• Lai EC, Man KK, Chaiyakunapruk N, Cheng CL, Chien HC, Chui CS, Dilokthornsakul P, Hardy NC, Hsieh CY, Hsu CY, Kubota K, Lin TC, Liu Y, Park BJ, Pratt N, Roughead EE, Shin JY, Watcharathanakij S, Wen J, Wong IC, Yang YK, Zhang Y, Setoguchi S. Databases in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Potential for a Distributed Network Approach. Epidemiology. 2015 Jun 30. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Liao KM, Lin TC, Li CY, Yang YH. Dementia Increases Severe Sepsis and Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Jun;94(23):e967. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000000967

  •  Hsu JC, Ross-Degnan D, Wagner AK, Cheng CL, Yang YH, Zhang F, Lu CY. Utilization of oral antidiabetic medications in Taiwan following strategies to promote access to medicines for chronic diseases in community pharmacies. J Pharm Policy Pract. 2015 Apr 25;8(1):15. doi: 10.1186/s40545-015-0035-5. eCollection 2015

  • Pratt N, Chan EW, Choi NK, Kimura M, Kimura T, Kubota K, Lai EC, Man KK, Ooba N, Park BJ, Sato T, Shin JY, Wong IC, Kao Yang YH, Roughead EE. Prescription sequence symmetry analysis: assessing risk, temporality, and consistency for adverse drug reactions across datasets in five countries.Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2015 Apr 22. doi: 10.1002/pds.3780. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Edward Chia-Cheng Lai, Monera B. Wong, Isao Iwata, Yinghong Zhang, Cheng-Yang Hsieh, Yea-Huei Kao Yang, Soko Setoguchi. Comparative Risk of Pneumonia Among New Users of Cholinesterase Inhibitors for Dementia.J Am Geriatr  Soc.2015;63(5):869-876

  • Yeh PT, Chien HC, Ng K, Tseng SH, Chen WL, Hou YC, Wang IJ, Chu HS, Kao Yang YH, Hu FR. Concordance between patient and clinician assessment of dry eye severity and treatment response in taiwan. Cornea. 2015 May;34(5):500-5.

  • Chen PS, Cheng CL, Chang YC, Kao Yang YH, Yeh PS, Li YH. Early statin therapy in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage without prior statin use. Eur J Neurol. 2015 May;22(5):773-80.

  • Lee CH, Cheng CL, Kao Yang YH, Lin LJ. Hormone Therapy and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism Among Postmenopausal Women in Taiwan. Circ J. 2015 Mar 4. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Hsieh CY, Cheng CL, Lai EC, Wang MC, Chen CH, Li CY, Kao Yang YH. Identifying renal dysfunction in stroke patients using diagnostic codes in the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database.Int J Stroke. 2015 Jan;10(1):E5.

  • Sung SF, Hsieh CY, Kao Yang YH, Lin HJ, Chen CH, Chen YW, Hu YH. Developing a stroke severity index based on administrative data was feasible using data mining techniques. J Clin Epidemiol. 2015 Jan 23.

  • Cheng CL, Lee CH, Chen PS, Li YH, Lin SJ, Yang YH. Validation of Acute Myocardial Infarction Cases in the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. J Epidemiol. 2014 Aug 30. [Epub ahead of print]

  • Lee CH, Cheng CL, Yang YH, Chao TH, Chen JY, Liu PY, Lin CC, Chan SH, Tsai LM, Chen JH, Lin LJ, Li YH. Trends in the incidence and management of acute myocardial infarction from 1999 to 2008: get with the guidelines performance measures in Taiwan. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Aug 11;3(4). pii: e001066. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001066.

  • Chui CS, Man KK, Cheng CL, Chan EW, Lau WC, Cheng VC, Wong DS, Yang Kao YH, Wong IC. An investigation of the potential association between retinal detachment and oral fluoroquinolones: a self-controlled case series study. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 May 15. pii: dku145. [Epub ahead of print].

  • Lin TC, Lee CH, Yang CY, Yang YH, Lin SJ. Incidence and risk of venous thromboembolism among Taiwan osteoporotic fracture population under osteoporosis pharmacological treatments. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014;99(5):1599-607.

