Cost per QALY (Quality-Adjusted Life Year) and Lifetime Cost of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Taiwan

• Mei-Chuan Hung,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hsin-Ming Lu,

  Affiliation Division of Preventive Medicine and Health Services Research, Institute of Population Health Sciences National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan

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• Likwang Chen,

  Affiliations Division of Preventive Medicine and Health Services Research, Institute of Population Health Sciences National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan, Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ming-Shian Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Cheng-Ren Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Chong-Jen Yu,

  Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jung-Der Wang

  * E-mail: jdwang121@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan, Departments of Internal Medicine and Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

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