Hsu, Alan Y.
Shao, Yi-Ching
Lin, Chun-Ju http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7880-9198
Chen, Huan-Sheng
Lin, Cheng-Li
Cho, Der-Yang
Tsai, Yi-Yu
Article History
Received: 18 April 2024
Accepted: 7 August 2024
First Online: 15 August 2024
Declarations
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: The study adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. As the Taiwan National Health Insurance database is comprised of de-identified data, the requirement of written consent from study participants was deemed unnecessary and waived by the Ethics Research Committee. Institutional Review Board approval was also not required because de-identified data were used for this retrospective analysis.As the Taiwan National Health Insurance database comprises of de-identified data and this study utilized such data only in a retrospective nature, written informed consent requirement was waived by the China Medical University Hospital Institutional Review Board.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.