Zhu, Lynn
Rochon, Paula A.
Gruneir, Andrea
Wu, Wei
Giannakeas, Vasily
Austin, Peter C.
Stall, Nathan M.
McCarthy, Lisa
Alberga, Amanda
Herrmann, Nathan
Gill, Sudeep S.
Bronskill, Susan E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7341-0655
Funding for this research was provided by:
Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation (PSI 2015-16)
Article History
First Online: 15 July 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: This study was supported by a grant from Physicians Services Incorporated (PSI 2015-16).The opinions, results, and conclusions reported in this paper are those of the authors and are independent from the funding sources. This study also was supported by ICES, which is funded by an annual grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Paula A. Rochon is supported by the Retired Teachers of Ontario/ERO Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto. Peter C. Austin was supported by a Mid-Career Investigator Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
: Lynn Zhu, Paula A. Rochon, Andrea Gruneir, Wei Wu, Vasily Giannakeas, Peter C. Austin, Nathan M. Stall, Lisa McCarthy, Amanda Alberga, Nathan Herrmann, Sudeep S. Gill, and Susan E. Bronskill have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the contents of this article.
: ICES is a prescribed entity under section 45 of Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act. Section 45 authorizes ICES to collect personal health information, without consent, for the purpose of analysis or compiling statistical information with respect to the management of, evaluation or monitoring of, the allocation of resources to or planning for all or part of the health system. Projects conducted under section 45, by definition, do not require review by a research ethics board. This project was conducted under section 45, and approved by the ICES’ Privacy and Legal Office.