Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Systems Research Institute, Thailand (59–062)
Article History
Received: 18 April 2018
Accepted: 5 June 2018
First Online: 18 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The randomized controlled trial was registered with (ID NCT01659983). The study was approved by all collaborating hospitals with the committee reference number of MTU-EC-SC-4-057/55. Every patient was informed and signed informed consent before participating into the trial. For this retrospective study, the protocol was approved by the ethic committees of Chonburi and Ramathibodi hospitals with protocol numbers 03/61/S/h3 and 04-55-18, respectively.
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