887
General Nursing Homes 520
Psychiatric Nursing Homes 46
Nursing Institutions
Home Nursing Practices 746
Post-Natal Nursing Institutions 265
Blood Donation Centers 4
Blood Donation Institutions
Blood Donation Stations 14
Pathology Institutions 11
Midwifery Practices 21
Medical Examination Clinics 345
Medical Care Radiological Clinics 45
Physical Therapy Practices 452
Occupational Therapy Practices 145
Mental Counseling Clinics 236
Other Medical Institutions Psychotherapy Clinics 139
Speech Therapy Clinics 119
Dental Technology Centers 1,032
Hearing Clinics 34
Home Respiratory Care Units 18
Optometry Practices 3,271
Nutrition Counselling Institutions 41
Source: Department of Statistics, MOHW, Medical institution service volume statistical year book

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