  • Lai EC, Kao Yang YH, Kuo HC. Complication rate of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction after spinal cord injury in Taiwan. Int Urol Nephrol. 2014 Jun;46(6):1063-71.

  • Cheng CL, Chao PH, Hsu JC, Weng MM, On AW, Yang YH. Utilization patterns of Antihyperuricemic Agents Following Safety Announcement on Allopurinol and Benzbromarone by Taiwan Food and Drug Administration. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2014 Mar;23(3):309-13.

  • Lai EC, Hsieh CY, Kao Yang YH, Lin SJ. Detecting potential adverse reactions of sulpiride in schizophrenic patients by prescription sequence symmetry analysis. PLoS One. 2014 Feb 27;9(2):e89795.

  • Lin TC, Yang CY, Kao Yang YH, Lin SJ. Incidence and risk of osteonecrosis of the jaw among the Taiwan osteoporosis population. Osteoporosis International. 2014;25(5):1503-11.

  • Chen PS, Cheng CL, Kao Yang YH, Yeh PS, Li YH. Impact of early statin therapy in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. Acta Neurol Scand. 2014 Jan;129(1):41-8. doi: 10.1111/ane.12143. Epub 2013 Jun 13.

  • Cheng CL, Kao Yang YH, Liu CC, Lee PI. A retrospective study on the usage of cough and cold medications in viral respiratory tract infections in Taiwanese children. 2014 Jan;23(1):36-42. doi: 10.1002/pds.3460. Epub 2013 May 27.

  • Chang CH, Wang YW, Yeh Liu PY, Kao Yang YH. A practical approach to minimize the interaction of dietary vitamin K with warfarin. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2014 Feb;39(1):56-60. doi: 10.1111/jcpt.12104. Epub 2013 Oct 28.

  • Lin TC, Yang CY, Yang YH, Lin SJ. Comparative effectiveness of osteoporosis drugs in preventing secondary nonvertebral fractures in Taiwanese women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013;98(12):4717-26.

  • Lai EC, Yang YH, Lin SJ, Hsieh CY. Use of antiepileptic drugs and risk of hypothyroidism.Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2013 Oct;22(10):1071-9. doi: 10.1002/pds.3498. Epub 2013 Aug 15.

  • Hsieh CY, Chen CH, Chen YC, Kao Yang YH. National Survey of Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Taiwan 2003-2010. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2013 Oct 11. doi:pii: S1052-3057(13)00326-1.

  • Lee CH, Lin TC, Cheng CL, Yang CY, Lin LJ, Kao Yang YH. Comparative risk of venous thromboembolism between total knee and hip replacement - a 10-year nationwide population-based study in Taiwan. J Thromb Haemost. 2013 Oct;11(10):1930-2.doi:10.1111/jth.12375. Epub 2013 Oct 10.

  • Cheng-Yang Hsieh, Edward Chia-Cheng Lai, Yea-Huei Kao Yang, Swu-Jane Lin. Comparative stroke risk of antiepileptic drugs in patients with epilepsy. Epilepsia 2013; 54(1):172-80.

  • Chang CH, Yang YH, Lin SJ, Su JJ, Cheng CL, Lin LJ. Risk of insomnia attributable to β-blockers in elderly patients with newly diagnosed hypertension. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet. 2013;28(1):53-8.

  • Edward Chia-Cheng Lai, Chia-Hsien Chang, Yea-Huei Kao Yang, Swu-Jane Lin, Chia-Yin Lin. Effectiveness of Sulpiride in Adult Patients with Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2013;39(3):673-83

  • Chen JS, Chang CH, Yang WH, Kao YH. Acute urinary retention increases the risk of complications after transurethral resection of the prostate: a population-based study. BJU Int. 2012; 110(11 Pt C):E896-901.

  • 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 Dec 6;12:582.

  • Liu YM, Yang YH, Hsieh CR. Regulation and competition in the Taiwanese pharmaceutical market under national health insurance. J Health Econ. 2012 Mar 21;31(3):471-483.

  • Lee CH, Cheng CL, Chang CH, Kao Yang YH, Lin LJ, Lin TC, Yang CY. Universal Pharmacological Thromboprophylaxis for Total Knee Arthroplasty May Not be Necessary in Low Risk Populations: a Nationwide Study in Taiwan. J Thromb Haemost 2012;10: 56–63.

