"The medical marketplace has no vertical integration of upstream and downstream [service providers]," says Hsin Ping-lung. He says that the system is divided into a number of levels, from primary care providers to local hospitals to regional hospitals to medical centers, but lacks vertical integration. As a result, at each level the medications used and the examination departments are replicated.
「目前的醫療市場缺乏上下游垂直整合」，辛炳隆指出，醫療體系分基層醫療、地區醫院、區域醫院、醫學中心等等許多層級，但根本缺乏垂直的整合，因而個個層級間所有用藥、檢查都一再重複。