Payment is disbursed based upon the kind and quantity of treatment actually given to the patient. Each system of payment has its advantages and disadvantages. But though virtually everyone agrees that it is most difficult to control costs under the third system, NHI has nonetheless employed it from its inception.
每種支付制度都各有優缺點，但當初健保採用的「論量計酬」，卻是公認最無法控製成本的支付制度。