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Article History

Received: 5 May 2025

Accepted: 12 January 2026

First Online: 17 January 2026

Declarations

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: The Quebec Commission for Access to Information granted access to the province’s databases. The Research Ethics Board (REB) of the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux (CIUSSS) de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal approved the study protocol. As the study used health administrative databases, the informed consent of patients is deemed unnecessary according to national regulations (Quebec’s Act respecting access to documents held by public bodies and the protection of personal information, R.L.R.Q, c. A-2.1, and the Act respecting health services and social services, R.L.R.Q., c. S-4.2.).

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.