Howie, Alison H. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2749-9131
Klar, Neil
Nash, Danielle M.
Reid, Jennifer N.
Zwarenstein, Merrick
Funding for this research was provided by:
ICES
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (724180703)
Article History
Received: 14 July 2021
Accepted: 23 November 2021
First Online: 11 December 2021
Declarations
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: The OPEM programme was approved by the Research Ethics Board at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Women’s College Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Ontario.<sup>4</sup> Because all study outcomes were measured using ICES data, informed consent from the physicians and the patients was not required. We sought and received approval from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to link their data on physician identifiers to the administrative databases held at ICES.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.