Medical reform program caused 66% increases of medication expenditures.

After the implementation of the medical and pharmacy role separation system last year the medication expenditure showed about 66.4% increase, and most of prescriptions and dispensing were found for the treatment of cold patients.

According to the 2000 annual statistics reported by the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA), the total number of NHI bills was 414 million cases, about 20.5% up ...