Accepted for Publication: September 21, 2022.
Published: November 3, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.40332
Open Access: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2022 O’Hare AM et al. JAMA Network Open.
Corresponding Author: Ann M. O’Hare, MA, MD, Health Services Research & Development Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1660 S Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108 (ann.ohare@va.gov).
Author Contributions: Dr O’Hare had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: O’Hare, Taylor, Helfand, Tuepker, Bowling, Bohnert, Boyko, Ioannou.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: O’Hare, Vig, Iwashyna, Taylor, Viglianti, Butler, Vranas, Nugent, Winchell, Laundry, Hynes, Maciejewski, Locke, Ioannou, Fox.
Drafting of the manuscript: O’Hare, Vig.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: O’Hare, Iwashyna, Taylor, Viglianti, Butler, Vranas, Helfand, Tuepker, Nugent, Winchell, Laundry, Bowling, Hynes, Maciejewski, Bohnert, Locke, Boyko, Ioannou, Fox.
Statistical analysis: O’Hare.
Obtained funding: O’Hare, Iwashyna, Bowling, Hynes, Maciejewski, Bohnert, Ioannou.
Administrative, technical, or material support: O’Hare, Iwashyna, Winchell, Laundry, Hynes, Maciejewski, Bohnert, Locke.
Supervision: Bowling.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr O’Hare reported receiving personal fees from the American Society of Nephrology; Devenir Foundation; Hammersmith Hospital; University of California, San Francisco; and JAMA Internal Medicine and that her spouse has received personal fees from and serves on the American Board of Internal Medicine outside the submitted work. Dr Hynes reported receiving grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Services Research and Development Service (HSR&D), Pacific Source Community Services, and David & Lucille Packard Foundation and being a co-owner of Van Breemen & Hynes outside the submitted work. Dr Maciejewski reported owning stock in Amgen and that his spouse is employed by Amgen. Dr Boyko reported receiving nonfinancial support from the International Diabetes Federation outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: The study was supported using data from the VA COVID-19 Shared Data Resource and the resources and facilities of the VA Informatics and Computing Infrastructure (VA HSR&D grant No. RES 13-457) and by VA HSR&D grant No. IIR-278 (Drs , Maciejewski, Boyko, Bohnert, and Ioannou), IIR-279 (Drs O’Hare, Iwashyna, Viglianti, Bowling, and Hynes), and SRCS 21-136 (Dr Hynes).
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Group Information: The VA COVID Observational Research Collaboratory (CORC) members are Ann M. O’Hare, MA, MD; Elizabeth K. Vig, MD, MPH; Theodore J. Iwashyna, MD, PhD; Alexandra Fox, PhD; Janelle S. Taylor, PhD; Elizabeth M. Viglianti, MD; Catherine R. Butler, MD, MA; Kelly C. Vranas, MD, MCR; Mark Helfand, MD, MPH; Anaïs Tuepker, PhD, MPH; Shannon M. Nugent, PhD; Kara A. Winchell, MA; Ryan J. Laundry, BS; C. Barrett Bowling, MD, MSPH; Denise M. Hynes, RN, PhD; Matthew L. Maciejewski, PhD; Amy S. B. Bohnert, PhD; Emily R. Locke, MPH; Edward J. Boyko, MD, MPH; and George N. Ioannou, BMBCh, MS.
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