Healthcare utilization of lung cancer patients associated with exposure to fine particulate matter: A Korean cohort study by In‐Jae Oh, Cheol‐Kyu Park, Kyoung‐Bok Min, Jin‐Young Min, Chaeuk Chung, Seong‐Hoon Yoon, Changsoo Kim, Sei‐Hoon Yang

“…Methods We extracted the data of 210 558 subjects over a period of 3 years (2015–2017), who were diagnosed with lung cancer before 2015 and benefited from the National Health Insurance Sharing Service. We performed the interpolation method using the geographic information system to calculate the estimated mean PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations by regions and classified three groups as high (upper 10%), intermediate (10%–90%), and low (bottom 10%) based on the mean PM mass concentrations of the month. …”
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Development of a nomogram based on serum cytokine-related riskscore in breast cancer by Ye Zhu, Ye Zhu, Ye Zhu, Yang He, Yang He, Yang He, Yang He, Chong Chen, Chong Chen, Chong Chen, Jingyi Zhang, Jingyi Zhang, Jingyi Zhang, Xin Yang, Xin Yang, Xin Yang, Yuqing Lu, Yuqing Lu, Yuqing Lu, Yong-Zi Chen, Yong-Zi Chen, Yong-Zi Chen, Weipeng Zhao, Weipeng Zhao, Weipeng Zhao

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The Use of 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors Improves the Detection of Prostate Cancer by Increasing Opportunities for Repeated Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing: A Decade-Long (2007–20... by Young Hwii Ko, Sang Won Kim, Hoseob Kim, Yoon-Jong Bae

“…Materials and Methods From Korean National Health Insurance Sharing Service data, the number of men older than 40 years who were prescribed 5ARIs from 2007 through 2016 was identified. …”
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Glacial lake inventory of high-mountain Asia in 1990 and 2018 derived from Landsat images by X. Wang, X. Wang, X. Guo, C. Yang, Q. Liu, J. Wei, Y. Zhang, S. Liu, Y. Zhang, Z. Jiang, Z. Tang

“…The data set is now available from the National Special Environment and Function of Observation and Research Stations Shared Service Platform (China): <a href="https://doi.org/10.12072/casnw.064.2019.db">https://doi.org/10.12072/casnw.064.2019.db</a> (Wang et al., 2019a).…”
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Associations of short-term ambient temperature exposure with lung function in middle-aged and elderly people: A longitudinal study in China by Weihong Qiu, Bin Wang, Xiaobing Feng, Heng He, Lieyang Fan, Zi Ye, Xiuquan Nie, Ge Mu, Wei Liu, Dongming Wang, Min Zhou, Weihong Chen

“…The China Meteorological Data Sharing Service Center provided temperature data during the study period. …”
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Epidemiology and medical service use for spontaneous pneumothorax: a 12-year study using nationwide cohort data in Korea by In-Hyuk Ha, Yoon Jae Lee, Doori Kim, Boyoung Jung, Bo-Hyoung Jang, Seol-Hee Chung

“…Objective This study aimed to promote an understanding of spontaneous pneumothorax by analysing the prevalence rate and medical service use by patients with spontaneous pneumothorax according to sociodemographic characteristics.Design A 12-year nationwide study.Setting Data obtained from the Korean National Health Insurance Service Sharing Service.Participants A total of 4658 participants who used medical services due to spontaneous pneumothorax between 2002 and 2013 in Korea.Outcome measures For those diagnosed with spontaneous pneumothorax, use of medical services, hospitalisation data, sociodemographics, comorbidity, treatment administered and medication prescribed were recorded.Results The annual prevalence of spontaneous pneumothorax ranged from 39 to 66 per 100 000 individuals, while the prevalence of hospitalisation due to spontaneous pneumothorax ranged from 18 to 36 per 100 000 individuals. …”
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Rideshare services for transportation assistance in gynecologic oncology: a quality improvement study by Anna Jo Smith, Sam Pancoe, Mary Pat Lynch, Megan Wachlin, Kristina Powell, Stefanie N. Hinkle, Nathanael C. Koelper, Meredith Doherty, Justin E. Bekelman, Fiona Simpkins, Emily M. Ko

“…Patients who screen positive are referred to the intervention, a HIPAA-compliant ride-sharing service. There are no income or insurance restrictions; distance was limited to 25 miles. …”
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The impact of mortality underreporting on the association of ambient temperature and PM10 with mortality risk in time series study by Ziqiang Lin, Wayne R. Lawrence, Weiwei Gong, Lifeng Lin, Jianxiong Hu, Sui Zhu, Ruilin Meng, Guanhao He, Xiaojun Xu, Tao Liu, Jieming Zhong, Min Yu, Karin Reinhold, Wenjun Ma

“…Mortality data, PM10, and temperature data in seven cities were obtained from Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), China Meteorological Data Sharing Service System, and China National Environmental Monitoring Center, respectively. …”
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Does stress echocardiography still have a role in the rapid access chest pain clinic post NICE CG95? by Victoria Pettemerides, Thomas Turner, Conor Steele, Anita Macnab

“…Chest pain services like ours are likely to continue to use stress testing for the foreseeable future. We share service evaluation data from our department to show that a negative stress echocardiogram can continue to be used for chest pain assessment. …”
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Volunteered Geographical Information and Recreational Uses within Metropolitan and Rural Contexts by Teresa Santos, Ricardo Nogueira Mendes, Estela I. Farías-Torbidoni, Rui Pedro Julião, Carlos Pereira da Silva

