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Affiliations

• ¹ Cancer Center, Lo-Hsu Medical Foundation, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan; Big Data Center, Lo-Hsu Medical Foundation, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan; Division of Radiation Oncology, Lo-Hsu Medical Foundation, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan; Centers for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Taipei Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Healthcare Administration, College of Medical and Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Food Nutrition and Health Biotechnology, College of Medical and Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Business Administration, College of Management, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan; Artificial Intelligence Development Center, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Management, College of Management, Fo Guang University, Yilan, Taiwan.
• ² Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Center for Health Data Science, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ³ Department of Pharmacy, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
• ⁴ Centers for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Taipei Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Anesthesiology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Center for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: juian.lin@gmail.com.