  • Kimura T, Matsushita Y, Yang YH, Choi NK, Park BJ. Pharmacovigilance systems and databases in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011 Dec;20(12):1237-45.

  • Hackam DG, Woodward M, Newby LK, Bhatt DL, Shao M, Smith EE, Donner A, Mamdani M, Douketis JD, Arima H, Chalmers J, MacMahon S, Tirschwell DL, Psaty BM, Bushnell CD, Aguilar MI, Capampangan DJ, Werring DJ, De Rango P, Viswanathan A, Danchin N, Cheng CL, Yang YH, Verdel BM, Lai MS, Kennedy J, Uchiyama S, Yamaguchi T, Ikeda Y, Mrkobrada M. Statins and intracerebral hemorrhage: collaborative systematic review and meta-analysis. Circulation 2011;15:2233-42

  • Lee CH, Cheng CL, Lin LJ, Tsai LM, Yang Kao YH. Epidemiology and Predictors of Short-term Mortality in Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism – A Nationwide Population-based Study.Circulation Journal 2011;75:1998-2004

  • Cheng CL, Chen YC, Liu TM, Yang Kao YH. Using Spatial Analysis to Demonstrate the Heterogeneity of the Cardiovascular Drug-Prescribing Pattern in Taiwan. BMC Public Health. 2011 May 24;11(1):380.

  • Lin TC, Yang Kao YH, Yang CY, Lin SJ. The compliance to Alendronate and its impact of hip fracture risk among established osteoporosis patients in Taiwan. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2011;90:109-116

  • Liu YM, Yang Kao YH, Hsieh CR. The determinants of the adoption of pharmaceutical innovation: Evidence from Taiwan. Social Science & Medicine 2011; 72: 919-927

  • Cheng CL, Yang Kao YH, Lin SJ, Lee CH and Lai ML. Validation of the National Health Insurance Research Database with ischemic stroke cases in Taiwan. Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 2011 ; 20: 236-242

  • Lee CH, Lin LJ, Cheng CL, Yang Kao YH, Chen JY, Tsai LM. Incidence and cumulative recurrent rates of venous thromboembolism in the Taiwanese population. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2010; 8: 1515–1523

  • Cheng CL, Yang Kao YH, Lin SJ, Lin CH, Lin YJ. Compliance with Dosing Recommendations from Common References in Antibiotic Prescriptions for Preterm Neonates. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2010;19(1):51-8

  • Weng TC, Yang Kao YH, Lin SJ, Tai SH. A systematic review and meta-analysis on the therapeutic equivalence of statins. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. 2010;35(2):139-151.

  • Liu YM, Yang Kao YH. Hospital competition and prescribing behaviors: empirical evidence from Taiwan. Journal of Developing Areas 2010;43:125-41

  • Liu YM, Yang Kao YH, Hsieh CR. Financial incentives and physicians’ prescription decisions on the choice between brand-name and generic drugs: evidence from Taiwan. Journal of Health Economics 2009:28 (2):341-349

  • Lin LJ, Cheng MH, Lee CH, Wung DC, Cheng CL, Yang Kao YH. Guideline compliance in antithrombotic treatment of atrial fibrillation patients – A nationwide study in Taiwan. Clinical Therapeutics. 2008;30:1726-1736.

  • Lin TL, Yang Kao YH, Tang CH, Wu HM, Cheng HW. Impact of Introduction of Angiotensin II Antagonist on the Antihypertensive Utilization in Taiwan. J Food Drug Analysis 2008;16:21-29.

  • Li YH, Wu HL, Yang Kao YH, Tsai HS, Chao TH. Effect of early versus late in-hospital initiation of statin therapy on the clinical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome. Int Heart J. 2007;48(6):677-88.

  • Yang SY, Yang Kao YH*, Chong MY, Yang YH, Chang WH, Lai CS. Risk of extrapyramidal syndrome in schizophrenic patients treated with antipsychotics: a population-based study. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2007;81:586-94.

  • Lin TL, Yang Kao YH, Tang CH, Wu HM, Cheng HW. An economic evaluation on the pharmaceutical expenditure of antihypertensive agents in Taiwan from 1997 to 2002. J Food Drug Analysis. 2007;15:233-41.