Safieddine, Batoul
Grasshoff, Julia
Geyer, Siegfried
Sperlich, Stefanie
Epping, Jelena
Beller, Johannes
Funding for this research was provided by:
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur (76ZN1998, 76ZN1998, 76ZN1998)
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)
Article History
Received: 13 January 2024
Accepted: 24 April 2024
First Online: 3 May 2024
Declarations
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: This study did not require ethical approval. The analyses were performed using a pre-existing claims dataset created as part of the routine administrative activities of a statutory health insurance provider. Its scientific use is regulated by German law in the German Social Code “Sozialgesetzbuch”. The data protection officer of the Local Statutory Health Insurance of Lower Saxony-AOK Niedersachsen (Germany) has given permission for this study to use the data for scientific purposes. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was not needed since the database in this study is a pre-existing anonymized claims dataset and contact to patients did not exist in any form.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.