From July of this year, the National Health Insurance Bureau plans to include palliative care in the types of care paid for by National Health Insurance, to increase hospitals 'willingness to provide palliative care beds. The bureau hopes that the number of such beds can be quickly increased from the present 249 to 1,200, which would be in line with needs.
健保局計畫從今年七月起，將安寧療護納入健保給付，增強醫院設立安寧病床的意願，盡快將安寧病床由目前的二百四十九床，增加到符合需求量的一千二百床。