Even, Dan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3963-0064
Shvarts, Shifra
Funding for this research was provided by:
Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Israel
Israel National Insurance Institute
Article History
Received: 11 May 2022
Accepted: 13 April 2023
First Online: 21 April 2023
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments, or with comparable ethical standards. The study analyzed anonymized data from patient files. The research protocol was approved by the Helsinki committees of Sheba Medical Center (#2448-15-SMC) and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (#2015 14) in Israel<b>.</b> Written informed consent was not required, due to the nature of the study.
: Not applicable<b>.</b>
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.