Farcher, Renato
Graber, Sereina M.
Thüring, Nicole
Blozik, Eva
Huber, Carola A.
Article History
Received: 24 October 2022
Accepted: 13 June 2023
First Online: 29 June 2023
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the national ethical and legal regulations. This study used pre-existing, anonymized routine administrative health care claims data and was not subject to the Swiss Federal Law on human research (Humanforschungsgesetz) (31). Thus, there was no need of approval from the local ethics committee (Kantonale Ethikkommission Zürich) and seeking informed consent of patients.
: Not applicable.
: The authors (RF, SG, EB, NT and CH) were employees of the Helsana Health Insurance AG at the time the study was conducted. EB is currently an employee at the SWICA Health Insurance AG. The Helsana Health Insurance AG played no role in study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data, preparation of the manuscript or decision to publish. There are no financial or non-financial interests to disclose regarding the performance of the incentive scheme.