Impact of an Ageing Society on Healthcare Expenditure of National Health Insurance in Taiwan

Authors

  • Karina Agustin Petra Christian University
  • Shou-Yan Chou Industrial Management Department, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, 43 Keelung Road, Section 4, Taipei 106, Taiwan.

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https://doi.org/10.9744/jti.21.2.49-56

Keywords:

Population shifting, NHI expenditure, Age-expenditure profile approach, Decomposing approach

Abstract

The increase in healthcare expenditure always becomes an issue considered by the National Health Insurance (NHI) program in Taiwan. Accordingly, analyzing the root cause is a significant first step in dealing with this issue. This study hypothesized that the greying population in Taiwan is the main reason that devours a vast health care expenditure. Samples of the population in Taiwan's National Health Insurance databases together with age-expenditure profile analysis and decomposing approach of the components of healthcare expenditure will analyze the impact of population ageing and estimate the contributions of population ageing shifting to NHI's expenditure in Taiwan.  The result could be considered for policymakers and the government to overcome this issue in Taiwan.

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Published

2019-12-16

How to Cite

[1]
K. Agustin and S.-Y. Chou, “Impact of an Ageing Society on Healthcare Expenditure of National Health Insurance in Taiwan”, Jurnal Teknik Industri: Jurnal Keilmuan dan Aplikasi Teknik Industri, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 49-56, Dec. 2019.