Acute care wards mentioned in Article 47 refer to the wards with the sickbeds for patients suffering from acute diseases, quarantine diseases, special diseases and psychiatric acute diseases.

Chronic care wards mentioned in Article 47 refer to the wards for patients suffering from chronic diseases (including chronic tuberculosis, Hansen's disease) or chronic psychiatric diseases.

Contracted hospitals shall register their wards at the local competent authority of health, and report such details to the Insurer for recordation purposes.

Insurance wards mentioned in Paragraph 1 of Article 67 refer to the wards for the patients not charged for the difference in ward fees in contracted hospitals.
Insurance medical care institutions may not charge insurance beneficiaries the difference in ward fees except for the following wards:
1. An acute care ward with two sickbeds or less.
2. A chronic care ward with two sickbeds or less.

The number of insurance wards sickbeds shall account for at least 75% of the total amount of sickbeds for the contracted medical centers of public hospitals, regional hospitals and local hospitals. The number of insurance wards sickbeds shall account for at least 60% for non-public hospitals.
The above ratios shall be calculated separately for acute care wards and chronic care wards. Failure to meet the requirements for facilities shall be rectified within six months by submitting a proposal to the Insurer.

Contracted hospitals shall clearly display, at the in-patient registration desks and on the websites, the total number of sickbeds, the number of occupied and available sickbeds for different types of wards, the number and percentage of sickbeds in insurance wards, the number of sickbeds in the wards for which price differences are charged and the total difference charged. Such data shall also be displayed at ward nursing stations in conspicuous locations.