About the Authors

Yu-Chia Chang

Affiliations Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Ho-Jui Tung

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Shang-Wei Hsu

Affiliations Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Lei-Shin Chen

Affiliation Department of Health and Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Pei-Tseng Kung

Affiliation Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Kuang-Hua Huang

Affiliation Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Shang-Jyh Chiou

Affiliation Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Wen-Chen Tsai

wtsai@mail.cmu.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Health Services Administration, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCC SWH KHH SJC WCT. Performed the experiments: YCC HJT SWH LSC PTK WCT. Analyzed the data: PTK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHH SJC WCT. Wrote the paper: YCC HJT LSC WCT.