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台灣醫師流失急重難科,健保核心面臨崩壞危機
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台灣醫師流失急重難科,健保核心面臨崩壞危機

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近年來台灣醫師新增數據顯示,醫師傾向離開醫院轉往西醫基層,急重難科人力嚴重不足,健保核心醫療體系正面臨崩壞,未來可能導致重大疾病無法及時治療,構成國家安全級危機。

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文章比較了近年來台灣醫師在醫院與西醫基層的新增數據,指出醫師傾向離開醫院,急重難科人力嚴重不足,健保核心醫療體系面臨崩壞。

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新冠疫情剛結束後的113年6月與112年6月比較,醫院新增的醫師只剩145位,而西醫基層卻增加了574位,接著114年6月與113年6月比較醫院新增了412位醫師、西醫基層則增加了582位,遠離疫情回歸正常面的115年6月與114年6月相較,醫院新增了523位醫師,同期西醫基層則增加了480位(實際新進醫師應比此數據略高,因均扣除離退醫師)。

健保總額中,西醫部份約在85%,其中醫院占68%左右,西醫基層約占17%左右,兩者總額量體是醫院4:基層1,新進醫師的分布應與此相近。但從上述近年的數據中,明顯看到一個趨勢,投入職場的醫師視醫院為畏途。如果再深入去看醫院中急重難科別,這些重要核心醫療部位的醫師情況,會比上述數據更加令人觸目驚心,而急重難科系不只是醫院的核心支柱,也是健保最重要的核心價值,因此台灣的全民健保正在從核心部分急速崩壞中,已是一個再清楚不過的現實。

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急重難科系不只是醫院的核心支柱,也是健保最重要的核心價值,而台灣的全民健保正在從核心部分急速崩壞中;示意圖。(資料照)

面對現在這樣嚴峻的形勢,年輕醫師大都想從醫院跳船,基礎訓練完就走人,但急重難科系需要有更長的專業養成訓練,未來即使每年醫師養成人數仍然穩定,但急重難科系的空缺,依然無法填補,未來健保的問題就不只是現在的偶爾急診壅塞,而是連急診都沒人看,該住院該開刀的重大疾病,因無足夠專業人力,都得等到地老天荒,而這已經是一個我們躲不了確定要面對的重大國安級危機。

未來健保的問題不只是現在偶爾急診壅塞,而是連急診都沒人看,該住院該開刀的重大疾病,因無足夠專業人力,都得等到地老天荒;示意圖。(資料照)

「四大」「五大」皆空喊了超過十年,主管官署也不斷投入資源提出相關解決方案,可是急重難科系的空洞化卻沒有停下腳步越來越嚴重,核心醫療的崩盤,已經是當前的場景,「這一代年輕人重視生活品質」成為大家歸責的藉口。

面對迫在眉睫的危機,請先務實地承認過去所做的枝枝節節顯然是無效的掙扎,直面一個無法迴避的問題,「同樣是血汗賣肝的台積電工程師,為什麼這同一代的年輕人卻都搶著幹?」為什麼?

與醫師一樣是血汗賣肝的台積電工程師,為什麼這一代的年輕人卻搶著幹?(彭博檔案照)

(作者為台灣醫院協會醫院醫療服務審查執行會執行長)

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  • 若未改善急重難科人力結構,未來重大疾病將無法及時治療,健保系統將進一步崩壞

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  • 政府將採取什麼具體措施來解決急重難科人力不足?
  • 年輕醫師離開醫院的具體原因是什麼?
  • 台積電工程師為何能吸引年輕人而醫師職缺卻難以填補?

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