Since the city's public hospitals are all general hospitals, their physicians have wide experience in treating a great variety of complaints, and provide quality care, especially for low and middle income families.
又因處理一般病症的案例多，累積經驗豐富，治療效率亦高。收費低廉是市立醫院的另一特色。由於北市政府負擔醫院人事及大部分設備經費，患者只須付藥物成本費即可。市立醫院以照顧中下階層市民為目標，還提供清寒補助。