From the standpoint of fairness, it is important that scarce long-term care resources be directed to those most in need of them, but Lin Li-chan at National Yang-Ming University (NYMU) found in a 2009 study that the severity of people ’ s impairment tends to get exaggerated under the Long-Term Care Program, and there is also a gender gap in the allocation of resources.
站在社會公平角度來看，既然長期照顧的人力與資源有限，如何將資源用在最需要人的身上，就是各界關注的焦點，但陽明大學社區護理所教授林麗嬋 2009 年的研究卻發現，長照計畫的資源配置存在著「輕症重判、高估失能嚴重度」與「性別偏誤」等現象。