According to a field survey of mountain villages conducted by Chou Chih-Chien, director of nursing at Taipei's Hospital for Chronic Diseases, 45 % of victims do not know of the DOTS program, and 40 % lack anyone to ensure that they are indeed taking their medication.
根據台北市慢性病防治院護理科主任鄒治儉走訪山地鄉的調查，有百分之四十五的病患並不知道有實施 DOTS，有四成的病患沒有人督促他吃藥。