Cost-effectiveness of mini-laparotomy in patients with colorectal cancers: A propensity scoring matching approach

• Herng-Chia Chiu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Healthcare Administration and Medical Informatics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Research Education and Epidemiology Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan, Institute of Hospital Management, Tsinghua University, China, Department of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Hui-Min Hsieh,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Public Health, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Community Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chi-Lin Wan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Research Education and Epidemiology Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan

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• Hsiang-Lin Tsai,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of General Surgery Medicine, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Jaw-Yuan Wang

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cy614112@ms14.hinet.net, Jawyuanwang@gmail.com

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Center for Biomarkers and Biotech Drugs, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7705-2621

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