Siriwardhana, Chathura
Lim, Eunjung
Davis, James
Chen, John J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54MD007584)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54MD007601)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P20GM103466)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (U54GM104944)
Article History
Received: 23 January 2018
Accepted: 10 June 2018
First Online: 18 June 2018
Authors’ information
: Chathura Siriwardhana, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Eunjung Lim, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, James Davis, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, and John J. Chen, Ph.D. – Professor & Chair, Department of Complementary & Integrative Medicine, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
: Ethics approval: The research protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Hawaii (CHS#23362). Consent to participate: Not applicable, since the study was conducted as a retrospective study, using Hawaii Medicare health insurance claims database.
: Not applicable, since the study was conducted as a retrospective study, using Hawaii Medicare health insurance claims database.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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