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Status unknownNCT01123720Updated May 14, 2010

The Impact of Internationalize Medical Services to localPeople Seeking Medical Care

An observational study in Administrative Staff in Hospital of Taiwan, sponsored by Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital. Status unknown. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2010-05-14.

Sponsored by Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified May 2010), so the status shown — last known as Enrolling by invitation — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Ecologic or community
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
100
Sex
All
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Study summary

Recently The Department of Health of Taiwan has launched the "Internationalize Medical Services Flagship Program", expecting to promote Taiwan's high-quality of medical services to the international market, and anticipating "customers stroll in, medical services walked out".

In order to avoid expansion of this program might alienate the rights and best interests of local people seeking medical services, therefore, this research project is a join effort of experts to form an advisory counsel; by collecting most current international medical services data; then using both qualitative and quantitative questionnaires to investigate whether by implementation of internationalize medical services will cause great impact on local people.

To study the various of insurance income of health care organization after they promote international medical services; and to understand the impact of assess to medical care and quality of medical services to local people due to internationalize medical services.

The last through advisory counsel, to make specific recommendations on mechanism of management and to set evaluation of indicators to monitor international health care, to avoid edge out local people the right of seeking medical care to ever happened, and to aid future planning of policy and implementation.

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The main objectives of this study are:

  1. To understand the impact from internationalize medical services to local People seeking medical care, and the impact to management of health care organization, make specific recommendations for assessment, management mechanisms and measurable indicators, and aid future planning of policy and implementation.
  2. To avoid expanding the flagship program of internationalization of medical services might jeopardize local people's right to seek medical care, assess the impact to local people after the program implemented.
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Conditions studied

  • Administrative Staff in Hospital of Taiwan
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In context

Lead sponsor

Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital is the lead sponsor of 196 studies on the registry; 19 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

Administrative staff in Hospital of Taiwan

Inclusion criteria

  • Administrative staff in Hospital
  • Hospital provide the internationalize medical services

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

-

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Study design

Observational model
Ecologic or community
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
100 participants (estimated)
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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 14, 2010, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01123720
Lead sponsor
Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital
Collaborators
Taiwan College of Healthcare Executives
First posted
May 14, 2010
Start date
Dec 2009
Primary completion
Dec 2010 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 2011 (estimated)
Last update
May 14, 2010

Study contacts

Lan-Chin Lu
principal investigator · Taipei Medical University WanFang Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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