About the Authors
- Hon-Yi Shi
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Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Hao-Hsien Lee
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Taiwan
- Jinn-Tsong Tsai
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Affiliation Department of Computer Science, National Pingtung University of Education, Pingtung, Taiwan
- Wen-Hsien Ho
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Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Chieh-Fan Chen
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Affiliations Emergency Department, Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Health Business Administration, Meiho University, Pigntung, Taiwan
- King-Teh Lee
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Contributed equally to this work with: King-Teh Lee, Chong-Chi Chiu
Affiliations Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Chong-Chi Chiu
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Contributed equally to this work with: King-Teh Lee, Chong-Chi Chiu
* E-mail: chiuchongchi@yahoo.com.tw
Affiliations Department of Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Taiwan, Department of General Surgery, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HYS CCC. Performed the experiments: HYS HHL JTT WHH CFC KTL CCC. Analyzed the data: HYS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HYS HHL JTT WHH CFC KTL CCC. Wrote the paper: HYS HHL JTT WHH CFC KTL CCC. Administrative, technical, and material support: HYS HHL JTT WHH CFC KTL CCC. Study supervision: HHL KTL CCC.