Take, for instance, the cardiology department at the private Far Eastern Memorial Hospital. In an average month, about 230 – 280 surgeries are carried out there, and about a third of these require implanting stents. Drug-eluting stents comprise about half of the total.
以私立亞東醫院心臟內科為例，一個月平均大約 230～280 台刀，其中約三分之一需置放血管支架，而置放支架的病患中，選擇差額負擔的塗藥血管支架者，約占半數。