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Authors
Weeda, Erin R.
Bishu, Kinfe G.
Ward, Ralph
Axon, R. Neal
Taber, David J.
Gebregziabher, Mulugeta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4826-481X
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
VHA HSR&D funded grant (HX001229)
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Article History
Received: 20 January 2020
Accepted: 6 October 2020
First Online: 15 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The retrospective study was approved by the institutional review board (IRB) at the Medical University of South Carolina. The Medical University of South Carolina granted a waiver of informed consent for this study. Approval for this study was also granted by the Research and Development Committee at the Ralph H. Johnson Veteran Affairs Medical Center.
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: Permissions to access the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) data were obtained from the Veteran Health Administration, with approval granted by the Research and Development Committee at the Ralph H. Johnson Veteran Affairs Medical Center.
: The authors report no potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article. This article represents the views of the authors and not those of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) or Veteran Health Administration (VHA).
