Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in Adolescent Girls in Taiwan.

Objective: Three vaccines are available to Taiwanese young girls for cervical cancer (CC) prevention. Here we evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the two-dose (2D) AS04-adjuvanted HPV-16/18 vaccine (2D-AS04-HPV- 16/18v)+screening compared with a screening programme alone, with 2D human papillomavirus 6/11/16/18 vaccine (2D-4vHPVv)+screening, and with 2D/three-dose (3D) human papillomavirus 6/11/16/18/31/33/45/52/58 vaccine (9vHPVv)+screening, for Taiwan universal mass vaccination. Methods: A static Markov cohort model simulated the natural history of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and CC screening for a 12-year-old cohort of Taiwanese girls (N=120,000).

Epidemiology and comorbidities of patients with chronic urticaria in Taiwan‏: A nationwide population-based study.

Background: Comprehensive data regarding the epidemiology of chronic urticaria (CU) in general populations are scant.

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence, incidence, and comorbidities of CU in general population.

Methods: The data were sourced from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) for 2009-2012.