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Drug use differs by care level. A cross-sectional comparison between older people living at home or in a nursing home in Oslo, Norway

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1064-8

Published Online: 2019-02-19

Published Print: 2019-12

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Authors

Fog, Amura Francesca http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8337-7641
Straand, Jørund

Engedal, Knut

Blix, Hege Salvesen
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Norwegian Research Council

Nursing Home Agency, Oslo municipality
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Article History

Received: 16 May 2018

Accepted: 12 February 2019

First Online: 19 February 2019

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: According to the Norwegian act on medical and health research, no formal ethical approval was needed for the present study. Formal consent was not required because data is anonymous.The study protocol of the medication review project at the nursing homes, which generated part of the data used here, was presented to the Regional Committee in Medical Research Ethics in South-East Norway (reference no. 2015/786) and the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (reference no. 43659). Both bodies concluded that their formal approval was not needed. The other part of the data used here was aggregated tabulated data retrieved from the Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD). No permissions were required to access and retrieve the study data. The privacy of the individual is strictly protected and data is anonymous.

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