Universal hepatitis B vaccination in Taiwan and the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in children

MH Chang, CJ Chen, MS Lai, HM Hsu… - … England Journal of …, 1997 - Mass Medical Soc
Background A nationwide hepatitis B vaccination program was implemented in Taiwan in July
1984. To assess the effect of the program on the development of hepatocellular carcinoma…

[PDF][PDF] Accuracy of diabetes diagnosis in health insurance claims data in Taiwan

CC Lin, MS Lai, CY Syu, SC Chang… - Journal of the …, 2005 - scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw
Background and Purpose: There are limited data from Taiwan about the accuracy of National
Health Insurance (NHI) claims data. This study assessed the accuracy of NHI claims data …

Long-term arsenic exposure and incidence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: a cohort study in arseniasis-hyperendemic villages in Taiwan.

…, TY Tai, CK Chong, CP Tseng, MS Lai… - Environmental …, 2000 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Diabetes prevalence in arseniasis-hyperendemic villages in Taiwan has been reported to
be significantly higher than in the general population. The aim of this cohort study was to …

A systematic review of retention of adult advanced life support knowledge and skills in healthcare providers

…, HC Chen, WC Chiang, ME Mancini, J Soar, MS Lai… - Resuscitation, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Advanced life support (ALS) guidelines are widely adopted for healthcare
provider training with recommendations for retraining every two years or longer. This systematic …

Detection of cervical lymph node metastasis in head and neck cancer patients with clinically N0 neck—a meta-analysis comparing different imaging modalities

LJ Liao, WC Lo, WL Hsu, CT Wang, MS Lai - BMC cancer, 2012 - Springer
Background How to properly manage clinically negative neck of head and neck cancer
patients is a controversial topic. Research is now directed toward finding a method sensitive …

Thirty-year outcomes of the national hepatitis B immunization program in Taiwan

CJ Chiang, YW Yang, SL You, MS Lai, CJ Chen - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| From July 1984 to June 1986, the immunization program covered only newborns
with high-risk mothers who were seropositive for HBV surface antigen. Coverage was …

Concordance between patient self-reports and claims data on clinical diagnoses, medication use, and health system utilization in Taiwan

CS Wu, MS Lai, SSF Gau, SC Wang, HJ Tsai - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the concordance between claims records in
the National Health Insurance Research Database and patient self-reports on clinical …

Quality assessment and improvement of nationwide cancer registration system in Taiwan: a review

…, CJ Chen, YW Yang, WC Lo, MS Lai - Japanese journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Cancer registration provides core information for cancer surveillance and control. The
population-based Taiwan Cancer Registry was implemented in 1979. After the Cancer Control Act …

Type 2 diabetes and hepatocellular carcinoma: a cohort study in high prevalence area of hepatitis virus infection

MS Lai, MS Hsieh, YH Chiu, THH Chen - Hepatology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to elucidate the relationship of type 2 diabetes, other known risk factors,
and primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in countries with a high prevalence of hepatitis …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence and survival of adult cancer patients in Taiwan, 2002–2012

…, WC Lo, YW Yang, SL You, CJ Chen, MS Lai - Journal of the Formosan …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background/Purpose Little is known about the annual changes in cancer incidence and survival
that occurred after the establishment of the long-form cancer registry database in Taiwan…