Guo, Jong-Long
Lee, Tzu-Chi
Lin, Fen-He
Hsu, Hsiao-Pei
Huang, Chiu-Mieh
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (103-2314-B-010-033-MY2)
Article History
Received: 8 September 2021
Accepted: 24 October 2022
First Online: 15 November 2022
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Taipei City Hospital (TCHIRB1030905) and the requirement of informed consent was waived, because the data set is devoid of identifiable personal information. Ethical review board approval is mandatory when applying to use NHIRD data. The Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan is responsible for reviewing applications.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.