Multivariate Analyses to Assess the Effects of Surgeon and Hospital Volume on Cancer Survival Rates: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Taiwan

• Chun-Ming Chang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chun-Ming Chang, Kuang-Yung Huang

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan

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• Kuang-Yung Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chun-Ming Chang, Kuang-Yung Huang

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Ta-Wen Hsu,

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan

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• Yu-Chieh Su,

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan, Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Cancer center, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Wei-Zhen Yang,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Ting-Chang Chen,

  Affiliation Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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• Pesus Chou,

  Affiliation Community Medicine Research Center and Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Ching-Chih Lee

  * E-mail: hematcd@hotamil.com

  Affiliations School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan, Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan

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