“…Data from former GPSies (AllTrails nowadays), one of the most popular web-share services, were used to assess recreational uses in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) and southwest Portugal (SWPT). …”
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Future Development of an Energy-Efficient Electric Scooter Sharing System Based on a Stakeholder Analysis Method by Elżbieta Macioszek, Maria Cieśla, Anna Granà

“…The cooperation of the entities participating in the implementation of bike-sharing services can contribute to their greater sustainable development and assurance using the new mobility modes, which consume less energy and at the same time make the city energy-efficient.…”
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Risk of developing chronic kidney disease in young-onset Type 2 diabetes in Korea by Joonyub Lee, Seung-Hwan Lee, Kun-Ho Yoon, Jae Hyoung Cho, Kyungdo Han, Yeoree Yang

“…We enrolled 84,384 patients aged 20–64 who started anti-diabetic medication between 2010 and 2011 from the Korea National Health Insurance Sharing Service; patients with Type 1 diabetes or a history of CKD were excluded. …”
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Does ridesharing affect road safety? the introduction of Moto-Uber and other factors in the Dominican Republic by José Ignacio Nazif-Munoz, Brice Batomen, Arijit Nandi

“…Recent studies suggest that the Uber’s four-wheeler ride-sharing service (UberCAR) may reduce traffic fatalities. …”
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Comparison of general anaesthesia and regional anaesthesia in terms of mortality and complications in elderly patients with hip fracture: a nationwide population-based study by Eun Jin Ahn, Hyo Jin Kim, Kyung Woo Kim, Hey Ran Choi, Hyun Kang, Si Ra Bang

“…Objective To evaluate the effects of anaesthesia on postoperative outcome in elderly patients who underwent hip fracture surgery.Setting Nationwide National Health Insurance Sharing Service database of Korea.Participants All patients aged ≥65 years old who underwent hip fracture surgery, covered by the Korean National Health Insurance, between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2015.Interventions Hip fracture surgery under general anaesthesia (group GA) or regional anaesthesia (group RA), with a principal diagnosis of femoral fracture.Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was the anaesthetic-type effect on 30-day mortality and the secondary outcome was postoperative delirium requiring pharmacological intervention.Results Among the 96 289 patients who underwent hip fracture surgery, 25 593 and 70 696 patients received GA and RA, respectively. …”
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Institutional Variance in Mortality after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan by Hayato Yamana, Seyune Lee, Yi-Chieh Lin, Nan-He Yoon, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideo Yasunaga, Shou-Hsia Cheng, Hongsoo Kim

“…The aim of the present study was to compare institutional variance in mortality following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for AMI and factors explaining this variance across different health systems.Methods  Data on inpatients who underwent PCI for AMI in 2016 were obtained from the National Health Insurance Data Sharing Service in Korea, the Diagnosis Procedure Combination (DPC) Study Group Database in Japan, and the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) in Taiwan. …”
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The necessity of gestational vitamin D supplementation depends on ambient temperature: concern for infant vitamin D status by Wanjun Yin, Wanjun Yin, Wanjun Yin, Wanjun Yin, Lei Zhang, Lei Zhang, Peng Zhu, Peng Zhu

“…The daily mean temperature of Hefei was obtained from the China Meteorological Data Sharing Service System. Individual information on sociodemographic characteristics, perinatal health status, lifestyle, and birth outcomes was collected prospectively.ResultsThe best-fit relationship was observed in the regression model using a quadratic function to describe the association between the ambient temperature of the eighth gestational month (29–32 gestational weeks) and cord blood 25(OH)D concentrations (R2 = 0.358, p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Web 2.0 applications in government web sites : prevalence, use and correlations with perceived web site quality by Chua, Alton Yeow Kuan, Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian, Ang, Rebecca P.

“…Findings – The prevalence of seven Web 2.0 applications in descending order was: RSS, multimedia sharing services, blogs, forums, social tagging services, social networking services and wikis. …”
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BREATHE: The Health Data Research Hub for Respiratory Health. by Chris Orton, David Ford, Aziz Sheikh, Jennifer Quint, Martin Tobin, Ian Hall, Christopher Griffiths, Jonathon Crompton, Monica Fletcher

“…Due to the approach taken in maximising data services for multiple sectors, BREATHE is positioned to provide data linkage and sharing services (making use of its TRE, SAIL Databank), providing analytic and clinical support to respiratory research projects for customers in multiple sectors (Pharma, SMEs, Academia, NHS, Charities), and advancing synthetic data and software development, again in partnership with SAIL and our wider industry partners. …”
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e-Fuel: An EV-Friendly Urgent Electrical Charge-Sharing Model with Preference-Based Off-Grid Services by Ahmad Nahar Quttoum, Mohammed N. AlJarrah, Fawaz A. Khasawneh, Mohammad Bany Taha

“…In e-Fuel, we are proposing a stable weight-based vehicle-to-vehicle matching algorithm, through which drivers of EVs will be capable of requesting instant mobile charge-sharing service for their EVs. In addition to being mobile, such charging services are customized, as they are chosen based on the drivers’ preferences of price-per-unit, charging speed, and time of delivery. …”
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The power of representation: Statistical analysis of diversity in US Alzheimer's disease genetics data by Diane Xue, Elizabeth E. Blue, Matthew P. Conomos, Alison E. Fohner

“…METHODS We compared racial/ethnic data of participants from array and sequencing studies in US AD genetics databases, including National Institute on Aging Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS) and NIAGADS Data Sharing Service (dssNIAGADS), to AD and related dementia (ADRD) prevalence and mortality. …”
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