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Some of the other benefits of the NHI include the fact that contributions are payroll - related and, of course, as previously mentioned, the fact that the contributions are shared between the three main actors: the employer, the employee and the government. If we look at the proportions we have previously described, it seems that working in the private sector is more beneficial from this point-of-view, since the employee will only contribute with 30%. However, we should also mention that this should be related to the level of salaries in the public and private sectors. Andrew T. Huang, Chih-Hung Jason Wang, and Chih-Liang Yaung. Insuring Taiwan's health. 2001 Special Edition: Emerging markets. The McKinsey Quarterly.
Obviously, the salary package is almost always determined by the motivating elements that the employee is likely to include in the package. In the case of Taiwan, first of all, all employees offer access to the national insurance system, which means that each employee visiting the doctor will generally pay less than $5 for the services of the physician. On the other hand, both the public and private sector employers ensure a certain proportion of the total contribution made to the insurance fund, another part being covered by the government.
2. Lu, Rachel. Does Universal Health Insurance Make Health Care Unaffordable? Lessons From Taiwan. HEALTH AF FA IRS ~ Vo l u m e 2-2, Nu m b e r 3. 2003.
3. Gross, Ames. Taiwan's New Universal Health Insurance Program. Pacific Bridge Medical - Taiwan Medical Publications. May 1998. On the Internet at http://www.pacificbridgemedical.com/publications/html/TaiwanMay98.htm
Andrew T. Huang, Chih-Hung Jason Wang, and Chih-Liang Yaung. Insuring Taiwan's health. 2001 Special Edition: Emerging markets. The McKinsey Quarterly.
Lu, Rachel. Does Universal Health Insurance Make Health Care Unaffordable? Lessons From Taiwan. HEALTH AF FA IRS ~ Vo l u m e 2-2, Nu m b e r 3. 2003.
Gross, Ames. Taiwan's New Universal Health Insurance Program. Pacific Bridge Medical - Taiwan Medical Publications. May 1998. On the Internet at http://www.pacificbridgemedical.com/publications/html/TaiwanMay98.htm
Bibliography
1. Andrew T. Huang, Chih-Hung Jason Wang, and Chih-Liang Yaung. Insuring Taiwan's health. 2001 Special Edition: Emerging markets. The McKinsey Quarterly.
2. Lu, Rachel. Does Universal Health Insurance Make Health Care Unaffordable? Lessons From Taiwan. HEALTH AF FA IRS ~ Vo l u m e 2-2, Nu m b e r 3. 2003.
3. Gross, Ames. Taiwan's New Universal Health Insurance Program. Pacific Bridge Medical - Taiwan Medical Publications. May 1998. On the Internet at http://www.pacificbridgemedical.com/publications/html/TaiwanMay98.htm
Andrew T. Huang, Chih-Hung Jason Wang, and Chih-Liang Yaung. Insuring Taiwan's health. 2001 Special Edition: Emerging markets. The McKinsey Quarterly.
Gross, Ames. Taiwan's New Universal Health Insurance Program. Pacific Bridge Medical - Taiwan Medical Publications. May 1998. On the Internet at http://www.pacificbridgemedical.com/publications/html/TaiwanMay98.htm
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