Chih-Ming Liang (Taipei Medical University), Robert B Leflar (National Taiwan University), Chih-Cheng Wu (National Taiwan University), Taiwan's Medical Injury Law in Action, 38 Emory Int’l L. Rev. (2024):
Taiwan’s healthcare system, lauded internationally for its universal insurance coverage, moderate costs, and high quality of care, has one significant group of detractors: its physicians. Overworked, squeezed financially by the nation’s global budgeting system’s annual payment restrictions, and oppressed by both criminal prosecutions and civil malpractice actions, doctors and hospitals raised criticisms that culminated in legislative reforms enacted in 2017 and 2022. Are the reforms making any difference?