Rudoler, David http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7564-5829
Lane, Natasha http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-9068
Grudniewicz, Agnes http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2960-8178
Ling, Vicki http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5185-4709
Snadden, David
Stukel, Therese A http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9283-8764
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FDN 143303)
Article History
Received: 22 September 2023
Accepted: 2 April 2024
First Online: 22 April 2024
Declarations
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: The use of data in this project is authorized under Sect. 45 of Ontario’s Personal Health Information Project Act (PHIPA) and does not require review by a Research Ethics Board. All records from these data sources were linked using unique encoded identifiers and analyzed at ICES (formerly the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences). ICES is an independent, non-profit research institute whose legal status under Ontario’s health information privacy laws allows it to collect and analyze health care and demographic data, without consent, for health system evaluation and improvement.
: The use of data in this project is authorized under Sect. 45 of Ontario’s Personal Health Information Project Act (PHIPA) and does not require review by a Research Ethics Board. All records from these data sources were linked using unique encoded identifiers and analyzed at ICES (formerly the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences). ICES is an independent, non-profit research institute whose legal status under Ontario’s health information privacy laws allows it to collect and analyze health care and demographic data, without consent, for health system evaluation and improvement.
: The authors declare no competing interests.