Published in J Formos Med Assoc on April 01, 2004
Challenges of medicines management in the public and private sector under Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme - A qualitative study. J Pharm Policy Pract (2016) 0.90
Improving but inferior survival in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in taiwan: a population-based study, 1990-2004. PLoS One (2013) 0.84
Accuracy of diabetes diagnosis in health insurance claims data in Taiwan. J Formos Med Assoc (2005) 2.70
Association of thiazolidinediones with liver cancer and colorectal cancer in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Hepatology (2012) 2.63
Angiotensin receptor blockade and risk of cancer in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a nationwide case-control study. J Clin Oncol (2011) 2.40
Statins and intracerebral hemorrhage: collaborative systematic review and meta-analysis. Circulation (2011) 2.17
A randomized controlled trial of risperidone and olanzapine for schizophrenic patients with neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia. J Clin Psychiatry (2010) 2.07
Discontinuation of statin therapy associates with Parkinson disease: a population-based study. Neurology (2013) 1.97
Occult Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in adult emergency department patients: rare but important. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 1.97
Cancer trends in Taiwan. Jpn J Clin Oncol (2010) 1.73
Progression rates of colorectal cancer by Dukes' stage in a high-risk group: analysis of selective colorectal cancer screening. Cancer J (2004) 1.53
Treatment of patients with dual hepatitis C and B by peginterferon α and ribavirin reduced risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and mortality. Gut (2013) 1.49
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin II receptor blockers and pneumonia risk among stroke patients. J Hypertens (2012) 1.45
Effectiveness of vitamin B12 on diabetic neuropathy: systematic review of clinical controlled trials. Acta Neurol Taiwan (2005) 1.40
A systematic review of retention of adult advanced life support knowledge and skills in healthcare providers. Resuscitation (2012) 1.39
Arsenic and diabetes and hypertension in human populations: a review. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol (2007) 1.31
Cancer risk associated with insulin glargine among adult type 2 diabetes patients--a nationwide cohort study. PLoS One (2011) 1.31
Prevalence of and risk factors for colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among adults in community settings in Taiwan. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.23
Thirty-year outcomes of the national hepatitis B immunization program in Taiwan. JAMA (2013) 1.21
Cancer epidemiology and control in north-East Asia - past, present and future. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev (2010) 1.21
Oral insulin secretagogues, insulin, and cancer risk in type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2012) 1.18
A pay-for-performance program for diabetes care in Taiwan: a preliminary assessment. Am J Manag Care (2010) 1.10
Detection of cervical lymph node metastasis in head and neck cancer patients with clinically N0 neck-a meta-analysis comparing different imaging modalities. BMC Cancer (2012) 1.10
Predicting healthcare utilization using a pharmacy-based metric with the WHO's Anatomic Therapeutic Chemical algorithm. Med Care (2011) 1.07
The impact of diabetes mellitus on prognosis of early breast cancer in Asia. Oncologist (2012) 1.03
Concordance of preferences for end-of-life care between terminally ill cancer patients and their family caregivers in Taiwan. J Pain Symptom Manage (2005) 1.02
Trends in incidence and survival outcome of epithelial ovarian cancer: 30-year national population-based registry in Taiwan. J Gynecol Oncol (2013) 1.01
Congruence of knowledge, experiences, and preferences for disclosure of diagnosis and prognosis between terminally-ill cancer patients and their family caregivers in Taiwan. Cancer Invest (2006) 1.01
Willingness to pay to sustain and expand National Health Insurance services in Taiwan. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 0.99
Discrepancy in the preferences of place of death between terminally ill cancer patients and their primary family caregivers in Taiwan. Soc Sci Med (2005) 0.99
Risk of new acute myocardial infarction hospitalization associated with use of oral and parenteral non-steroidal anti-inflammation drugs (NSAIDs): a case-crossover study of Taiwan's National Health Insurance claims database and review of current evidence. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2012) 0.98
Risk of severe dysglycemia among diabetic patients receiving levofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, or moxifloxacin in Taiwan. Clin Infect Dis (2013) 0.97
Diabetes mellitus is associated with increased mortality in patients receiving curative therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Oncologist (2012) 0.97
Risk of hospitalization for upper gastrointestinal adverse events associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a nationwide case-crossover study in Taiwan. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2011) 0.96
