Page 117 - 2022 Taiwan Health and Welfare Report

To protect people against financial hardships due to birth, old age, illness, death, injury, disability and unemployment; a sound social security system has been established under the principles of mutual assistance and risk sharing.
Chapter 1 National Health Insurance
▏Section 1 Current Status of National Health Insurance
Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) has attracted worldwide attention for its "universality, affordability, convenience and high satisfaction." The satisfaction rate reached 90% in 2021. (Figure 8-1)
By the end of 2021, the total number of insured was 23.86 million, and the NHI coverage rate hovered around 99.96%.
The funding of NHI mainly comes from insurance premiums paid by the insured, the employers and the government. A small portion comes from external financial resources, such as Public Welfare Lottery Surpluses and Welfare Surcharge on Tobacco Products.
▏Section 2 Universal Coverage and Easy Access to Healthcare
In 2021, the total number of outpatient visits was 313.51 million; the total number of hospitalizations was 3.12 million. While the average number of outpatient visits per person per year was 13.21 (combining Western medicine, Chinese medicine and dental clinics), the number of hospitalizations per person per year was 0.13. The average length of hospital stay was 1.26 days.
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Trends in Satisfaction with National Health Insurance
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Source : National Health Insurance Administration, MOHW (NHIA)
Note : landline and mobile dual frame phone survey has been adopted since 2021.
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