Smith, Valerie A.
Neelon, Brian
Maciejewski, Matthew L.
Preisser, John S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative
Article History
Received: 30 August 2016
Revised: 21 February 2017
Accepted: 21 March 2017
First Online: 29 March 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Dr. Maciejewski owns stock in Amgen due to his spouse’s employment. No other authors have conflicts of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: This study was approved by the institutional review board (including waiver of informed consent) of the Durham VA Medical Center.