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1. Current status of medical institutions: Table 4-1. 2. Current Status of Hospital Beds:
There are 138,439 hospital beds (including general and specialist). The general hospital beds include acute care beds (acute care beds and acute psychiatric beds), chronic care beds (chronic care beds, chronic psychiatric beds, chronic tuberculosis beds and leprosy beds). The exact numbers in descending order are 76,387 acute care beds, 7,409 acute psychiatric beds, 3,158 chronic care beds, 13,689 chronic psychiatric beds, 2 chronic tuberculosis beds, and 168 leprosy beds. The average general hospital beds are 43.13 beds per 10,000 people, Figure 4-1.
▏Section 2 Emergency Health Care and Rescue
MOHW continued to reinforce development of the emergency network while extending integrated response mechanisms.
1. Table 4-2 depicts the number of hospitals designated to provide emergency care at the end of 2021. Taiwan currently has 52 medical sub-regions; each of which has at least one intermediate to advanced emergency responsibility hospital.
2. MOHW has been assisting districts with inadequate emergency care resources. These efforts focus on three areas: emergency care stations in places that receive many tourists; first-aid stations that are open at night, on
Figure 4-1 Status of Hospital Beds in Medical Care Institutions, 2021 Specialty Care
37,626 beds (note)
27%
Source : Department of Statistics, MOHW, 2021 Medical institution service volume statistical year book
Note : Special beds includes intensive care beds, general beds for burn patients, intensive care beds for burn patients, infant sickbeds, emergency observation beds, hospice beds, chronic respiratory care beds, subacute respiratory care beds, acute TB beds, intensive care beds for psychiatric patients, isolation beds, positive pressure isolation room negative pressure isolation room, beds for bone marrow transplant patients, Sex offender compulsory treatment beds, Acute late care beds, integrated post-acute care hospital beds,
surgery recovery beds, infant beds, hemodialysis beds, peritoneal dialysis beds, etc.
Table 4-2 Number of Emergency Responsibility Hospital in 2021, by Grade
Source : Department of Medical Affairs, MOHW, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
General Inpatient 100,813 beds
73%
Emergency Treatment Grade
Advanced
Intermediate
General
Total
Number of Institutions
46
77
81
204
52