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  1. Increasing specialist intensity at weekends to improve outcomes for patients undergoing emergency hospital admission: the HiSLAC two-phase mixed-methods study

    Article • Health Services and Delivery Research, July 2021, National Institute for Health Research

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  2. Analysis of OpenStreetMap Data Quality at Different Stages of a Participatory Mapping Process: Evidence from Slums in Africa and Asia

    Article • ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  3. Publication and related bias in quantitative health services and delivery research: a multimethod study

    Article • Health Services and Delivery Research, August 2020, National Institute for Health Research

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  4. Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements

    Article • BMJ Global Health, August 2020, BMJ

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  5. Publication and related biases in health services research: a systematic review of empirical evidence

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  6. Taiwan and the World Health Assembly/World Health Organization: Perspectives from Health Services and Research

    Article • International Journal of Taiwan Studies, February 2020, Brill

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  7. Assessment of publication bias and outcome reporting bias in systematic reviews of health services and delivery research: A meta-epidemiological study

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2020, PLOS

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  8. Evidence synthesis and decision modelling to support complex decisions: stockpiling neuraminidase inhibitors for pandemic influenza usage

    Article • F1000Research, March 2017, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  9. Evidence synthesis and decision modelling to support complex decisions: stockpiling neuraminidase inhibitors for pandemic influenza usage

    Article • F1000Research, September 2016, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen, Dr Olalekan A Uthman

  10. Secular trends and evaluation of complex interventions: the rising tide phenomenon

    Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, October 2015, BMJ

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  11. The ubiquitous weekend effect: moving past proving it exists to clarifying what causes it

    Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, June 2015, BMJ

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  12. Occipital Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Migraine—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2015, PLOS

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  13. Broad systematic review to examine evidence for an intervention across different conditions

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  14. Medical device procurement in low- and middle-income settings: protocol for a systematic review

    Article • Systematic Reviews, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  15. The systemic immune response to trauma: an overview of pathophysiology and treatment

    Article • The Lancet, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  16. Effectiveness of Lifestyle Interventions on Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA): Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • SLEEP, October 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  17. The effect of complementary and alternative medicine on the quality of life of cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analyses

    Article • Complementary Therapies in Medicine, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  18. Overall similarity and consistency assessment scores are not sufficiently accurate for predicting discrepancy between direct and indirect comparison estimates

    Article • Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  19. Evaluation of a predevelopment service delivery intervention: an application to improve clinical handovers

    Article • BMJ Quality & Safety, September 2012, BMJ

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  20. The Effects of Dietary Intervention on HIV Dyslipidaemia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2012, PLOS

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  21. Clinical decision support systems in the care of inpatients with diabetes in non-critical care setting: systematic review

    Article • Diabetic Medicine, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  22. Use of indirect comparison methods in systematic reviews: a survey of Cochrane review authors

    Article • Research Synthesis Methods, December 2011, Wiley

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  23. Inconsistency between direct and indirect comparisons of competing interventions: meta-epidemiological study

    Article • BMJ, August 2011, BMJ

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  24. Adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab, rituximab and abatacept for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis after the failure of a tumour necrosis factor inhibitor: a systematic review and economic evaluation

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, March 2011, National Institute for Health Research

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  25. Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of stem cell transplantation in the management of acute leukaemia: a systematic review

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, December 2010, National Institute for Health Research

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  26. Clinical and cost-effectiveness of epoprostenol, iloprost, bosentan, sitaxentan and sildenafil for pulmonary arterial hypertension within their licensed indications: a systematic review and economic evaluation

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, October 2009, National Institute for Health Research

    David Coghill, Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  27. Clinical and economic assessment of different general population strategies of pertussis vaccine booster regarding number of doses and age of application for reducing whooping cough disease burden: A systematic review

    Article • Vaccine, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen

  28. Incidence and Possible Causes of Prescribing Potentially Hazardous/Contraindicated Drug Combinations in General Practice

    Article • Drug Safety, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yen-Fu Chen