Lin, Tzu-Chieh
Wang, Pin-Wen
Lin, Chun-Teng
Chang, Yu-Jun
Lin, Ying-Ju
Liang, Wen-Miin
Lin, Jeff Chien-Fu
Article History
Received: 2 February 2021
Accepted: 14 April 2021
First Online: 30 April 2021
Declarations
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: The NHIRD is composed of anonymous secondary data released to the public for research purposes. All patients’ data were encrypted using the same encryption algorithm to cross-link the data while protecting the privacy of the patients. This retrospective study was exempted from a full review by the local ethics review committee, but the protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of China Medical University Hospital with a waiver of informed consent (certificate: CMUH-104-REC2–115). All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.