page_title: Healthcare in Taiwan
hierarchical_section_title: Healthcare in Taiwan
caption_attribution_description: English: Ministry of Health and Welfare Building, Nangang District, Taipei City, Taiwan.中文（繁體）‎: 中華民國衛生福利部衛生福利大樓，位於臺北市南港區忠孝東路六段488號。
context_page_description: Healthcare in Taiwan is administered by the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Executive Yuan. As with other developed economies, Taiwanese people are well-nourished but face such health problems as chronic obesity and heart disease. In 2002 Taiwan had nearly 1.6 physicians and 5.9 hospital beds per 1,000 population. In 2002, there were 36 hospitals and 2,601 clinics in the country. Per capita health expenditures totaled US$752 in 2000. Health expenditures constituted 5.8 percent of the gross domestic product in 2001; 64.9 percent of the expenditures were from public funds. Overall life expectancy in 2009 was 78 years.
  Recent major health issues include the SARS crisis in 2003, though the island was later declared safe by the World Health Organization.
context_section_description: Healthcare in Taiwan is administered by the Ministry of Health and Welfare of the Executive Yuan. As with other developed economies, Taiwanese people are well-nourished but face such health problems as chronic obesity and heart disease. In 2002 Taiwan had nearly 1.6 physicians and 5.9 hospital beds per 1,000 population. In 2002, there were 36 hospitals and 2,601 clinics in the country. Per capita health expenditures totaled US$752 in 2000. Health expenditures constituted 5.8 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2001 (or US$951 in 2009); 64.9 percent of the expenditures were from public funds. Overall life expectancy in 2009 was 78 years.
  Recent major health issues include the SARS crisis in 2003, though the island was later declared safe by the World Health Organization (WHO).
caption: Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)
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