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Branke, Lisa https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7636-0400
Hofmann, Alexandra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9915-3482
Stepanovich-Falke, Anastassiya https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8652-0490
Alibone, Marco https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8368-7298
Bremer, Viviane https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0158-7053
Zimmermann, Ruth https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3635-2692
Dudareva, Sandra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1803-704X
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Robert Koch-Institut
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Article History
Received: 12 January 2026
Accepted: 27 May 2026
First Online: 2 June 2026
Declarations
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: This study used anonymized administrative claims data from the InGef research database that fulfil all applicable requirements of data protection regulations in Germany. Consent to participate was not applicable because only fully anonymised secondary data were used. 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 approval by an ethics committee or institutional review board is required for studies based exclusively on anonymised secondary data [ ]. All analyses were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
