Gerstmeyer, Julius
Gorbacheva, Anna
Pierre, Clifford
Norvell, Daniel C.
Heffernan, Tara
Tabesh, Arash
Schildhauer, Thomas A.
Abdul-Jabbar, Amir
Oskouian, Rod J.
Chapman, Jens R.
Article History
Received: 15 April 2025
Accepted: 16 June 2025
First Online: 8 July 2025
Declarations
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: This retrospective study utilizes data from the 2020 Nationwide Readmission Database (NRD), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Therefore, no approval from an institutional and national research committee was needed.
: All authors have given a written declaration of consent for publication of the data obtained in this study. I confirm that this work is original and has not been published elsewhere, nor is it currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
: The authors declare no competing interests.