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Authors
Scott, Lauren J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3129-5123
Jones, Tim
Whitehouse, Michael R.
Robinson, Peter W.
Hollingworth, William
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NA)
National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (NA)
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Article History
Received: 12 February 2020
Accepted: 23 August 2020
First Online: 31 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We were provided with routinely collected Hospital Episode Statistics data under licence from NHS Digital (DARS-NIC-17875-X7K1V). The licence allows us to use the information under Section 261 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, 2(b)(ii): “after taking into account the public interest as well as the interests of the relevant person, considers that it is appropriate for the information to be disseminated”.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
