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nTaiwan ranks No. 249 in World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek and Statista in 2023　

World's Best Hospitals 2023
by Newsweek & Statista
comparison among Asia's countries
newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2023

Asia's rank

country

total number of top 250  hospitals
1 Japan 18
2 S. Korea 18
3 Australia 7
4 Singapore 5
5 Israel 3
6 India 3
7 Thailand 1
8 UAE 1
9 Taiwan 1
Asia's China, etc are not included in survey list - 28 countries
Taiwan's NTU Hospital ranks world No. 249,  behind selected hospitals of Thai. and UAE 

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World's Best Hospitals 2023
by Newsweek
top 250 hospitals - comparison among Asia's countries
newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2023
world rank hospital country
9 Singapore General Hospital Singapore
11 Sheba Medical center Israel
17 The Univ. of Tokyo Hospital Japan
28 St. Luke's Int'l Hospital Japan
29 Asan Medical center S. Korea
40 Samsung Medical Center S. Korea
47 Kameda Medical Center Japan
49 Seoul National Univ. Hospital S. Korea
66 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Australia
67 Severance Hospital Yonsei Univ. S. Korea
68 Kyushu Univ. Hospital Japan
69 Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical center Israel
73 Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health & medicine Japan
91 The Catholic Univ. Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital S. Korea
93 Seoul National Univ. - Bundang Hospital S. Korea
96 National Univ. Hospital Singapore
98 The Alfred Australia
105 Mount Elizabeth - Orchard Singapore
108 Keio Univ. Hospital Japan
112 Kyoto Univ. Hospital Japan
118 Nagoya Univ. Hospital Japan
119 Ajou Univ. Hospital S. Korea
122 All India Institute of Medical Science Delhi India
130 Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore
133 Gangnam Severance Hospital - Yonsei Univ. S. Korea
135 Gleneagles Hospital Singapore
140 Kangnuk Samsung Hospital S. Korea
142 The Cathilic Univ. Korea Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital S. Korea
144 Korea Univ. Anam Hospital S. Korea
150 Royal North Shore Hospital Australia
163 Medanta The Medicity India
168 Kurashiki Central Hospital Japan
175 Toranomon Hospital Japan
178 Rabin Medical Center Israel
181 Juntendo Univ. Hospital Japan
182 Bumrungrad Int'l Hospital Thailand
188 Royal Melbourne Hospital Parkville Australia
190 Japanese Red Cross Medical center Japan
190 Chung-Ang Univ. Hospital S. Korea
192 Inha Univ. Hospital S. Korea
196 Osaka Univ. Hospital Japan
199 Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi UAE
202 Hokkaido Univ. Hospital Japan
202 Ewha Womans Univ. Medical Center S. Korea
207 Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Australia
208 St Vincent's Hospital Fitzroy Australia
212 Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital Japan
222 Jikei Univ. Hospital Japan
224 Gold Coast Univ. Hospital Australia
229 KyungHee Univ. Medical Center S. Korea
233 Konkuk Univ. Medical Center S. Korea
242 Kyorin Univ. Hospital Japan
243 Daegu Catholic Univ. Medical Center S. Korea
246 Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital Japan
247 Chungnam National Univ. Hospital S. Korea
249 National Taiwan Univ. Hospital Taiwan
250 Apollo Hospital Chennai India
Opinion - Why is Taiwan behind ?

(1) Taiwan got highest CovID death rate in Asia and entire world again and again.  United Daily (2023-3-14): The death rate of severe CovID patients in Taiwan is more than 85% udn.com/news/story/120940/7029331?from=udn_ch2cate6638sub120940_pulldownmenu_v2 /  "Medicine should be prescribed but not prescribed, medicine should be taken but not taken",  bad record of "failure to administer CovID remedy/medicine in time".  Bloomberg, 2021-7-25: Taiwan's medical care system is also run on a tight budget to keep costs affordable.  Newsweek: These are challenging times for hospitals. COVID-19 put unprecedented stress on health systems.

(2) Not patient-centered /  not easy to register clinic, 2-5 minutes for clinic diagnosis, 7-10 waiting days in emergency room to be hospitalized, shortage of some excellent medicines and newest equipments, the number of MDs per 10000 is very low, turnover rate of the nurses is high, some chronic disease items' score very low, poor internationalization, national health insurance ceiling issue, not to value privacy, medical disputes,  not enough resource for rural patients and the disadvantaged... for details pls. read the web-pages below

　

Newsweek: Among the hallmarks of great hospitals, however, are not just first-class care, first-class research and first-class innovation. The very best institutions also share another quality: consistency. The world's best hospitals consistently attract the best people and provide the best outcomes for patients as well as the most important new therapies and research.

