Table 3.

Service volume of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) by facility type from 1996 to 2001 in Taiwan

Year	Public TCM hospital	Private TCM hospital	Private TCM clinics	Others*
1996	79,817 (0.3%)	4,561,521 (18.9%)	18,612,160 (77.2%)	841,054 (3.5%)
1997	76,627 (0.3%)	3,845,787 (15.3%)	20,277,192 (80.6%)	970,467 (3.9%)
1998	226,207 (0.8%)	3,407,727 (12.8%)	21,963,148 (82.4%)	1,044,844 (3.9%)
1999	267,511 (1.0%)	2,889,723 (10.5%)	23,024,679 (84%)	1,216,682 (4.4%)
2000	280,086 (1.1%)	2,320,469 (8.8%)	22,371,552 (84.7%)	1,454,646 (5.5%)
2001	260,150 (1.0%)	1,766,232 (6.7%)	22,866,179 (86.3%)	1,599,806 (6.0%)
Total	1,190,398 (0.8%)	18,791,459 (12.0%)	129,114,910 (82.6%)	7,127,499 (4.6%)

*Others: mostly western medicine hospitals with TCM section