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Article History

Received: 29 August 2025

Accepted: 11 September 2025

First Online: 26 September 2025

Declarations

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: I.M. and M.B. declared no conflict of interest.

: Not applicable for this response to a comment.

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: Data are stored in the VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure (VINCI), the operational platform for health services research at the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA). VINCI acts as a data steward for VHA Data Systems. The data in VINCI cannot be copied, transferred, or printed. Access to data by other researchers is possible following the VINCI protocols, ascribed to the VINCI Central website:

: Codes used in the study are provided in Supplementary Material of the original manuscript.

: I.M. and M.B. drafted and finalized the response to this comment. All authors read and approved the final version.

: None.