Gender and age disparity in the initiation of life-supporting treatments: a population-based cohort study

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 2 The comparison of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation uses between different gender groups

^aGIR denotes for “gender-specific age-adjusted incidence rate of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation,” which means the annual number of ECMO cases per million person-year adjusting for age distribution in 2000
The gender status of some ECMO users in the NHIRD is missing: one in 2001, two in 2003, three in 2004, and one in 2004

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