Bex, Stijn
Guinness, Lorna
Gaudet-Blavignac, Christophe
Martin, Jeremy H.
Stirnemann, Jérôme
Agoritsas, Thomas
Rossel, Anne
Leidi, Antonio
Grosgurin, Olivier
Reny, Jean-Luc
Fehlmann, Christophe A.
Hurst-Majno, Samia
Marti, Christophe
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Geneva
Article History
Received: 14 March 2025
Accepted: 15 September 2025
First Online: 3 November 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the local cantonal ethics committee (Commission Cantonale d’Ethique de la Recherche sur l’être humain, BASEC number: 2021 − 00302) in accordance with the Federal Human Research Act (art.34). The approval included a waiver for for individual patient consent, based on the impracticality of obtaining consent and the expected scientific benefit. The local ethics committee considered this secondary analysis and complementary data extraction regarding bed occupancy and socioeconomic status as nonsubstantial amendments. The research was conducted in adherence to the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.