Schmedt, Niklas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6226-9537
Heuer, Olivia Denise
Häckl, Dennis
Sato, Reiko
Theilacker, Christian
Funding for this research was provided by:
Pfizer
Article History
Received: 26 July 2018
Accepted: 27 December 2018
First Online: 14 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All patient-level data in the InGef research database are de-identified to comply with German data protection regulations. Use of the study database for health services research is therefore fully compliant with German federal law and, accordingly, institutional review board/ethical approval and informed consent of the patient was not needed.
: Not applicable.
: DH is employed by WIG2 which received funding from Pfizer Inc. for the execution of the study and manuscript preparation. NS and ODH are employed by InGef which acted as subcontractor and received funding from WIG2 for the execution of the study and manuscript preparation. RS and CT are employees of Pfizer Inc.
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