　

Top 20 Taiwan's hospitals by Newsweek  2023
newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2023

Taiwan's rank

top 20 Taiwan's hospitals

score
1 NTU Hospital 97.2%
2 Taipei Veterans General Hospital 97.05
3 Kaoshiung Chang Gung Mem Hospital 88.64
4 National Cheng Hung Univ. Hospital 82.72
5 China Medical Univ. Hospital 82.58
6 Linkou Chang Gung Mem. Hospital 82.36
7 Taipei Chang Gung Mem. Hospital 80.76
8 Taichung Veterans Genral Hospital 80.44
9 Cathay General Hospital 79.16
10 Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital 78.97
11 Mackay Mem. Hospital 78.62
12 Tri-Service General Hospital- Songshan 78.25
13 Taoyuan Chang Gung Mem. Hospital 77.95
14 Taipei Tzu Chi General Hospital -  New Tpe 77.60
15 Chi Mei Medical Center - Tainan 76.61
16 Kaohsiung Medical Univ. Chung-Ho Mem. Hospita; 76.30
17 Chung Shan Medical Univ. Hospital - Taichung 75.58
18 Taipei Municipal Wangfang Hospital 75.23
19 Hualin Tzu Chi General Hospital 74.99
20 Chiayi Chang Gung Mem. Hospital - Puzi 74.22

　

news / ☉DailyMail (UK), 2023-4-28:  Young Australian student on his dream overseas exchange program is fighting for his life in Taiwan after eating food laced with rat poison.  His Doctor father said: "He had been misdiagnosed in Taiwan with an immune disorder".  Alex is at the Taipei Medical University Hospital ..."The medical services in Taiwan don't currently have the right treatments or drugs to stabilise his condition, Alex's condition has grown worse and he needs to be flown to the Royal Prince Albert Hospital in Sydney via a specialised medical flight retrieval service".  dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12023841/Toowoomba-student-exchange-Taiwan-fighting-life-eating-food-laced-rat-poison.html
☉SKY News Australia, 2023-5-4: Australian student Alex Shorey has been fighting for his life after consuming rat poison in early April – the ingestion led to internal bleeding and organ failure.  The 24-year-old's family raised over $200,000 dollars to charter a specialised medical evacuation which flew him from Taiwan to Brisbane where he was taken to hospital for further treatment.   msn.com/en-au/news/other/poisoned-australian-student-returns-home-from-taiwan/ar-AA1aHCva  NEWS Australia, 2023-5-4:  https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/queensland-student-alex-shorey-medically-evacuated-from-taiwan-after-being-poisoned-with-rat-poison/news-story/5464851d30c3808c356c2afa9d7c7fb0

　

　

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 pic. : No.1 "physicians in Taiwan" on Microsoft Bing , 2023-5-1, 2023-1-1, 2022-7-21, 2022-7-1, 2022-4-23, 2022-3-12, 2022-2-17, 2022-1-24,  2021-12-31, 2021-11-11, 2021-9-6, 2021-8-20, 2021-8-7, 2021-7-18, 2021-7-11, 2021-6-29, 2021-6-24, 2021-5-31,  2021-5-25, 2021-4-27, 2021-4-10, 3-10-2021, 2-12-2021 

　

pic. : No.1 "physicians in Taiwan", "medical Doctors in Taiwan" on Microsoft Bing , 2023-3-26, No.1 "medical Doctors in Taiwan" on Microsoft Bing , 2023-3-17, 2023-1-1, 2022-9-18, 2022-7-1, 2022-6-13, 2022-4-23, 2022-3-12, 2022-2-17,  2021-12-31, 2021-11-11, 2021-10-28, 2021-10-15, 2021-9-30,  2021-9-6, 2021-8-20, 2021-8-7, 2021-7-18, 2021-7-11, 2021-6-29, 2021-5-25, 2021-4-27, 2021-4-10,  3-10-2021, 2-12-2021, 8-17-2020, 8-5-2020 

