Pacheco, Gerardo J.
Fulton, Lawrence
Betancourt, Jose
Shanmugam, Ram
Granados, Paula Stigler
Article History
Received: 22 February 2022
Accepted: 29 June 2022
First Online: 4 July 2022
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The research protocol was reviewed by the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS) at the University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHealth) and approved on February 5, 2018 (HSC-SPH-17-1039). No informed consent was required for this protocol since this study utilized a de-identified administrative data from the Texas Hospital Inpatient Public Use File for secondary data analysis.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.