According to statistics from the Taiwan Community Hospital Association (TCHA), from 1995-when the NHI program was first instituted-to 2002, more than 200 district hospitals ceased operations. This year, more than 30 additional hospitals have not been able to continue operating in their established manner, instead transforming themselves into clinics, while most of the remaining district hospitals are barely surviving.
根據「地區醫院協會」統計，從民國八十四年健保開辦到九十一年間，全台有兩百多家地區醫院倒閉，今年又有三十多家撐不過去，轉型為診所，勉強支撐者也多半岌岌可危。