　

pic. :  No.2 "physicians in Taiwan" on US Google, 2023-3-26; No.1   "physicians in Taiwan"  on US Google at 2022-9-19, 2022-7-1, 2022-6-13, 2022-5-28, 2022-4-23, 2022-3-12, 2022-2-17,  2022-1-24,  2021-12-31, 2021-11-11, 2021-10-15, 2021-9-30,  2021-9-6, 2021-8-30, 2021-8-20, 2021-8-14, 2021-8-8, 2021-7-31, 2021-7-23, 2021-7-18, 2021-7-11, 2021-6-29, 2021-6-24, 2021-6-4, 2021-4-28, 2021-4-23, 2021-4-18, 2021-4-10, 2-14-2021, 3-8-2021; No.2 at 2021-10-28 ; among top ranks at 2023-1-1  

　

　

nCovID-19 in Taiwan　

New York Times,  2023-2-16 News briefing
CovID death per 100,000 people since 2020
comparison among main Asian countries
Australia Taiwan S. Korea Indonesia Japan New Zealand Singapore China (official count)
74 70 65 59 55 50 30 6
China's official toll includes only infected people who died in hospitals

　

New York Times,  Feb. 23, 2023  12:12pm
Taiwan's death rate still ranks world No.1
nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html
world rank country cases per 100,000 14 days changed deaths per 100,000
1 Taiwan 67 -34% 0.25
6 Australia 10 -16 0.11
7 Japan 14 -54 0.10
23 NZ 24 -7 0.06
31 Hong Kong - - 0.04
35 S. Korea 20 -26 0.03
64 Malaysia <1 -14 <0.01
about 170 Singapore 0 -100 -
about 200 China - -100 -
world No. 66 Thailand,  No. 67 UAE,  No. 68 Indonesia,  71 Pakistan,  72 India,  80  Bangladesh,  127 Cambodia,  133 Laos,   147 Macao

　

Taiwanese government said at 2023-2-6 that the pandemic of third wave started from middle Dec. 2022, the number of deaths and the curve are relatively smooth; however, Taiwan's deaths per 100,000 ranked No.1 among main Asia countries since Oct. 2022, and then jumped to world No.1 at Feb. 2023.   Taiwanese government said (2023-2-17) the pandemic is ending, but the death rate at 2023-2-23 is still world No.1, cases per 100,000 ranks world No.2  (next to Nauru), according to New York Times.

　

New York Times,  Feb. 6, 2023
nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html
world rank country Asia's rank deaths per 100,000 Fully Vaccinated
1 Taiwan 1 0.26 87%
2 Finland 　 0.26 79
3 Sweden 　 0.23 74
4 Bermuda 　 0.22 75
5 Latvia 　 0.21 68
6 Japan 2 0.21 82
12 Australia 3 0.12 85
29 S. Korea 4 0.05 86
35 China 5 0.03 91
49 Macau 6 0.02 100
62 Philippines 7 0.01 68
71 NZ 8 <0.01 84

　

According to New York Times (2023-2-6), Taiwan's CovID-19 death rate (deaths per 100,000)  ranks world No.1,  Taiwan's cases per 100,000 ranks world No.1.    In accord with NY Times (2023-2-14), only 17 countries'  "fully vaccinated" rate is higher than Taiwan's 87%.   Taiwan had bad record of "failure to administer CovID medicine/remedy in time".   Bloomberg, 2021-7-25: Taiwan's medical care system is also run on a tight budget to keep costs affordable.  United Daily (2023-2-13): "Medicine should be prescribed but not prescribed, medicine should be taken but not taken".  udn.com/news/story/120940/6967331?from=udn_ch2cate6638sub120940_pulldownmenu_v2     United Daily (2023-2-23): NTU: Nearly 60% of Taiwanese aged 50+ have not vaccinated within recent 6 months. udn.com/news/story/120940/6989262?from=udn_ch2cate6638sub120940_pulldownmenu_v2

　

OurWorldData

COVID-19 vaccine boosters administered per 100 people  till Feb 4, 2023

ourworldindata.org/grapher/covid-vaccine-booster-doses-per-capita?country=SGP~OWID_WRL~TWN~KOR~HKG~JPN~AUS~CHN~FIN~SWE~BMU

Total number of vaccine booster doses administered, divided by the total population of the country. Booster doses are doses administered beyond those prescribed by the original vaccination protocol.

　

 Japan ( 138+  ) > Taiwan( 100+) > Sweden (93+) > HK (92+)>  S. Korea>  Singapore> Finland (77+) > Australia (75+)> China (68+) > Nermuda

　

　

New York Times,  Feb. 6, 2023
nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html
world rank country cases per 100,000 14 days changed deaths daily average deaths per 100,000
1 Taiwan 111 +39% 63 0.26
4 Japan 32 -55 262.6 0.21
5 S.Korea 29 -43 27.7 0.05
7 NZ 23 - 0.3 <0.01
11 Australia 12 -23 30.4 0.12
19 Singapore 8 +26 0.1 <0.01
　 China 1 -79 468.3 0.03
　 world 3 -34% 2187 0.03

   

In accord with Oxford University , ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths (2022-12-26), Taiwan's "How long does it take the number of total confirmed deaths to double" ranks world No. 4 , only next to Macau, Micronesia, and Marshall Islands.

