Tseng, Feng-Jen
Gou, Guo-Hau
Wang, Sheng-Hao
Shyu, Jia-Fwu
Pan, Ru-Yu
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hualien Armed Force Hospital (HAFGH-E-110016)
Article History
Received: 19 August 2021
Accepted: 9 February 2022
First Online: 23 February 2022
Declarations
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: This study obtained the permission for using the NIS database (2005 to 2014) from HCUP (certificate # HCUP-1L52GWS19), and obeyed the data-use agreement. Because all data in the NIS database are de-identified, the present secondary data using the NIS database does not require the Institutional Review Board approval or informed consent by all subjects.
: Not applicable.
: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.