Odeleye, Victoria
Masarweh, Omar
Restrepo, Jorge
Alvarez, Carlos A
Mansi, Ishak A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6122-3716
Article History
Accepted: 15 August 2023
First Online: 2 October 2023
Declarations
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: No funding was provided for this work. Resources of the Orlando VA Medical Center were used to conduct the study.
: The authors declare that they do not have a financial conflict of interest related to this work. CAA has received research funding from Merck, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Bristol Myers Squibb not related to this project. CAA us supported, in part, by the National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science Award (UL1TR003163)
: This study was approved by the VA North Texas Health Care System (1589775-3), Orlando VA Health Care System (1679434-1), and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (A14-3811).
: Institutional review boards have waived informed consent because the study used only previously collected, deidentified data.
: All authors have reviewed the manuscript and agree on its publication and submission to the Journal.
: 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 data steward for VHA Data Systems. Data in VINCI cannot be copied, transferred, or printed. Access to data by other researchers is possible following VINCI protocols, as described in VINCI Central website: ExternalRef removed.
: Codes used in this study is provided in the Electronic Supplementary Material.
: Concept and study design: all authors; data collection and statistical analysis: CA and IM; results’ interpretation: all authors; initial draft of the manuscript: VO and OM; final review and edit of the manuscript: all authors. Dr. Mansi is the overall guarantor for data and study integrity.
: The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, Department of Defense, VA Administration, or the US Government or any of its affiliated entities. This research was supported (in whole or in part) by the resources of the Orlando VA Medical Center. Some of the authors are employees of the US government. This work was prepared as part of their official duties and, as such, there is no copyright to be transferred. This research was supported (in whole or in part) by HCA Healthcare and/or an HCA Healthcare affiliated entity. The views expressed in this publication represent those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of HCA Healthcare or any of its affiliated entities.