Antiviral therapy and hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence. JAMA (2013) 0.96
The unintended consequence of diabetes mellitus pay-for-performance (P4P) program in Taiwan: are patients with more comorbidities or more severe conditions likely to be excluded from the P4P program? Health Serv Res (2010) 0.94
Histamine-2 receptor antagonists and risk of lung cancer in diabetic patients – an exploratory analysis. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2013) 0.93
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec genotype effects outcomes of patients with healthcare-associated MRSA bacteremia independently of vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration. Clin Infect Dis (2012) 0.93
Field performance of clinical case definitions for influenza screening during the 2009 pandemic. Am J Emerg Med (2012) 0.92
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs use and risk of upper gastrointestinal adverse events in cirrhotic patients. Liver Int (2012) 0.92
Estimation of mean sojourn time for lung cancer by chest X-ray screening with a Bayesian approach. Lung Cancer (2008) 0.91
The influence of socio-economic status and multimorbidity patterns on healthcare costs: a six-year follow-up under a universal healthcare system. Int J Equity Health (2013) 0.91
Microalbuminuria screening for detecting chronic kidney disease in the general population: a systematic review. Ren Fail (2013) 0.91
The emerging epidemic of estrogen-related cancers in young women in a developing Asian country. Int J Cancer (2011) 0.91
The risk of developing non-melanoma skin cancer, lymphoma and melanoma in patients with psoriasis in Taiwan: a 10-year, population-based cohort study. Int J Dermatol (2012) 0.91
Nationwide surveillance in uterine cancer: survival analysis and the importance of birth cohort: 30-year population-based registry in Taiwan. PLoS One (2012) 0.90
Risk groups defined by Recursive Partitioning Analysis of patients with colorectal adenocarcinoma treated with colorectal resection. BMC Med Res Methodol (2012) 0.90
Increased risk of stroke associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a nationwide case-crossover study. Stroke (2010) 0.88
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of lower gastrointestinal adverse events: a nationwide study in Taiwan. Gut (2011) 0.88
Long-term antidepressant use and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: a population-based, nested case-control study in Taiwan. J Clin Psychiatry (2014) 0.88
Method-specific performance of vancomycin MIC susceptibility tests in predicting mortality of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. J Antimicrob Chemother (2013) 0.87
Is quality of colorectal cancer care good enough? Core measures development and its application for comparing hospitals in Taiwan. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 0.87
Antidepressant use and the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in psychiatric patients: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan. J Clin Psychopharmacol (2012) 0.87
Utilization of antidepressants in Taiwan: a nationwide population-based survey from 2000 to 2009. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2012) 0.87
Application of propensity score model to examine the prognostic significance of lymph node number as a care quality indicator. Surg Oncol (2012) 0.87
Incidence of and risk factors for community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquired infection or colonization in intensive-care-unit patients. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 0.87
A model measuring therapeutic inertia and the associated factors among diabetes patients: A nationwide population-based study in Taiwan. J Clin Pharmacol (2014) 0.87
Comparison of Rx-defined morbidity groups and diagnosis- based risk adjusters for predicting healthcare costs in Taiwan. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 0.86
Statins of high versus low cholesterol-lowering efficacy and the development of severe renal failure. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2013) 0.86
Effect of radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation on morbidity and mortality: a nationwide cohort study and propensity score analysis. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol (2014) 0.85
Impact of traditional hospital strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and community strain of MRSA on mortality in patients with community-onset S aureus bacteremia. Medicine (Baltimore) (2010) 0.85
Professional accountability for diabetes care in Taiwan. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2005) 0.85
Survival of patients with small cell lung carcinoma in Taiwan. Oncology (2012) 0.85
Economic, social, and psychological factors associated with health-related quality of life of chronic hemodialysis patients in northern Taiwan: a multicenter study. Artif Organs (2009) 0.85
Application of the analytic hierarchy process in the performance measurement of colorectal cancer care for the design of a pay-for-performance program in Taiwan. Int J Qual Health Care (2012) 0.85
