Cooper, Sarah
Rahme, Elham
Tse, Sze Man
Grad, Roland
Dorais, Marc
Li, Patricia
Article History
Received: 3 August 2021
Accepted: 1 December 2021
First Online: 14 January 2022
Declarations
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: The data was obtained with the approval from the <i>Commission d’accès à l’information.</i> In Quebec, the Commission d’accès à l’information (CAI) holds the authority to grant a researcher health administrative data, such as data from the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec, for research or statistical purposes without individual consent (article 125, “Loi sur l’accès aux documents des organismes publics et sur la protection des renseignement personnels” [Access to documents of public organizations and on the protection of personal information Act]; article 67 of the “Loi sur l’assurance maladie” [Health Insurance Act]). In the approval process of the CAI, the research study submitted must also be approved by a research ethics board. Therefore, for the current study, approval was obtained from the CAI and the Research Ethics Board of the McGill University Health Centre. The health administrative data is anonymized, and extensive measures are in place to ensure confidentiality and ethical conduct of research. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable
: All authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.