Meaney, Christopher https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5429-5233
Stukel, Therese A.
Austin, Peter C.
Moineddin, Rahim
Greiver, Michelle
Escobar, Michael
Funding for this research was provided by:
CIHR (FDN 143303)
Article History
Received: 31 May 2022
Accepted: 22 June 2023
First Online: 22 July 2023
Declarations
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: This study received ethics approval from North York General Hospital Research Ethics Board (REB ID: NYGH #20–0014). All participating primary care physicians provided written informed consent for the collection and analysis of their electronic medical record data at UTOPIAN; patients rostered to a particular primary care physician could opt-out of providing their data to UTOPIAN if they so chose. This model of consent was approved by REB and is consistent with Ontario's privacy legislation (PHIPA Sect. 44).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.