Alwhaibi, Monira https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3707-0582
Balkhi, Bander
Article History
Received: 15 June 2025
Accepted: 20 August 2025
First Online: 9 September 2025
Declarations
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: No ethical review or approval is required for using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) database. Patient consent was waived for this research as we have used secondary publicly available data.
: Not applicable. This manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form (including individual details).
: The authors declare no competing interests.