Introduction to Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI)

In this next activity, you will learn with Professor Chung-Hsuen Wu and he will introduce Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI), which covers almost all of its residents.

NHI is a great service for the citizen as long as they preserve the national identity, they are under this service. This service benefits citizens economically, but it also has some impact to the pharmacist. In this week, we will talk about the role of health insurance, using NHI as an example, how can it affect the economical sides in pharmacies.

First, Prof. Wu will briefly introduce some important numbers of Taiwan and the basic coverage of the NHI system in Taiwan.