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Article History

Received: 15 July 2025

Revised: 3 September 2025

Accepted: 18 September 2025

First Online: 30 September 2025

Declarations

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: Author confirms that the research did not involve human participants or human biological material; it exclusively utilized aggregated administrative healthcare cost data. No personally identifiable data were obtained or used, and therefore, ethical committee approval was not required.

: Informed consent to participate was also not applicable. Author further confirms that all methods were conducted in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations, including Slovak Law 153/2013, which does not mandate ethical committee approval for the use of such datasets.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.