A new NHI payment system will be introduced in January 2008 which will put patients into diagnosis-related groups (DRG) irrespective of individual differences. For many financially strapped hospital pediatrics departments, this may well turn out to be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
預定 2008 年元月起要實施的健保 DRG（疾病診斷關係群，即不論病患的個別差異，一種疾病給予一定額度的包裹給付）制度，彷彿是壓垮駱駝的最後一根稻草，讓目前多數已虧損的大醫院小兒科雪上加霜。