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Article History

Received: 4 April 2022

Accepted: 5 October 2022

First Online: 26 October 2022

Declarations

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: The study was approved by the Review Committee of Guizhou Medical University (Approval Certificate No. 2019(149)). In our manuscript, the participants were physicians. We only focused on children’s prescriptions. As a result, we only saw these physicians prescribing children without reaching these children. In addition, after signing the confidentiality agreement, Guizhou Provincial Health Commission agreed that we would only sign the informed consent form with the physicians. So, all participants (physicians) provided written informed consent to participate in the study. A tripartite agreement was signed between Guizhou Provincial Health Commission, Guizhou Medical University and LWTC Company. The prescription information was authorized by the Information Center of Guizhou Provincial Health Commission, and downloaded from the data port of HIS system developed by LWTC. After downloading the prescription, all identifying information about the physicians and patients is hidden, as required by confidentiality agreements. So, the data used in this study was anonymized before its use. Furthermore, we only downloaded the prescription and did not have access to the children or obtain written informed consent from the children’s guardians.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.