With beds hard to come by, members of the public can either wait for a space in a ward containing three to six beds, or pay thousands of NT dollars extra per day for a private room.
在一床難求的情況下，民眾要不就苦苦等候一間 3 ~ 6 床的健保病床，要不就自掏腰包住差額病床（以台大醫院為例，單人特等病房，每天得付 3,600 元差額；雙人頭等病房，每天差額 1,600 元）。