Medizinische Informatik
Medizinische Biometrie und Informatik

Yu-Chun Chen

 

Gebäude: INF 326   Raum: 311

Telefon: 06221 / 56-5143

Fax: 06221 / 56-4997

E-Mail: Yu-Chun.Chen@med.uni-heidelberg.de










Position: DoktorandAbschluss: Bachelor of Medicine (Spezialisierung in Allgemeinmedizin), M.Sc. (Medical informatics)Forschung:

  • Management von Gesundheitsdaten
  • Pharmakoepidemiologie
  • Medizinische Informatik

Mitarbeit in Gremien etc.:
Student editor für 'Methods of Information in Medicine' (seit 2010)


Publikationen:

2011

  1. Chen YC, Wu JC, Liu L, Chen TJ, Huang WC, Cheng H. Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt in children and inguinal hernia: A nationwide cohort with eight-year follow-up. Pediatrics 2011. [SCI](accepted)

  2. Chen YC, Wu JC, Chen TJ, Wetter T. A publicly available database dramatically accelerates academic production. BMJ 2011:342(7792):297-98. [SCI][PMID:21285219]

  3. Chen YC, Yeh HY, Wu JC, Haschler I, Chen TJ, Wetter T. Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database: Administrative health care database as study object in bibliometrics. Scientometrics 2011;86:365-80. [SCI][SSCI]
    [Online version]

  4. Wu JC, Liu L, Chen YC*, Huang WC, Chen TJ, Cheng H. Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament in the cervical spine: An eleven-year comprehensive national epidemiology study. Neurosurgical Focus 2011;30:E5 [SCI] []

  5. Huang CC, Chan WL, Chen YC, Chen TJ, Lin SJ, Chen JW, Leu HB. Angiotensin II receptor blockers and risk of cancer in patients with systemic hypertension. American Journal of Cardiology 2011 [SCI] (accepted)

  6. Yang KY, Liu KT, Chen YC, Chen CS, Lee YC, Perng RP, Feng JY. Plasma sVEGFR1 levels predict outcomes of pneumonia-related septic shock patients: A prospective observational study. Critical Care 2011;15:R11 [SCI][PMID:21219633]


2010

  1. Chen YC, Chen TJ, Wu JC. What if access to medical service is nearly free? "Self-referral" patterns exist in free market system and vary by disease. BMJ 2010/12/13. [SCI]
    [Response, electronic version]

  2. Chen YC, Chen YC, Chou LF, Chen TJ, Hwang SJ.  Adrenal insufficiency in the elderly: A nationwide study of hospitalizations in Taiwan. Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine 2010;221:281-5.[SCI]
    [PMID:20644343]

  3. Huang CC, Chen YC, Leu HB, Chen TJ, Lin SJ, Chan WL, Chen JW. Risk of adverse outcomes associated with concomitant use of clopidogrel and proton pump inhibitors in the east Asian patients with percutaneous coronary intervention. American Journal of Cardiology. The American Journal of Cardiology 2010;105:1705-9. [SCI]
    [PMID: 20538118]

  4. Yeh HY, Chen YC, Su I, Chou LF, Chao HT, Chen TJ, Hwang SJ. Pattern and consequences of first visits to obstetrician/gynecologists by adolescents in Taiwan: A nationwide study. Journal of the Chinese Medical Association 2010. Journal of the Chinese Medical Association 2010;73:144-9. [SCI] [PMID:20230999]

  5. Huang CC, Chen YC, Chen LK, Hwang SJ, Lin HD. Relationship between age and serum thyrotropin among asymptomatic older people in Taiwan. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 2010;51:117-20. [SCI]
    [PMID:19819570]

  6. Huang CC, Chan WL, Chen YC, Chen TJ, Chou KT, Lin SJ, Chen JW, Leu HB. Statin use reduces hospitalization in patients with asthma- A nationwide population-based study. European Journal of Clinical Investigation 2010. [SCI]
    [PMID:21128938]

  7. Jong MS, Hwang SJ, Chen YC, Chen TJ, Chen FJ, Chen FP. Prescriptions of Chinese Herbal Medicine for Constipation Under the National Health Insurance in Taiwan. Journal of the Chinese Medical Association 2010;73:375-83. [SCI]
    [PMID:20688304]

  8. Chen TW, Li SY, Chen TJ, Chen YC, Lai CL, Chen JY, Chou LF. The effect of weather on peritoneal dialysis prescription - seasonal variation in PD dialysate utilization. Peritoneal Dialysis International 2010;30:320-8 [SCI]
    [PMID:20338968]

  9. Ko CC, Tsai HW, Huang WC, Wu JC, Chen YC, Shih YH, Chen HC, Wu CL, Cheng H. Screw loosening in the Dynesys stabilization system: radiographic evidence and effect on outcomes. Neurosurgical Focus 2010;28:E10. [SCI]
    [PMID:20568916]


2009

  1. Chen YC, Hwang SJ, Lai HY, Chen TJ, Lin MH, Chen LK, Lee CH: Potentially inappropriate medication for emergency department visits by elderly patients in Taiwan. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2009;18:53-61. [SCI]
    [PMID:19111015]

