In view of these doubts, the DOH announced that the medical referral system's original four levels will be simplified, and extra fees will no longer be levied on those without referral slips. Inevitably people in the medical community are beginning to wonder if the referral system exists in name only.
和這類質疑印證來看，日前衛生署宣佈的，將轉診制度由四級簡化，並取消加重負擔的讓步措施，不免讓醫界詫異「轉診制度是不是已名存實亡？」