Time trends of assessments for medical dispute cases in Taiwan: a 20‐year nationwide study

Abstract

The numbers of medical dispute cases have increased significantly over the past 20 years. More studies to investigate the reasons of the rising trends and to find resolving methods to decrease the numbers of medical dispute will be helpful in the future.

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