publications of using health administrative database

  1. Cho SF, Wu WH, Yang YH, Liu YC, Hsiao HH, Chang CS: Investigation of treatment pattern, medical resource utilization and demographic prognostic factors in older patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A nationwide population-based study. J Geriatr Oncol 2018.
  2. Huang WW, Hsieh KP, Huang RY, Yang YH: Role of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors in the survival outcome of colorectal cancer patients: A population-based cohort study. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2017, 33(6):308-314.
  3. Chou YH, Yang YH, Kuo HC, Ho KY, Wang WC, Hu KF: Periodontal surgery improves oral health-related quality of life in chronic periodontitis patients in Asian population. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2017, 33(10):523-529.
  4. Chiang W-F, Yang Y-H: The impact of comorbidities on the management and prognosis of oropharyngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer patients in Taiwan. Translational Research in Oral Oncology 2017, 2:2057178X1772543.
  5. Chiang SL, Velmurugan BK, Chung CM, Lin SH, Wang ZH, Hua CH, Tsai MH, Kuo TM, Yeh KT, Chang PY et al: Preventive effect of celecoxib use against cancer progression and occurrence of oral squamous cell carcinoma. Sci Rep 2017, 7(1):6235.
  6. Cheng KH, Cheng KC, Cheng KY, Yang YH, Lee CW, Lai WT: Long-term outcomes of lercanidipine versus other calcium channel blockers in newly diagnosed hypertension: a nationwide cohort study. Curr Med Res Opin 2017, 33(6):1111-1117.
  7. Yang Y-H, Warnakulasuriya S: Effect of comorbidities on the management and prognosis in patients with oral cancer. Translational Research in Oral Oncology 2016, 1:2057178X1666996.
  8. Tsai MJ, Wu PH, Sheu CC, Hsu YL, Chang WA, Hung JY, Yang CJ, Yang YH, Kuo PL, Huang MS: Cysteinyl Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists Decrease Cancer Risk in Asthma Patients. Sci Rep 2016, 6:23979.
  9. Lin YT, Wu PH, Chen CS, Yang YH, Yang YH: Association between acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and risk of stroke in patients with dementia. Sci Rep 2016, 6:29266.
  10. Huang RY, Hsieh KP, Huang WW, Yang YH: Use of lithium and cancer risk in patients with bipolar disorder: population-based cohort study. Br J Psychiatry 2016, 209(5):393-399.
  11. Hu KF, Chou YH, Wen YH, Hsieh KP, Tsai JH, Yang P, Yang YH, Lin CR: Antipsychotic medications and dental caries in newly diagnosed schizophrenia: A nationwide cohort study. Psychiatry Res 2016, 245:45-50.
  12. Wu PH, Lin YT, Yang YH, Lin YC, Lin YC: The increased risk of active tuberculosis disease in patients with dermatomyositis – a nationwide retrospective cohort study. Sci Rep 2015, 5:16303.
  13. Wu PH, Lin YT, Hsu PC, Yang YH, Lin TH, Huang CT: Impact of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors on the occurrence of acute coronary syndrome in patients with dementia. Sci Rep 2015, 5:15451.
  14. Lin YT, Wu PH, Kuo MC, Chen CS, Chiu YW, Yang YH, Lin MY, Hwang SJ, Chen HC: Comparison of dementia risk between end stage renal disease patients with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis–a population based study. Sci Rep 2015, 5:8224.
  15. Hsieh KP, Chen LC, Cheung KL, Yang YH: Risks of nonadherence to hormone therapy in Asian women with breast cancer. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2015, 31(6):328-334.
  16. Hsieh KP, Chen LC, Cheung KL, Yang YH: A competing risk analysis of hormone therapy interruption in Asian women with breast cancer. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2015, 24(3):301-309.
  17. Cho SF, Yang YH, Liu YC, Hsiao HH, Huang CT, Wu CH, Tsai YF, Wang HC, Liu TC: Previous Exposure to Statin May Reduce the Risk of Subsequent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Nationwide Population-Based Case-Control Study. PLoS One 2015, 10(10):e0139289.
