For example, kidney dialysis costs NT $ 4000, and a computerized tomographic scan costs about NT $ 4800. Nevertheless, many folk travel from faraway villages to cosmopolitan medical centers with the mentality that "you have to make the trip worthwhile" and "I need reassurance." They often implore the physician to make any number of miscellaneous tests.
譬如一次洗腎就要四千元、一次電腦斷層掃描檢查約四千八百元等等，拉高了平均給付金額；但另一方面，許多鄉鎮民眾從大老遠換了好幾趟車才來到都會區的醫學中心，在「總不能白跑」和「求個安心」的心態下，常會纏著醫師，要求這項那項檢查。