Beattie, James M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7370-3485
Higginson, Irene J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3687-1313
McDonagh, Theresa A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1305-9602
Funding for this research was provided by:
national institute for health research (ARC)
Article History
Received: 17 June 2021
Accepted: 7 December 2021
First Online: 20 January 2022
Declarations
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: In accordance with General Data Protection Regulations arising from the UK Data Protection Act (2018), as all patient level data was fully anonymised, no ethical approval was required. Wei Gao is accredited to analyse this data through the ONS Approved Researcher Scheme.
: The authors declare they have no competing interests.