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Taiwan’s National Health Insurance:
What Worked and What Didn’t?
Prepared for Conference on Public Health and Preventive Medicine 2010, The World Federation of Chinese Public Health Professionals and The Hong Kong Tuberculosis, Chest and Heart Diseases Association, November 6-7, 2010, at the Hospital Authority Building, Kowloon
T.L. ChiangCollege of Public Health, National Taiwan UniversityE-mail: [email protected]
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HEALTH TRANSITION IN TAIWAN
Communicable Disease Control Health for AllHealthcare for All
Crude Death Rate
Crude Birth Rate
Life Expectancy
Traditional Public Health New Public Health
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TAIWAN - 2008
Socioeconomic background population 23 million density 637 persons per square km GNP US$17,576 per capita education 35% received higher education aging 10.4% population aged 65+
Population health life expectancy M/F: 76/82 yrs major killers cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, accident
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CONTENTS
Taiwan’s NHI: An overview Objectives Main features
What worked Access to health care Catastrophic health spending
What did not Inefficient use of health care resources Widening health inequalities
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Taiwan’s NHI
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US De-Recognition
Democratic Progressive Party
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President Election
Taiwan’s NHI
THE BIRTH OF TAIWAN’s NHI
NHI Law
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Equity in access to health careTo provide equal access to adequate health care for all citizens in order to improve people’s health
Macro-economic efficiencyTo control health care costs at a reasonable (or socially affordable) level
Micro-economic efficiencyTo promote the efficient use of health care resources - better health outcomes and cost effectiveness
OBJECTIVES OF TAIWAN’S NHI
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MAJOR NHI FEATURES
Universal coverage
Comprehensive benefits Western medicine, Chinese medicine ambulatory care, EMS, inpatient care, home care coinsurance rate of 10-20% plus …
Public single-payer
National global budget Health spending as % of GDP - 6.4% in 2008
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PUBLIC STATISFACTION W/ NHITaiwan, Since 1995
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/
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What worked
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WHAT WORKED
Equal access to health care Ambulatory care Inpatient care
Prevention of poverty trap
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ANY USE of PHYSICIAN SERVICES Before and After the NHI
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Source:Cheng HS, Chiang TL. The effect of universal health insurance on health care utilization in Taiwan – results from a natural experiment. JAMA 1997; 278:89-93.
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ANY USE of HOSPITAL SERVICESBefore and After the NHI
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Source:Cheng HS, Chiang TL. The effect of universal health insurance on health care utilization in Taiwan – results from a natural experiment. JAMA 1997; 278:89-93.
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WHAT WORKED
Equal access to health care
Prevention of poverty trap Catastrophic health spending
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CATASTROPHIC HEALTH SPENDING*W/out and With NHI, 2004
* Out-of-pocket health spending exceeds
40% of household non-food consumption
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CATASTROPHIC HEALTH SPENDINGAsia Comparison, circa 2000
Source:Van Doorslaer E and EQUITAP team. Catastrophic payment for health care in Asia. Health Economics, 2007;16:1159-84.
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What didn’t work
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WHAT DIDN’T WORK
Meeting social expectations Aging society and big tickets Sustainable financing
Tackling health inequalities
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POPULATION AGINGTaiwan, 1950-2050
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FINANCIAL STATUS OF TAIWAN’S NHIAccrual Basis, Since 1996
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WHAT DIDN’T WORK
Meeting social expectations
Tackling health inequality Limitations of medical care Widening social gap in health Unequal treatment and mortality
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PHYSICIAN SUPPLY AND HEALTH GAINSTaiwan, 1950-2000
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LIFE EXPECTANCY AT VARIOUS AGESTaiwan, 1985-2005
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LIFE EXPECTANCY BY CITY/COUNTYTaiwan, 2005-2007
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ALL CAUSES MORTALITYBefore and After NHI
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UNDER FIVE CHILD MORTALITY1990 vs 2000 Birth Cohorts
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Source: Wu, Chen, and Chiang – unpublished.
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Conclusion
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1883 Germany-SI
1948 UK-NHS
1961 Japan-NHI1971 Canada-NHI
1989 Korea-NHI
1995 Taiwan-NHI
Social Control Welfare State
1948 WHO
1974 Lalonde Report
1978 Alma Ata Declaration
1986 Ottawa Charter
2005 WHO CSDH
Laissez-faire EfficiencyEquity in Access Cost Control
World Trends in Health Care Reform
1911 Germany-RVO2001 Thailand-Mix
201? USA-Mix
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LESSONS FROM TAIWAN
What worked Equal access to health care Prevention of poverty trap
What didn’t work Social expectations Social inequalities in health
Necessary but not sufficient
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Thank You