With financial resources strictly constrained, hospitals have initiated measures to control costs, such as limiting the number of patients who can access outpatient services, increasing registration fees, changing medications, and reducing the number of admissions to their emergency rooms. As a result, the public is encountering difficulties in obtaining medical care, and patients with serious ailments are becoming "untouchables" in the eyes of hospitals.
在額度鎖死的情況下，各簽約醫院為了控管成本，紛紛祭出門診限量、調高掛號費、更改藥品、減少收急重症病患等措施，造成民眾看病一號難求、重症病患成「人球」等窘境。