Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR302215)
Article History
Received: 8 January 2024
Accepted: 7 March 2024
First Online: 16 April 2024
Declarations
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: Approval to conduct the linkage analysis was granted under regulation 3 of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002, following review by the Caldicott Advisory Panel (CAP) (Ref: CAP-2019–06) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) Office of Data Protection (ODP).
: Not applicable.
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