Lessons From Taiwan's Universal National Health Insurance: A Conversation With Taiwan's Health Minister Ching-Chuan Yeh

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作者：

Cheng, Tsung-Mei ^{[1
]}

Yeh, Ching-Chuan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA

来源：

HEALTH AFFAIRS | 2009年 / 28卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1377/hlthaff.28.4.1035

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

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摘要：

Taiwan established universal national health insurance in 1995, bringing overnight the then 41 percent uninsured under the umbrella of national health insurance (NHI). Financial worry due to illnesses is a thing of the past in Taiwan. As a result of successful cost containment, national health spending grew from the pre-NHI three-year average of 4.79 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) to only 6.1 percent today. Tsung-Mei Cheng explores with Taiwan's health minister Ching-Chuan Yeh, M. D., the ethical principles that underlie the NHI and how the NHI operates: financing, risk pooling, cost containment, provider payment, and the delivery system. Challenges for the future are discussed. [Health Affairs 28, no. 4 (2009): 1035-1044; 10.1377/hlthaff.28.4.1035]

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页码：1035 / 1044

页数：10