About the Authors

Shih-Han Hung

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Chieh Tsai

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, General Cathay Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Tsai-Ching Liu

Affiliation Department of Public Finance, National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan

Herng-Ching Lin

Affiliation School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shiu-Dong Chung

chungshiudong@gmail.com

Affiliations School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHH HCL SDC. Analyzed the data: SHH HCL MCT TCL. Wrote the paper: SHH MCT TCL HCL SDC.