Objective: This study intends to understand the opinion and attitude of municipal general hospital employees toward different privatization models. This information will provide a reference for gaining consensus and support and lessen the potential for resistance among the employees during the privatization implementation phase. Methodology: This study surveyed the opinions of Taipei City General Hospital employees (management vs. non-management, non-management is further divided into physicians, nursing staff, medical technicians, and administration staff) using proportional stratified sampling, involving 1,054 people. The survey was conducted in September 1997 and 770 responses were received with response rate of 73.1%. This study investigated five privatization models: deregulation, semi-open, partial leasing/contracting-out, total leasing/contracting-out, or non-profit foundation. Results: According to the survey responses, most employees favor semi-open model and least favor total leasing/contracting-out model or non-profit foundation model. As for partial leasing/contracting-out or deregulation, the opinions diverge between physicians vs. all others as well as management vs. non-management. This result could be supported by the desires of employee to stay on after privatization. Conclusion: Privatization models such as total leasing/contracting-out that are more advantageous to the hospitals in terms of performance are not favored by the employees, perhaps because these models also bring the most disruption to the work place. On the other hand, models such as semi-open that will bring improved performance are also favored by the employees. Therefore, in order to obtain the advantages of privatization and support among current employees, as well as to ensure the public, hospital employees and the municipality all winners, careful deliberation on privatization is a necessity.