This was a retrospective cohort study of VHA cirrhosis hospitalizations using the Veterans Outcomes and Costs Associated with Liver Disease cohort.² Serper M. et al. Hepatology. 2020; ([published online ahead of print April 8, 2020]) https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.31264 Google Scholar ^,3 Mahmud N. et al. Hepatology. 2019; 69 : 2150-2163 Crossref PubMed Scopus (27) Google Scholar Veterans Outcomes and Costs Associated with Liver Disease includes patients with cirrhosis identified using a validated algorithm from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2016, in 125 hospitals nationwide.⁴ Goldberg D. et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2012; 21 : 765-769 Crossref PubMed Scopus (79) Google Scholar We included patients age ≥18 who were hospitalized for any reason between January 1 and April 15 in 2019 or 2020, and excluded those with prior liver transplantation.