SINSEHS are feeling the squeeze as growing demand and rising production costs push up the prices of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
Some have already passed the increases on to their patients, and the trend of rising rates looks set to continue. In its monthly update of the Consumer Price Index, the Department of Statistics reported that healthcare costs in January were 5% higher than the month before, due mainly to higher charges of TCM practitioners.
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