AVAILABILITY OF DATA AND MATERIALS:
The LHID is a subset of the NHIRD, a database of all medical claims in
Taiwan’s NHI system. The usage of NHIRD is limited to research purposes
only. Only Taiwanese citizens who fulfill the requirements for
conducting research projects are eligible to apply for access to the
National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD). Applicants must
follow the Personal Data Protection Act
(https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=I0050021) and related regulations of the National Health Insurance
Administration and NHRI (National Health Research Institutes), and an
agreement must be signed by the applicant and his/her supervisor upon
application submission. The datasets generated and analyzed during the
current study are available from the authors on reasonable request.