Hullick, Carolyn https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6157-8880
Conway, Jane
Higgins, Isabel
Hewitt, Jacqueline
Stewart, Bernadette
Dilworth, Sophie
Attia, John
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Health, New South Wales Government
Article History
Received: 22 May 2017
Accepted: 8 May 2018
First Online: 30 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Hunter New England Health Human Research Ethics Committee approved the study, reference no. 11/02/16.5.01; HREC/10/HNE/402; SSA/10/HNE/402 in February 2011. The ethics committee did not require consent from individual patients as data were routinely collected as part of patient care through administrative hospital data. Individual patients were not approached and data was de-identified.
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