Table 5 Given no increase in premiums, the priority of excluding service items in order to sustain NHI programs
From: Willingness to pay to sustain and expand National Health Insurance services in Taiwan
First priority | Outpatient | Inpatient | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
Items | N | N | N (%) |
Outpatient expenditure | 102 | 69 | 171 (5.5) |
Chronic diseases | 97 | 75 | 172 (5.6) |
Outpatient drugs | 126 | 124 | 250 (8.1) |
Minor illnesses(flu & headache) | 487 | 515 | 1002 (32.4) |
Half-day physical examination | 377 | 261 | 638 (20.7) |
Chinese medicine outpatient | 211 | 208 | 419 (13.6) |
Dentistry outpatient | 113 | 130 | 243 (7.9) |
Nothing | 100 | 93 | 193 (6.2) |
Total | 1613 | 1475 | 3088 |