*Department of Health Policy and Management, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans
†The Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
‡Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Xuhui District, Shanghai, China
§Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
∥Louisiana Public Health Institute
¶Center for Outcomes and Health Services Research, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA
Supported through a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Program Award (NEN-1508-32257).
All statements in this manuscript, including findings and conclusions, are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of PCORI, its Board of Governors or the Methodology Committee.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Correspondence to: Lizheng Shi, PhD, MsPharm, MA, Department of Health Policy and Management, Health Systems Analytics Research Center, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 1900. New Orleans, LA 70112. E-mail: [email protected].