  18. Cho SF, Wu WH, Yang YH, Liu YC, Hsiao HH, Chang CS: Longitudinal risk of herpes zoster in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma receiving chemotherapy: A nationwide population-based study. Sci Rep 2015, 5:14008.
  19. Cho SF, Wu WH, Yang YH, Chang CS: Risk of second primary cancer in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma receiving rituximab-containing chemotherapy: a nationwide population-based study. Anticancer Res 2015, 35(3):1809-1814.
  20. Lin SY, Chen TC, Lu PL, Lin CY, Lin WR, Yang YH, Chen YH: Incidence rates of tuberculosis in chronic hepatitis C infected patients with or without interferon based therapy: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan. BMC Infect Dis 2014, 14(1):705.
  21. Lee MY, Hsiao PJ, Yang YH, Lin KD, Shin SJ: The association of pioglitazone and urinary tract disease in type 2 diabetic Taiwanese: bladder cancer and chronic kidney disease. PLoS One 2014, 9(1):e85479.
  22. Hsieh KP, Chen LC, Cheung KL, Chang CS, Yang YH: Interruption and non-adherence to long-term adjuvant hormone therapy is associated with adverse survival outcome of breast cancer women–an Asian population-based study. PLoS One 2014, 9(2):e87027.
  23. Su YS, Yu HS, Li WC, Ko YC, Chen GS, Wu CS, Lu YW, Yang YH, Lan CC: Psoriasis as initiator or amplifier of the systemic inflammatory march: impact on development of severe vascular events and implications for treatment strategy. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2013, 27(7):876-883.
  24. Lin CY, Chen TC, Lu PL, Lai CC, Yang YH, Lin WR, Huang PM, Chen YH: Effects of gender and age on development of concurrent extrapulmonary tuberculosis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a population based study. PLoS One 2013, 8(5):e63936.
  25. Lan CC, Yu HS, Li WC, Ko YC, Wu CS, Lu YW, Yang YH, Chen GS: Anxiety contributes to the development of cerebrovascular disease in Taiwanese patients with psoriasis: a population-based study. Eur J Dermatol 2013, 23(2):290-292.
  26. Chin YY, Yu HS, Li WC, Ko YC, Chen GS, Wu CS, Lu YW, Yang YH, Lan CC: Arthritis as an important determinant for psoriatic patients to develop severe vascular events in Taiwan: a nation-wide study. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2013, 27(10):1262-1268.
  27. Yang YH, Yang YH, Cheng CL, Ho PS, Ko YC: The role of chemoprevention by selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors in colorectal cancer patients – a population-based study. BMC Cancer 2012, 12:582.
  28. Liu YC, Yang YH, Hsiao HH, Yang WC, Liu TC, Chang CS, Yang MY, Lin PM, Hsu JF, Chang PY et al: Herpes zoster is associated with an increased risk of subsequent lymphoid malignancies – a nationwide population-based matched-control study in Taiwan. BMC Cancer 2012, 12:503.
  29. Lan CC, Ko YC, Yu HS, Wu CS, Li WC, Lu YW, Chen YC, Chin YY, Yang YH, Chen GS: Methotrexate reduces the occurrence of cerebrovascular events among Taiwanese psoriatic patients: a nationwide population-based study. Acta Derm Venereol 2012, 92(4):349-352.
  30. Lan CC, Ko YC, Yu HS, Li WC, Wu CS, Lu YW, Yang YH, Chen GS: Psoriatic patients with diabetes are prone to develop digestive organ cancers: a population-based study in Taiwan. J Dermatol Sci 2012, 68(2):82-88.
  31. Chang CS, Yang YH, Hsu CN, Lin MT: Trends in the treatment changes and medication persistence of chronic myeloid leukemia in Taiwan from 1997 to 2007: a longitudinal population database analysis. BMC Health Serv Res 2012, 12:359.
  32. Chang CS, Lee K, Yang YH, Lin MT, Hsu CN: Estimation of CML incidence: disagreement between national cancer registry and health claims data system in Taiwan. Leuk Res 2011, 35(5):e53-54.
  33. Yang SY, Kao Yang YH, Chong MY, Yang YH, Chang WH, Lai CS: Risk of extrapyramidal syndrome in schizophrenic patients treated with antipsychotics: a population-based study. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2007, 81(4):586-594.