Simard, Marc
Rahme, Elham
Dubé, Marjolaine
Boiteau, Véronique
Talbot, Denis
Sirois, Caroline
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (Junior 2)
Article History
Received: 14 July 2023
Accepted: 8 May 2024
First Online: 16 May 2024
Declarations
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: The use of QICDSS for surveillance and methodological development in population health surveillance has been approved by the custodians of the databases, the provincial Public Health Research Ethics Board and the Québec Commission protecting privacy and access to information (Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec). Informed consent was not required by law (Bill 5 on health and social services information), since the study was based on anonymized data. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.