Lewis, Katie https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5518-7587
Williamson, Mellissa
Brown, Elliott
Trenholm, Emily
Hogea, Cosmina
Funding for this research was provided by:
Adelphi Real World
Article History
Received: 27 June 2024
Accepted: 15 August 2024
First Online: 19 September 2024
Declarations
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: Katie Lewis, Emily Trenholm and Elliott Brown are employees of Adelphi Real World. Cosmina Hogea and Mellissa Williamson are employees of Gilead Sciences, Inc. Data collection was undertaken by Adelphi Real World as part of an independent survey, entitled the Adelphi Real World MDS DSP.
: Using a checkbox, patients provided informed consent to take part in the survey. No identifiable protected health information was extracted during the course of the survey. Data were collected in such a way that patients and physicians could not be identified directly, with data aggregated before being shared with the subscriber and/or for publication.The DSP complies with all relevant guidelines and legal obligations. Data were collected according to European Pharmaceutical Marketing Research Association guidelines and thus did not require ethics committee approvals []. Each survey was performed in full accordance with relevant legislation at the time of data collection, including the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 1996 [] and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act legislation [].