Kao, Wei-Heng
Kuo, Chang-Fu
Chiou, Meng-Jiun
Liu, Yu-Cheng
Wang, Chun-Chieh
Hong, Ji-Hong
Hsu, Jun-Te
Chiang, Yu-Jung
Chuang, Yi-Fang
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (107-2314-B-182A-133-MY3)
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou (CORPG3E0153, CORPG3E0143, CMRPG3F0833, CORPG3G0231, CMRPG3G1401, CMRPG3H1391, CORPG3H0071, CORPG3G0111, CORPG3G0161)
Article History
Received: 7 June 2019
Revised: 11 December 2019
Accepted: 18 December 2019
First Online: 13 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Chang Gung Medical Foundation Institutional Review Board in Taiwan (approval number 201900392B0).
: This study contained no individual person’s data.
: The data sources are the Taiwan Nation Health Insurance Database and TBRS. The data that support the findings of this study are available from Taiwan Health and Welfare Data Science Centre. Restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under license for this study. Data are available at ExternalRef removed with the permission of Taiwan Health and Welfare Data Science Centre.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This work was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology (project 107-2314-B-182A-133-MY3) and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (project CORPG3E0153, CORPG3E0143, CMRPG3F0833, CORPG3G0231, CMRPG3G1401, CMRPG3H1391, CORPG3H0071, CORPG3G0111, CORPG3G0161) and supported by the University of Nottingham for methodological assistance.