　

Global comparison: where are confirmed CovID-19 deaths increasing most rapidly?

How long does it take the number of total  confirmed deaths to double

Taiwan ranks world No. 4
Oxford University , ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths   2022-12-26
location how long does it take for the number total confirmed deaths to double total confirmed deaths daily new confirmed deaths
Macau 9 13 +0 new
Micronesia 102 58 +0 new
Marshall Islands 131 17 +0 new
Taiwan 170 15,099 +24 new
According to Oxford Univ., ourworldindata.org/covid-cases (2022-12-26),  Taiwan's "daily new confirmed cases" ranks world No.4; Taiwan's "how long does it take for the number total confirmed cases to double" ranks world No. 9 (it takes 148 days to double)


 New York Times (2022-11-15), Taiwan's CovID-19 deaths per 100,000 is the worst among Asia's main countries.  WSWS.org, 2022-12-1: In the past week alone, ... placing Taiwan in the top ten in the world for cases per million people. It also currently has the second-highest deaths per million. Total overall cases stand at 8,313,366 with 14,334 deaths, most occurring since April. wsws.org/en/articles/2022/12/01/bqmc-d01.html 
According to New York Times (2022-10-25), Taiwan's CovID-19 cases per 100,000 and deaths per 100,000 both are the worst among Asia's main countries.
The China Times, editorial (2022-11-23):  Taiwan's CovID-19 case-fatality rate (確診致死率) in recent two weeks ranks world No.3, such a bad record lasts at least two weeks. chinatimes.com/opinion/20221123004522-262101?chdtv

The China Times (2022-10-26): Taiwan's confirmed cases per 1000,000 in last 7 days ranks world last.  (chinatimes.com/opinion/20221025005192-262101?chdtv)
　

New York Times, 2022-11-15
 Coronavirus World Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak   
nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html
country/region Death daily per100,000 Deaths daily avg.
Taiwan 0.24 56.9
Hong Kong 0.13 10
New Zealand 0.1 5.1
S Korea 0.09 45.1
Japan 0.06 69.7
Australia 0.06 14.3
Malaysia 0.03 8.9
Indonesia 0.02 41.4
Philippines 0.02 17.4
Singapore 0.02 0.9
Thailand <0.01 6
India <0.01 4
Saudi Arabia <0.01 2.1
Bangladesh <0.01 0.4
Sri Lanka <0.01 0.3
Pakistan <0.01 0.3
Mongolia <0.01 0.1
Myanmar <0.01 0
UAE - 0
Qatar - 0
Nepal - 0
Laos - 0
Cambodia - 0
Vietnam - 0
China - 0
Macau - 0

New York Times, 2022-10-25
Coronavirus World Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak   
nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-cases.html
　
country/region cases daily avg. per100,000 Deaths daily avg. Deaths per100,000
World 364,848 5 1,488.9 0.02
Taiwan 36,863 155 61.9 0.26
Singapore 5,941 104 1.7 0.03
Hong Kong 5,438 73 8.3 0.11
New Zealand 3,260 66 4.4 0.09
S Korea 23,025 45 16.9 0.03
Japan 34,409 27 57.3 0.05
Australia 4634 18 12.9 0.05
Qatar 471 17 0.1 <0.01
Malaysia 1932 6 3 <0.01
UAE 282 3 0.1 <0.01
Philippines 1541 1 37.9 0.04
Indonesia 2201 <1 18.6 <0.01
Saudi Arabia 228 <1 1.9 <0.01
Mongolia 21 <1 0 -
Vietnam 593 <1 0.4 <0.01
Thailand 374 <1 5.7 <0.01
Myanmar 195 <1 0.9 <0.01
Laos 12 <1 0 -
India 1760 <1 9.5 <0.01
Bangladesh 176 <1 1.0 <0.01
China 844 <1 0 -
SriLanka 9 <1 0.6 <0.01

◆ Global Times 2022-6-10: "The handling of outbreak also proved that Taiwan's medical and health facilities are inadequate and cannot take care of a large number of patients at the same time, which is completely inconsistent with Taiwan's claim that it has advanced medical and health infrastructure", "In any place where a public health crisis was so badly handled and people's lives were treated carelessly with no respect, the authorities should resign." 

