Health in the Midst of Economic Development in Taiwan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9099144 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chi-Pang Wen (Michigan State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 85-94 |
| Publication date | 1974-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-197401000-00008 |
| PMID | 4204388 |
| OpenAlex | W1971472116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Planners for economic growth in developing countries tend to invest resources primarily for the purpose of increasing the GNP with little attention to health. In the last two decades, Taiwan has rocketed into the coveted state of a booming economy, thus providing an interesting model to be evaluated from the standpoint of health. Undoubtedly, some level of economic development is an essential element and a necessary prerequisite for the general improvement of health standards, but it does not in itself guarantee such improvement. In Taiwan there is a radio for each family and a TV set for every four families, but the quality of life regarding health leaves much to be desired. The country has only one practicing physician for each 3,067 in the population, despite the fact that Taiwan has been producing well-trained doctors at a rate similar to or even better than that of Japan or the U.S. Other health care resources (such as hospital beds) and the current health status in Taiwan are distinctly disproportionate to the economic progress she has achieved. However, this condition is by no means unique to Taiwan. Worse situations can easily be found in many other developing countries. The economic implications of the health status of a nation apparently have not been well proved to the development planners—a crucial challenge to health workers in the developing countries
Business · Developed country · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Element (criminal law) · Environmental health · Health care · Political science · Population · Quality (philosophy) · Standard of living · State (computer science) · Global Health Care Issues · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1975 - 1976 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |