Li, Yi-Ping
Li, Wei-Jiun
Hsieh, Wen-Chi
Chen, Li-Shan
Yu, Cheng-Wei
Article History
Received: 24 September 2022
Accepted: 17 April 2023
First Online: 26 April 2023
Declarations
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: All data were obtained through request to the Online Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Central Distributor, which administers the database (certificate#HCUP-71HZP39M9). This study conforms to the NIS data-use agreement with HCUP. Because this study analyzed secondary data from the NIS database, patients and the public were not involved directly. Since all data in the NIS database are de-identified, the requirement for informed consent was also waived. The study protocol was also reviewed and the ethical approval was waived by the Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital (SKH) Institutional Review Board.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.