Kurgansky, Katherine E.
Schubert, Petra
Parker, Rachel
Djousse, Luc
Riebman, Jerome B.
Gagnon, David R.
Joseph, Jacob http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7279-4896
Funding for this research was provided by:
Amgen (Investigator Initiated Grant)
Article History
Received: 3 December 2019
Accepted: 10 February 2020
First Online: 26 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the VA Boston Healthcare System Institutional Review Board (IRB#3042). Given that this was a database study, informed consent was not required. Access to raw data from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs corporate data warehouse was granted by the VA Boston Healthcare System Institutional Review Board and the Veterans Health Administration National Data Systems. Access to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid data was granted through the VA Information resource Center in accordance with VHA Directive 1153 and VHA Handbook 1153.01.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.