Declarations
Funding: This study was supported by grants from the China Medical University, Taiwan (grants CMU108-MF-43 and CMU108-S-06), Ministry of Health and Welfare (grant MOHW108-TDU-B-212-133004), and Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (grant MOST 109-2629-B-039-001-).
Conflicts of interest: None to report.
Availability of data and material: The data underlying this study are the claims data of National Health Insurance program of Taiwan. The data are not publicly available due to legal restrictions imposed by Taiwan’s government. The claims data now are managed by the Health and Welfare Data Science Center, Department of Statistics, Ministry of Health and Welfare. Interested researchers with questions regarding data application can contact HWDC (https://dep.mohw.gov.tw/dos/np-2497-113.html).
Authors’ contributions: Conceptualization: Yuhsien Li and Pei-Chun Chen; Methodology: Yuhsien Li, Liang-Wen Hang and Pei-Chun Chen; Formal analysis and investigation: Yuhsien Li, and Chih-Hsin Muo; Writing - original draft preparation: Yuhsien Li; Writing - review and editing: Liang-Wen Hang, Chih-Hsin Muo and Pei-Chun Chen; Funding acquisition: Pei-Chun Chen; Supervision: Liang-Wen Hang and Pei-Chun Chen.