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Barakat-Johnson, Michelle
Newton, Meg
Cayley, Crispin
Lai, Michelle
Dixie, Laura
Alexander, Nathaniel
Pelusi, Marc
Chan, Jimmy
Cohen, Anna
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Article History
Received: 9 January 2025
Accepted: 28 May 2025
First Online: 1 July 2025
Declarations
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: This study adhered to the ethical principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.The study was part of a larger research initiative consisting of three stages. This cost study represents the third stage. Data from patients in stages 1 and 2 were utilised, as participants had already provided informed consent for their medical records to be accessed and their information to be used for research purposes.Additional aggregated data were collected from the Performance Unit at a health system level, ensuring that patients were unidentifiable. A waiver of consent was approved by Sydney Local Health District Ethics Review Committee (RPAH Zone) HREC/2019/ETH12459/General Amendment with form ID 120632 protocol number X19-0307) the data, as the Ethics Committee deemed this component to pose no more than low risk, as it involved a retrospective audit of medical records and healthcare utilisation data at the health system level.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
