Mofina, Amanda https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9748-3816
Miller, Jordan
Tranmer, Joan
Li, Wenbin
Donnelly, Catherine
Article History
Received: 16 July 2022
Accepted: 27 January 2023
First Online: 18 March 2023
Declarations
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: All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The data used for this study was housed at ICES. ICES is an independent, non-profit research institute funded by an annual grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Long-Term Care (MLTC). As a prescribed entity under Ontario’s privacy legislation, ICES is authorized to collect and use health care data for the purposes of health system analysis, evaluation, and decision support. Secure access to these data is governed by policies and procedures that are approved by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. Additionally, this was a retrospective study, and therefore informed consent was waived by the Queen’s University Health Sciences and Affiliated Teaching Hospitals Research Ethics Board in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. This study approved by the Queen’s University Health Sciences and Affiliated Teaching Hospitals Research Ethics Board in Kingston, Ontario, Canada (approval #6025299-REH-739–18).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.