Jantsch, Adelson Guaraci
Burström, Bo
Nilsson, Gunnar
de Leon, Antônio Ponce
Funding for this research was provided by:
Karolinska Institute
Article History
Received: 21 March 2021
Accepted: 7 September 2021
First Online: 13 November 2021
Declarations
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: Information from 965 physicians and 999.364 patients registered in one health district were all anonymized and the Rio de Janeiro Health Department (responsible for the safekeeping of the data) provided the consent to use it in research. All information was anonymized, making it impossible for patients, doctors and clinics to be identified from this manuscript. The study was conducted in accordance with the 466/12 resolution from the Brazilian National Health Council and the Declaration of Helsinki and it was approved by the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Health Department (RJ-MHD) research ethics board. It is registered under the number 03795118.0.0000.5279.
: Rio de Janeiro Health Department (responsible for the safekeeping of the data) provided the data used in this research and gave the consent to publish the findings from our study. The consent and approval from the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Health Department (RJ-MHD) research ethics board is registered under the number 03795118.0.0000.5279 - (ExternalRef removed).
: The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest in publishing this article or in conducting this study.