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Article History

Accepted: 24 June 2022

First Online: 10 July 2022

Declarations

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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

: We further confirm that existing data sets in this study use de-identified patient medical records and therefore, Institutional Review Board (IRB) recognizes such research which may not meet the definition of “human subjects” research requiring IRB review.

: This study involved analyses of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-compliant secondary databases, Truven Healthcare Analytics, MarketScan, thus no informed consent was feasible or necessary.

: Neither the article nor portions of it have been previously published elsewhere (except as an abstract of this manuscript is accepted as poster presentation at 2022 STI Prevention Conference). The manuscript is not under consideration for publication in another journal, and will not be submitted elsewhere until the Journal of Community Health editorial process is completed, and a final decision on approval or disapproval has been made. All authors consent to the publication of the manuscript in the Journal of Community Health, should the article be accepted by the Editor-in-chief upon completion of the refereeing process.