Dhital, Rashmi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1974-7844
Pandey, Ramesh Kumar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9292-1477
Poudel, Dilli Ram http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2350-719X
Oladunjoye, Olubunmi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2749-6099
Paudel, Prakash http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5194-869X
Karmacharya, Paras http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1034-1530
Article History
Received: 21 September 2019
Accepted: 20 November 2019
First Online: 26 November 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: None.
: NIS database is a publicly available national database containing de-identified discharge data. An institutional review board approval was not required for the study as no personally identifiable information was used. The NIS database raw files were purchased through online HCUP (health care cost and utilization project) distributor, which were analyzed for this study.