Persistence of antidepressant treatment for depressive disorder in Taiwan. Gen Hosp Psychiatry (2013) 0.84
Infection, antibiotic therapy and risk of colorectal cancer: a nationwide nested case-control study in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Int J Cancer (2014) 0.84
Radiofrequency ablation is superior to ethanol injection in early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma irrespective of tumor size. PLoS One (2013) 0.84
Improving but inferior survival in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in taiwan: a population-based study, 1990-2004. PLoS One (2013) 0.84
Evaluation of lymph nodes in patients with colon cancer undergoing colon resection: a population-based study. World J Surg (2012) 0.84
Development and validation of a pharmacy-based comorbidity measure in a population-based automated health care database. Pharmacotherapy (2013) 0.84
Statin use and cataract surgery: a nationwide retrospective cohort study in elderly ethnic Chinese patients. Drug Saf (2013) 0.83
Comparative effectiveness of intravenous immunoglobulin for children with Kawasaki disease: a nationwide cohort study. PLoS One (2013) 0.83
Re-examining the significance of surgical volume to breast cancer survival and recurrence versus process quality of care in Taiwan. Health Serv Res (2012) 0.83
Survival following surgery with or without adjuvant chemotherapy for stage I-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer: an east asian population-based study. Oncologist (2012) 0.83
Transnasal endoscopic steroid injection: a practical and effective alternative treatment for benign vocal fold disorders. Laryngoscope (2013) 0.83
Effects of physician specialty on use of antidiabetes drugs, process and outcomes of diabetes care in a medical center. J Formos Med Assoc (2006) 0.82
A randomized trial of compression first or analyze first strategies in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: results from an Asian community. Resuscitation (2012) 0.82
Different angiotensin receptor blockers and incidence of diabetes: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Cardiovasc Diabetol (2014) 0.82
Pneumonia risk and use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers. J Epidemiol (2013) 0.82
Exploring and comparing the characteristics of nonlatent and latent composite scores: implications for pay-for-performance incentive design. Med Decis Making (2011) 0.81
Oseltamivir use and outcomes during the 2009 influenza A H1N1 pandemic in Taiwan. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.81
Comparison of benign lesion regression following vocal fold steroid injection and vocal hygiene education. Laryngoscope (2013) 0.80
Quality of care for lung cancer in Taiwan: a pattern of care based on core measures in the Taiwan Cancer Database registry. J Formos Med Assoc (2008) 0.80
Significant reduction in end-stage liver diseases burden through the national viral hepatitis therapy program in Taiwan. Hepatology (2015) 0.79
National antiviral treatment program and the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma and associated mortality in Taiwan: a preliminary report. Med Care (2013) 0.79
Proposal for a cooperative study on population-based cancer survival in selected registries in East Asia. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev (2009) 0.79
Effect of the Pay-for-Performance Program for Breast Cancer Care in Taiwan. J Oncol Pract (2011) 0.79
Cardiovascular risk associated with acarbose versus metformin as the first-line treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes: a nationwide cohort study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2015) 0.79
Hospital volume of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation is closely associated with treatment outcomes for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer (2012) 0.78
Incidence of lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia in Japan and Taiwan population-based cancer registries, 1996-2003. Int J Cancer (2013) 0.78
No increased venous thromboembolism risk in Asian breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant tamoxifen. Breast Cancer Res Treat (2014) 0.78
Risk of major depression in patients with chronic renal failure on different treatment modalities: A matched-cohort and population-based study in Taiwan. Hemodial Int (2015) 0.78
Quality of life, treatments, and patients' willingness to pay for a complete remission of cervical cancer in Taiwan. Health Econ (2011) 0.78
Comparison of gefitinib and erlotinib efficacies as third-line therapy for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Eur J Cancer (2012) 0.78
Best evidence topic report. Smectite for acute diarrhoea in children. Emerg Med J (2006) 0.78
Trends in the pattern of care for lung cancer and their correlation with new clinical evidence: experiences in a university-affiliated medical center. Am J Med Qual (2006) 0.78
Treatment outcome of additional dextran to corticosteroid therapy on sudden deafness: propensity score-matched cohort analysis. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg (2012) 0.77
The impact of second primary malignancies on head and neck cancer survivors: a nationwide cohort study. PLoS One (2013) 0.77