Health care in Taiwan remains one of the best in the world for your money, according to Bloomberg’s annual ranking of health care efficiency. At ninth place, Taiwan’s ranking is part of analysis released on Sept. 19, which indexes medical costs and value for 56 global economies.
Up from 12th place last year, Taiwan’s position at ninth appears just below Australia which moved up two places to eighth, and Japan which moved down two places to seventh. Hong Kong and Singapore retain the top two spots. The United States dropped four positions to 54th and is the most expensive country for health care treatment.
The index ranks countries with average lifespans of at least 70 years, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per-capita over US$5,000, and a population of at least 5 million. The analysis used 2015 data from the World Health Organization, which was the latest available, except for Taiwan and Hong Kong, where 2014 data was used.
Key metrics in the ranking include life expectancy, the relative costs of health care (total health costs as a percentage of GDP), and the absolute costs (per capita health costs). The Bloomberg analysis notes that total health costs “generally include preventive and curative health services, family planning, nutrition activities, and emergency aid.”
(台灣英文新聞/朱明珠 綜合報導)台灣醫療環境再獲國際肯定!全球知名CEOWORLD雜誌公布全球「2019醫療照護指數」排名,在89個國家中,台灣名列第1名,贏過第2、3名的南韓、日本。
前10名國家與獲得的分數(滿分100分)依序是:台灣78.72分、南韓77.7分、日本74.11分、奧地利71.32分、丹麥70.73分、泰國67.99分、西班牙65.38分、法國64.66分、比利時64.63分、澳洲61.73分。而全球排名最後一名的是委内瑞拉,只獲得32.42分。
CEOWORLD雜誌的「醫療照護指標」評比內容,包括:醫療照護基礎設施、醫療照護專業人員能力、醫療照護費用、良好藥品可用性及政府準備等,並納入國家環境衛生、衛生設備、飲用水設備、菸害防制和防胖防治措施等公共衛生指標。