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The impact of multimorbidity level and functional limitations on the accuracy of using self-reported survey data compared to administrative data to measure general practitioner and specialist visits in community-living adults

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07160-2

Published Online: 2021-10-19

Published Print: 2021-12

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Authors

Griffith, Lauren E.

Gruneir, Andrea

Fisher, Kathryn A.

Aljied, Rumaisa

Perez, Richard

Nguyen, Francis

Patterson, Christopher

Markle-Reid, Maureen

Ploeg, Jenny

Upshur, Ross
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Article History

Received: 9 March 2021

Accepted: 1 October 2021

First Online: 19 October 2021

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Boards at McMaster University (Ethics certificate #: 13–590). All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. ICES is a prescribed entity under Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). Section 45 of PHIPA authorizes ICES to collect personal health information, without consent, for the purpose of analysis or compiling statistical information with respect to the management of, evaluation or monitoring of, the allocation of resources to or planning for all or part of the health system. Projects that use data collected by ICES under section 45 of PHIPA, and use no other data, are exempt from REB review. The use of the data in this project is authorized under section 45 and approved by ICES’ Privacy and Legal Office.

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: The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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