Gai, Yunwei
Jones, Kent
Article History
Received: 19 March 2019
Accepted: 14 April 2020
First Online: 21 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Data in this study was obtained from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) which is publicly available and has already removed all identifying information to protect the privacy of individual patients, physicians, and hospitals. Exemption is granted by the Babson College Institutional Review Board.
: Not applicable.
: The authors do not have competing interests to report.