Chao, Grace F. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3133-9827
Diaz, Adrian
Ghaferi, Amir A.
Dimick, Justin B.
Byrnes, Mary E.
Article History
Received: 8 June 2021
Revised: 16 January 2022
Accepted: 23 January 2022
First Online: 27 January 2022
Declarations
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: 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.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Additional informed consent was obtained from all individual participants for whom identifying information is included in this article.
: Dr. Chao receives funding from the Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System; this work does not represent the views of the United States government nor the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Diaz receives funding from the Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System; this work does not represent the views of the United States government nor the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Ghaferi is supported through grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Grant Nos.: 5K08HS02362 and P30HS024403) and a Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Award (CE-1304–6596). Dr. Ghaferi receives salary support from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as the Director of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative. Dr. Dimick receives grant funding from the NIH, AHRQ, and BlueCross BlueShield of Michigan Foundation. Dr. Dimick is a cofounder of ArborMetrix, Inc., a company that makes software for profiling hospital quality and efficiency. Dr. Byrnes has no disclosures to report. The authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this work.
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