It is important to follow the manufacturers storage instructions, as different vitamin forms may have different storage requirements
Of those hospitals that failed to meet the Hospital OQR Program reporting requirements for the full CY 2025 update (and assumed, for modeling purposes, to be the same number for CY 2026), we included 75 hospitals in our model because they had both CY 2024 claims data and recent cost report data
We noted that data were collected during different time periods (reusable, reprocessed cystoscope data were collected in 2020, and single-use, disposable cystoscope data were collected in 2021), which may introduce systematic errors in the measurement due to retrospective data collection or confounders not accounted for, such as changes in clinical practice between the 2 study years
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