  2. Yeh HY, Chen YC, Chen FP, Chou LF, Chen TJ, Hwang SJ. Use of traditional Chinese medicine in pregnancy: a nationwide survey in Taiwan. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 2009;107:147-50. [SCI]
    [PMID:19716133]

  3. Lai HY, Chen YC, Hwang SJ, Chen TJ, Lin MH, Chen LK, Lee CH. High prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication for ambulatory care visits by elderly patients within the national health insurance system in Taiwan. Clinical Therapeutics 2009;8:1859-70. [SCI]
    [PMID:19808145]

  4. Chen FP, Jong MS, Chen YC, Kung YY, Chen TJ, Chen FJ, Hwang SJ. Prescriptions of Chinese Herbal Medicines for Insomnia in Taiwan during 2002. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2009. [SCI]
    [PMID: 19339485]

  5. Jih JS, Chen YJ, Lin MW, Chen YC, Chen TJ, Huang YL, Chen CC, Lee DD, Chang YT, Wang WJ, Liu HN. Epidemiological Features and Costs of Herpes Zoster in Taiwan: a National Study 2000 to 2006. Acta Dermato-Venereologica 2009;89:612-6. [SCI]
    [PMID:19997693]

  6. Chang YT, Chen TJ, Liu PC, Chen YC, Chen YJ, Huang YL, Jih JS, Chen CC, Lee DD, Wang WJ, Lin MW, Liu HN. Epidemiological study of psoriasis in the national health insurance database in Taiwan. Acta Dermato-Venereologica 2009;89:262-6. [SCI]
    [PMID: 19479122]

  7. Wu JC, Huang WC, Huang MC, Tsai YA, Chen YC, Shih YH, Cheng H. A novel strategy for repairing preganglionic cervical root avulsion in brachial plexus injury by sural nerve grafting. Journal of Neurosurgery 2009;110:775-85. [SCI]
    [PMID: 19119881]

  8. Huang YL, Chen YJ, Lin MW, Wu CY, Liu PC, Chen TJ, Chen YC, Jih JS, Chen CC, Lee DD, Chang YT, Wang WJ, Liu HN. Malignancies associated with dermatomyositis and polymyositis in Taiwan: a nationwide population-based study. British Journal of Dermatology 2009;161:854-60. [SCI]
    [PMID: 19558555]

2008

  1. Chen YC, Chen FP, Chen TJ, Chou LF, Hwang SJ. Patterns of traditional Chinese medicine use in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a population study in Taiwan. Hepatogastroenterology 2008;55:467-70. [SCI]
    [PMID:18613389]

  2. Lai HY, Chen YC, Chen TJ, Chou LF, Chen LK, Hwang SJ. Intra-articular hyaluronic acid for treatment of osteoarthritis: a nationwide study among the older population in Taiwan. BMC Health Services Research 2008;8:24. [SCI]
    [PMID:18226238]

  3. Wu JC, Huang WC, Chen YC, Shih YH, Cheng H. Stabilization of subaxial cervical spines by lateral mass screw fixation with modified Magerl's technique. Surgical Neurology 2008;70(S1):25-33. [SCI]
    [PMID:19061767]

  4. Chen FP, Kung YY, Chen YC, Jong MS, Chen TJ, Chen FJ, Hwang SJ. Frequency and pattern of Chinese herbal medicine prescriptions for chronic hepatitis in Taiwan. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2008;117(1):84-91. [SCI]
    [PMID:18321671]

  5. Wu JC, Huang WC, Tsai YA, Chen YC, Cheng H. Nerve repair using acidic fibroblast growth factor in human cervical spinal cord injury: a preliminary phase I clinical study. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine 2008;8:208-14. [SCI]
    [PMID: 18312071]

2007

  1. Chen TJ, Chen YC, Hwang SJ, Chou LF. The contribution of Hong Kong to China's international scientific publications. Scientometrics 2007;71:151-4. [SCI] [SSCI]

  2. Chen TJ, Chen YC, Hwang SJ, Chou LF. International collaboration of clinical medicine research in Taiwan, 1990-2004: a bibliometric analysis. Journal of the Chinese Medical Association 2007;70:110-6. [SCI]
    [PMID:17389155]

  3. Chen FP, Chen TJ, Kung YY, Chen YC, Chou LF, Chen FJ, Hwang SJ. Use frequency of traditional Chinese medicine in Taiwan. BMC Health Services Research 2007;7:26. [SCI]
    [PMID:17319950]

2006

  1. Kung YY, Chen YC, Hwang SJ, Chen TJ, Chen FP. The prescriptions frequencies and patterns of Chinese herbal medicine for allergic rhinitis in Taiwan. Allergy 2006;61:1316-8. [SCI]
    [PMID:17002708]


  2. Chen TJ, Chen YC, Hwang SJ, Chou LF. The rise of China also in gastroenterology? A bibliometric analysis of ISI and Medline databases. Scientometrics 2006;69:539-49. [SCI] [SSCI]

2000-2003

  1. Chen YC, Wu SC. Exploring out-patient behaviors in claim database: a case study using association rules. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings 2003:811.
    [PMID:14728316]

  2. Su TP, Chen TJ, Hwang SJ, Chou LF, Fan PA, Chen YC. Utilization of psychotropic drugs in Taiwan: an overview of outpatient sector in 2000. Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei) 2002;65:378-91.
    [PMID:12455808]