"中央健康保險署指出病患過度依賴急救服務"

中央健康保險署（NHIA）發布了數據顯示台灣人過度依賴急救服務。

估計每天有18000人在急診室接受治療，而結果導致等候時間更長，而對醫療資源增加壓力。去年有686萬人使用急診室服務，總計186萬人選擇去醫院而不是診所。

最為擁擠的急診室是臺中榮民總醫院，等候治療時間達48小時的病患占了9.28%左右。緊接著是臺大醫院，有7.69%的候診時間長達48小時，而高雄長庚紀念醫院病患候診48小時的人數則有6.38%。候診時長擠進排行前五名單的醫院還有林口長庚紀念醫院和花蓮慈濟醫院。

衛福部醫事司司長李偉強表示，今年推行了急診病例分五個等級（1代表最緊急，而5則是最輕微）的系統，並應該能夠幫助舒緩這個問題，並且讓急症病患能夠優先接受治療。

並會要求沒有緊急需求的病患前往初級衛生保健中心就診，以減輕急診設施的負擔。

(Local) NHIA Reports Patients Overly Reliant On Emergency Services

The National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) has released data showing that Taiwanese are overly reliant on the use of emergency services.

An approximate 18,000 people per day are treated at emergency medical care facilities, and the result has led to longer waiting room times and increased pressure on resources. 6.86 million people used emergency room services last year, with a total of 1.86 million choosing hospital services over clinics.

The most crowded emergency room is Taichung Veterans Hospital, which has an approximate 9.28 percent of patients with waiting times of 48 hours for treatment. This is closely followed by National Taiwan University Hospital, with a rate of 7.69 percent, and Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, with 6.38 percent of its patients waiting 48 hours. Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital rounded out the list of the top five hospitals with the longest waiting periods.

Lee Wei-chiang, head of the Ministry of Health and Welfares Department of Medical Affairs, stated that a five-level rating system for emergency cases (with one being the most emergent and 5 being the least) has been introduced this year and should help alleviate the problem and allow for the acutely ill to be treated first.

Patients with non-emergent needs are asked to deal with primary healthcare centers in order to reduce the strain on emergency care facilities.

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