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DIALYSIS BECOMES FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR TAIWAN INSURANCE PROGRAM.
TAIPEI, June 2 Asia Pulse - Renal dialysis has become a heavy financial burden for the national health insurance program, local medical sources said yesterday.
According to official tallies, the Bureau of National Health Insurance (BNHI) paid more than NT$20 billion for renal dialysis last year alone.
The amount marked the largest BNHI payment for a single category of medical treatment, far exceeding the amount of some NT$6 billion the bureau paid for cancer patients.
According to statistics compiled by the kidney disease medical society, a total of 32,473 patients in Taiwan underwent renal dialysis in 2002, for a ratio of 1,449 out every 1 million citizens. The ratio was second only to that of the United States.
An additional 1,476 people joined the ranks of renal dialysis patients last year, the world's highest annual growth rate, the society said.
Local physicians are divided over the main cause behind the rapid increase in the number of patients.
Huang Shang-chih, a kidney disease doctor at Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital in southern Taiwan, attributed the sharp rise to the good quality of local renal dialysis which has prolonged the life of many patients.
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