Booth, Michael J.
Janevic, Mary R.
Kobayashi, Lindsay C.
Clauw, Daniel J.
Piette, John D.
Article History
Received: 12 January 2021
Accepted: 22 April 2021
First Online: 18 August 2021
Declarations
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: The U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the current study including access to sensitive Medicare files was approved by the University of Michigan Health Sciences/Behavioral Sciences Institutional Review Board (HUM00061128, HUM00152177). Informed consent was obtained from all study subjects. No study subjects were under the age of 18. Further information on the HRS consent process and confidentiality measures are available [CitationRef removed]. All methods were performed within the relevant confidentiality guidelines and regulations of the Institutional Review Board and the Health and Retirement Study. We followed the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Stuies in Epidimiology Statement (STROBE) guidelines for reporting study methods and results.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors report no financial disclosures or possible competing interest related to this article.