                                                                            

nPhysicians and medical personnel in Taiwan　

              Statista:  Number of physicians in Taiwan from 2012 to 2021     
          https://www.statista.com/statistics/860217/taiwan-physician-number/

yr

 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

number

 40,938 41,965 42,961 44,006 44,849 46,356 47,471 49,542 51045 52175

increase

 　 1,027 996 1,045 843 1,507 1,115 2,071 1503 1130
　

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     Statista: Number of medical personnel density in Taiwan from 2009 to 2019 
 Number of medical personnel per 10,000 inhabitants    
          statista.com/statistics/324725/taiwan-medical-personnel-density/      published 2022-1-27

yr

 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

number

 101.02 104.12 107.75 110.78 113.7 115.88 119.41 122.84 127.18 132.64 138.41

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Statista: Number of medical personnel in Taiwan as of 2020, by type, Jan 27, 2022
statista.com/statistics/946929/taiwan-number-of-medical-personnel-by-type/
medical type number of personnel
Reg. nurses and professional nurses 178,498
Physicians 51,045
Pharmacists and assistant Pharmacists 35,734
Dentists 15,429
Medical technologists and technicians 10,179
Physical therapists and technicians, occupational therapists and technicians 9,073
Doctors of Chinese medicine 7,302
Dietians 3,405
Midwives and Reg. professional midwives 192
Dental assistants 29
PS:  Statista: At the end of 2021, there were approximately 183.3 thousand registered and professional nurses employed in Taiwan

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The OECD Library : physicians per 1,000 people
main countries in OECD
OECD average: 3.6

oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/b39949d7-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/b39949d7-en
rankings country  Practising Doctors
per 1,000 people (2019)
1 Greece 6.2
2 Austria 5.3
3 Portugal 5.3
4 Norway 5.0
6 Spain 4.4
7 Germany 4.4
8 Swiss 4.4
9 Sweden 4.3
10 Denmark 4.2
11 Russia 4.2
13 Italy 4.1
15 Australia 3.8
16 Nederland 3.7
20 New Zealand 3.4
　 Israel 3.3
　 France 3.2
　 Belgium 3.2
　 UK 3.0
　 Canada 2.7
　 USA 2.6
　 Japan 2.5
　 S. Korea 2.5
　 China 2.2
　 Turkey 2.0
　 India 0.9
　 Indonesia 0.5

The World Bank : physicians per 10,000 people


main countries in Asia & Pacific

　

data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.MED.PHYS.ZS
Asia's rankings country  physicians
per 10,000 people
1 Mongolia 39 (2018)
2 Australia 38 (2018)
3 N Korea 37 (2017)
4 New Zealand 34 (2018)
5 Saudi Arabia 26 (2018)
6 UAE 25 (2018)
7 Japan 25 (2018)
8 S. Korea 24 (2018)
9 Singapore 23 (2016)
10 China 20 (2017)
11 Malaysia 15 (2015)
12 India 9 (2019)
13 Thai 9  (2019)
14 Vietnam 8  (2016)
15 Myanmar 7 (2019)
16 Philippines 6 (2017)
17 Indonesia 5 (2019)
18 Lao PDR 4 (2017)


Wikipedia (2021-5-5) and Liberty Times (2020-1-6),  Taiwan's doctor-to-population ratio almost hit lowest in Asia.   According to  WEF <Travel and tourism competitiveness report> (released at 4-6-2017), Taiwan's "Physician density" ranks world No. 65 (No. 57 in 2015's report).   CommonWealth, 2022-4-12: Taiwan has an average 21.7 physicians per 10,000 population, which lags far behind the median of 33.6 physicians for the OECD countries (only Turkey is behind Taiwan).  In terms of healthcare's share of the national budget, which stands at 11 percent, behind the OECD average of 15 percent, which constricts the industry's growth potential...10- physicians per 10,000 inhabitantsdoes not even meet the lowest standard of the World Health Organization.  english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=3198#:~:text=Taiwan%20has%20an%20average%2021.7,physicians%20for%20the%20OECD%20countries.

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n CovID in Taiwan
 ◆ Nikkei Asia (Japan) , 2022-7-8: Nikkei CovID-19 Recovery Index: Taiwan, at 112th, is still grappling with tens of thousands of cases every day. The current wave has cost the island nearly 6,500 lives. ( Taiwan ranks last in Asia & Pacific )