英文摘要 |
To understand the status of medical violence cases in our country following the 2014 amendment of the Medical Care Act, this study used“Article 106 of the Medical Care Act”as the keyword to collect a total of 743 medical violence-related judgments from January 2014 to February 25, 2022. Descriptive statistics of these cases revealed that the average sentence for all judgements was 76 days. Geographically, the region with the highest number of cases is central Taiwan (130 cases). Regional hospitals reported the highest number of cases among healthcare institutions (342 cases). Additionally, over 60% of the victims were nurses, and more than half of the incidents occurred in emergency departments. Physical assaults were the most common form of violence (345 cases), followed by verbal abuse (314 cases). The only significant factor affecting sentencing was the location of the incident (F=3.5, p=0.01), with violence in outpatient departments receiving higher average sentences (86.7 days) compared to wards (72.6 days) and emergency departments (71.8 days). Regarding probations, 96.8% involved firsttime offenders, with the majority committing physical assaults (90 cases, 58%). These findings indicate that the number of medical violence cases has plateaued in recent years. This could indicate that the situation hasn't significantly improved or that there is an increasing willingness among victims to pursue legal action in medical violence cases. However, further research is necessary to understand the specific reasons behind these trends. |