Saijo, Yasuaki
Yoshioka, Eiji
Sato, Yukihiro
Kunori, Yuki
Article History
Received: 12 April 2023
Accepted: 28 September 2023
First Online: 24 October 2023
Declarations
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: We used data from a survey of physicians, dentists, and pharmacists in a national census conducted by the MHLW. Permission to use the dataset from the MHLW was obtained (Statistics Law Article 33), and the names of individuals were kept confidential. The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Asahikawa Medical University Research Ethics Committee (approval number: 21104 (October 13, 2021)) because of the retrospective design of this study. This study was conducted following Declaration of Helsinki guidelines. This study was approved by the Asahikawa Medical University Research Ethics Committee (approval number: 21104 (October 13, 2021)).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.