Medical Liability of Residents in Taiwan Criminal Court: An Analysis of Closed Malpractice Cases
Table 2
Characteristics of medical malpractice claims according to guilty or acquitted verdictsa.
All claims N = 40
Guilty N = 5
Acquitted N = 35
Percentage of lost claimsb
Incident-to-litigation closure (months)
77.2 ± 34.1
95.4 ± 27.9
74.6 ± 34.5
NA
Patient outcome
Death
37 (92.5)
5 (100.0)
32 (91.4)
13.5
Grave injury
3 (7.5)
0
3 (8.6)
0
Medical institution
Medical center
25 (62.5)
2 (40.0)
23 (65.7)
8
Regional hospital
15 (37.5)
3 (60.0)
12 (34.3)
20.0
Appraisal result
Appropriate
26 (65.0)
0
26 (74.3)
0
Controversial
7 (17.5)
2 (40.0)
5 (14.3)
28.6
Negligent
7 (17.5)
3 (60.0)
4 (11.4)
42.9
aData are presented as patient number (%) or mean ± standard deviation. bDefined as the number of loss claims divided by the number of total claims (%).
