The sociocultural effects on orthopedic surgeries in Taiwan

• Shin-Lin Chiu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua City, Taiwan, Department of Optometry, Da Yeh University, Changhua City, Taiwan

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• Mei-Jih Gee ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mei-Jih Gee, Chih-Hsin Muo

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, Fong Chia University, Taichung City, Taiwan

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• Chih-Hsin Muo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mei-Jih Gee, Chih-Hsin Muo

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung City, Taiwan

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• Chiao-Lee Chu ,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Long Term Care, National Quemoy University, Quemoy County, Taiwan

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• Shou-Jen Lan ,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

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• Chiu-Liang Chen

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: 111111@cch.org.tw, dan2219@mail.dyu.edu.tw

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua City, Taiwan, Department of Nursing, Da Yeh University, Changhua City, Taiwan

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