In 1986 Taiwan's entire public health force numbered about 3800 people, while those working in the treatment sector numbered some 70,000. By 2001 treatment sector personnel had more than doubled, ballooning to 160,000 people-all this while public health personnel had only increased by 48 % for a total of 5700 people.
一九八六年，全台灣公衛體系人力約有三千八百人，醫療體系的醫事人員大約為七萬人；到了二○○一年，醫事人員膨脹了二・四倍，成長至十六萬人，而公衛體系人力僅增加百分之四十八，只有五千七百人。