Since the DOH's medical review committee was set up in 1987, it has provided almost all the expert opinions requested by the courts in medical malpractice suits. One-third of the committee's members are laypersons and lawyers, while the rest come from the medical professions. With healthcare professionals accounting for two-thirds of its personnel, suspicions have been raised that the committee is a mechanism for "doctors to protect doctors."
民國七十六年，衛生署成立的「醫事審議委員會」，幾乎總攬所有的醫療糾紛鑑定案件，醫審會成員三分之一為社會、法律人士，其餘都是醫界代表，由於醫界人數高達三分之二，引發外界「醫醫相護」的質疑。