Table 3.
Number and percentage of articles with the corresponding condition or intervention in the article title between 2000 and 2007.
| Articles | Studies using NHIa claims data (n=4473), n (%) |
Articles in top 20 journals n=362,463, n (%) |
Articles in PubMed n=12,309,239, n (%) |
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Diabetes | 263 (5.9) | 4195 (1.2) | 112,484 (0.9) |
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Stroke | 189 (4.2) | 1944 (0.5) | 56,781 (0.5) |
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Dementia | 139 (3.1) | 664 (0.2) | 24,217 (0.2) |
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Type 2 diabetes | 132 (3.0) | 1724 (0.5) | 38,757 (0.3) |
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Cancer | 124 (2.8) | 22,030 (6.1) | 503,283 (4.1) |
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End stage renal disease | 102 (2.3) | 169 (0.0) | 4387 (0.0) |
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Atrial fibrillation | 88 (2.0) | 1189 (0.3) | 21,867 (0.2) |
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 88 (2.0) | 450 (0.1) | 10,356 (0.1) |
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Chronic kidney disease | 87 (1.9) | 671 (0.2) | 12,617 (0.1) |
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Schizophrenia | 82 (1.8) | 1215 (0.3) | 33,536 (0.3) |
| Articles with the intervention in the article title |
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Statin | 100 (2.2) | 319 (0.1) | 5130 (0.0) |
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Metformin | 40 (0.9) | 372 (0.1) | 6408 (0.1) |
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Chinese herbal medicine | 38 (0.8) | 158 (0.0) | 674 (0.0) |
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Hemodialysis | 38 (0.8) | 58 (0.0) | 3175 (0.0) |
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Antidepressant | 36 (0.8) | 696 (0.2) | 7327 (0.1) |
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Antipsychotic | 35 (0.8) | 337 (0.1) | 5540 (0.0) |
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Proton pump inhibitor | 29 (0.6) | 38 (0.0) | 1105 (0.0) |
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Dialysis | 27 (0.6) | 416 (0.1) | 16,301 (0.1) |
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs | 27 (0.6) | 2 (0.0) | 260 (0.0) |
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Corticosteroid | 24 (0.5) | 109 (0.0) | 4475 (0.0) |
aNHI: National Health Insurance.