Lundkvist, Amelia
El-Khatib, Ziad
Kalra, Nikhila
Pantoja, Tomas
Leach-Kemon, Katherine
Gapp, Christian
KuchenmĂĽller, Tanja https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9021-981X
Article History
Received: 3 August 2020
Accepted: 26 January 2021
First Online: 4 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was part of a quality assurance work for the data visualization tool provided by IHME. No patient information nor sensitive personal data was used. Participants were fully informed of the study details and each participant did consent prior the participation in the study. There were no interventions affecting the participants autonomy and they had the right to refuse participation and to withdraw from the study at any time. The collected data was stored in a password-protected location. Audio files were kept private and deleted after transcribing was completed. No conflicts of interest exist as no funding were provided by IHME or other entities for this study. NK and KLK were full-time IHME staff during the time of the interviews; ZEK is a GBD collaborator.
: Not applicable.
: KLK and NK are a staff member of IHME; ZEK is a GBD collaborator (non-paid).