Austin, Peter C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PJT 166161)
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (Mid-Career Investigator Award)
Article History
Received: 17 May 2022
Accepted: 28 September 2022
First Online: 14 October 2022
Declarations
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: The use of the data in this project is authorized under Section. 45 of Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) and does not require review by a Research Ethics Board. Section 45 of PHIPA authorizes health information custodians to disclose personal health information to a prescribed entity, like the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), without consent for such purposes. As a prescribed entity under PHIPA, the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) is permitted to collect personally identifiable information without individual consent or research ethics approval (ExternalRef removed). All methods in this study were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.