A similarity between Taiwan and China is that doctors are a closed community attached to the hospital system. This is unlike North America, where doctors operate their own businesses, only resorting to the facilities and equipment of large-scale hospitals in the event of serious illnesses.
兩岸共同處在於，醫師社群都是封閉系統，依附在醫院體系下，不像美加，醫師大多自行開業，有重大病患時才到大型醫院借用醫院設備與儀器。