Medical malpractice in Taiwan

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22594366

Acad Emerg Med. 2012 May;19(5):598-600. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01360.x.

Medical malpractice in taiwan: injury types, compensation, and specialty risk.

Chen KY, Yang CM, Tsai SH, Chiou HY, Lin MR, Chiu WT.

Source

From the School of Public Health (KYC, HYC, WTC), Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control (KYC, SHT, MRL, WTC), Taipei MedicalUniversity. Taipei, Taiwan; the Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Municipal Wan Fang Hospital (WTC), Taipei, Taiwan; and Shuang Ho Hospital (CMY), Taipei, Taiwan.

Abstract

The authors analyzed all medical malpractice claims from 2000 to 2008 using cases from the national database of the judicial system of Taiwan. The objective was to describe the factors associated with malpractice claims in Taiwan, a non-Western country that does not have a common law heritage. Emergency physicians (EPs) were the most likely to be sued and made the highest median payments. Most lawsuits involved death or permanent injury. Eighty-two percent of the cases were settled in the physician's favor.