Hu, Li-Yu
Liu, Chia-Jen
Yeh, Chiu-Mei
Lu, Ti
Hu, Yu-Wen
Chen, Tzeng-Ji
Chen, Pan-Ming
Lee, Shyh-Chyang
Chang, Cheng-Ho https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6355-7063
Funding for this research was provided by:
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan. (Grants V103B-022 and V103E10-001)
Article History
Received: 19 November 2016
Accepted: 23 August 2018
First Online: 3 September 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Institutional Review Board of the Taipei Veterans General Hospital approved this study (2013-06-010 BC). Written consent from the study patients was not required because the NHI dataset consists of de-identified secondary data used for research purposes, and the Institutional Review Board of the Taipei Veterans General Hospital issued a formal written waiver regarding the need for consent.
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