Yan, Charles http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7275-9345
Round, Jeff
Akpinar, Ilke
Atwood, Chantal E.
Deuchar, Lesly
Bhutani, Mohit
Leigh, Richard
Stickland, Michael K.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institute of Health Research (138884)
Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions (201400390)
Article History
Accepted: 19 February 2023
First Online: 11 March 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors acknowledge funding from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR; Grant no. 138884) and Alberta Innovates Health Solutions PRIHS II (Grant no. 201400390).
: Charles Yan, Jeff Round, Ilke Akpinar, Chantal E. Atwood, Lesly Deuchar, Mohit Bhutani, Richard Leigh, and Michael K. Stickland declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: Ethics approval was obtained from the University of Alberta Research Ethics Board (PRO00065003), and adheres to ethical standards as outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments, as well as other comparable ethical standards.
: A waiver of consent was granted by the Ethics Board.
: Not applicable.
: The data supporting the findings of the analysis are publicly available within the article, its supplementary materials and the articles referenced in this manuscript.
: Codes of the analysis are available from the author upon request.
: CY contributed to the study conception and design, modelling, data analysis and interpretation, statistical analysis, and revision of the manuscript for critical content/manuscript preparation. JR contributed to the study conception and design and revision of the manuscript for critical content/manuscript preparation. IA contributed to study conception and design, economic expert review of the literature, and revision of the manuscript for critical content/manuscript preparation. CA contributed to the development, data collection, implementation, and analysis of the original COPD TCB study. In the current study, she contributed to the study design, data collection and interpretation, and revision of the manuscript for subject matter/content. LD contributed to the conception, development and implementation of the original COPD TCB study, as well as revision of the current manuscript for subject matter/content. MB was co-principal investigator on the initial COPD TCB study and thereby contributed to the conception, development and analysis of that study, which generated the data informing the current study. In the current study, he contributed to the interpretation of data and revision of the manuscript for subject matter/content. RL was co-principal investigator on the initial COPD TCB study and thereby contributed to the conception, development and analysis of that study, which generated the data informing the current study. In the current study, he contributed to the interpretation of data, and revision of the manuscript for subject matter/content. MS was principal investigator on the initial COPD TCB study and thereby contributed to the conception, development and analysis of that study, which generated the data informing the current study. In the current study, he contributed to the interpretation of data and revision of the manuscript for subject matter/content. All authors approved the final version for publication.