Tan, She Hui
Goh, Louise Gek Huang
Ong, Benjamin Shao Kiat
Ng, Darren Sze Guan
Lin, Liang
Ng, Raymond Chee Hui
Thong, Bernard Yu-Hor
Ng, Kwong
Article History
Accepted: 7 April 2024
First Online: 23 July 2024
Declarations
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: All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by SHT, LGHG and BSKO. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
: The datasets generated and/or analysed in the current study are not publicly available due to the confidentiality agreement in place to restrict data use. Data are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request and if legal implications are fulfilled.
: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional observational study. Ethics approval is not required for aggregated drug utilisation data obtained from the public healthcare institutions for use by the MOH to support the answering of health policy questions in the public interest. This is within the remit of the Healthcare Services Act 2020 [].
: No funding was received to assist with the preparation of this manuscript.
: She Hui Tan, Louise Gek Huang Goh, Benjamin Shao Kiat Ong, Darren Sze Guan Ng, Liang Lin, Raymond Chee Hui Ng, Bernard Yu-Hor Thong, and Kwong Ng declare they have no competing interests in relation to this work.