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Article History

Received: 31 January 2018

Accepted: 21 October 2018

First Online: 29 October 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical approval was granted for the study by the Institutional Review Board at An-Najah National University. Written consents were obtained from the Palestinian Ministry of Health and Office of Medical Director at An-Najah National University Hospital to collect data from seven governmental hospitals and An-Najah National University Hospital (the only private hospital surveyed in this study), respectively. We obtained verbal consent from each participant before the start of the interview.

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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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