According to Department of Public Health statistics on national health expenditures, in 2000 there was an investment of NT $ 500 billion but only NT $ 18.2 billion of that (3.3 %) was used for disease prevention, public health education and public health services.
根據衛生署「國民醫療保健支出」統計，二○○○年時，台灣社會投入新台幣五千多億元的醫療保健支出，但用在預防疾病、推廣衛生教育和各項公共衛生服務的經費，僅有一百六十二億台幣，占整體醫療支出的百分之三。