The Chinese Online Writing Lab

1. Which group is increasingly emphasizing the need to reduce wound treatment associated costs in clinical practice?
A. Taiwanese physicians in clinical practice
B. Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Bureau
C. Taiwanese hospital administrators

2. How many patients in the United States alone seek treatment annually for chronic wounds?                      A. nearly 1 million                                                     B. roughly 1 million

C. over 1 million

3. What is vacuum-assisted closure (VAC)?
A. a recently developed clinical treatment procedure for patients with chronic illnesses

  B. a recently developed wound management procedure

  C. a recently developed hospital expenditures procedure

4. What can ultimately reduce already strained National Health Insurance resources?

A. decreasing monthly premiums
B. lowering medical costs
C. reducing wound healing times

5.  What does VAC apply to a wound?                            A. constant pressure 

  B. negative pressure

  C. a porous, open-cell foam

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Post-Listening Exercise

Write a paragraph that describes product or service development (產品或服務研發)  by adopting the following structure:

Current status of product or service development

Market value

Unique features and characteristics of product or service development

Major manufacturers of this product or service in Taiwan

Rationale for further product or service development in this area