TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan has been ranked 45th among 195 countries and territories for personal health-care access and quality in 2015 in a study published in The Lancet medical journal on Thursday. The study created a Healthcare Access and Quality (HAQ) Index to measure health-care access and quality in the countries and territories surveyed from 1990 to 2015. The index is based on death rates for 32 diseases that can be avoided with effective medical care. Taiwan was listed 45th, with a score of 77.6, according to the study. The top 10 in the overall index were Andorra (95), Iceland (94), Switzerland (92), Sweden (90), Norway (90), Australia (90), Finland (90), Spain (90), the Netherlands (90) and Luxembourg (89.3).

Source: The China Post May 19, 2017 12:45 UTC