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Article History

Received: 13 December 2023

Accepted: 21 May 2024

First Online: 31 May 2024

Declarations

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: This study used administrative claims data that fulfils all necessary requirements of data protection in Germany. Consent to participate is not applicable. According to the Good Practice in Secondary Data Analysis, published by the Working Group for the Survey and Utilization of Secondary Data (AGENS) with representatives from the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP) and the German Society for Epidemiology (DGEpi), no clearance by ethics committee is necessary for studies using anonymized secondary data.

: Not applicable.

: FLA was at the time of the study employed by Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S. AA, AT, SD, and HRK are employed by IQVIA. AW is employed by Team Gesundheit. SG is a member of steering committees for Janssen, Bristol Myers Squibb and Abbvie, participates in drug monitoring committees for Janssen, has speaker commitments for Abbvie, Takeda, Janssen, Pfizer, Gilead, Galapagos, Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S, Eli-Lilly, Celltrion, and is a member of advisory committees for Janssen, Abbvie, Takeda, Gilead, Galapagos, Eli-Lilly, Pfizer, Celltrion, and Ferring Pharmaceuticals.