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Authors
Du, Jiamin
Burger, Huibert
Kupers, Thijmen
Sulim, Karina
Homburg, Maarten T.
Muris, Jean W. M.
olde Hartman, Tim C.
Zuidema, Sytse U.
Peters, Lilian L.
Janus, Sarah I. M.
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Article History
Received: 21 August 2023
Accepted: 14 January 2024
First Online: 1 February 2024
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: This study is a sub study of the COVID-GP study, titled ‘Changes in the use and organization of care in general practice and out-of-hours services: lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic’. Study methods were carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and other relevant regulations and guidelines. This observational study used pseudonymized electronic health data which could not be traced back to an individual natural person by the researchers. According to Dutch Civil Law (Article 7:458), ethical approval was not required because participants were not subject to procedures or are required to follow rules of behaviours. Accordingly, the Medical Ethics Review Board of the University Medical Centre Groningen has declared that the parent study was non-WMO (Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act) research (reference number: 2020/309), and had an exemption from ethics review. The patient data is collected according to the opt-out procedure, wherein all patient data is gathered unless the patient explicitly objects to this possibility.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
