With hospital beds in short supply, cancer patients often face long waits for inpatient chemotherapy. Even when hospitals allocate dedicated beds for chemotherapy, they still struggle to accommodate the demand. In response, medical professionals are recommending an expansion of the Home-Based Acute Care Program to include home-based chemotherapy, in hopes of easing the current bottleneck. Shih Chung-liang, Director-General of the National Health Insurance Administration under the Ministry of Health and Welfare, stated that feasibility studies for home-based chemotherapy are already underway. The service is expected to be incorporated into the Home-Based Acute and Palliative Care Program and could be launched as early as the third quarter of this year.
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