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Authors
Barber, Claire E. H. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3062-5488
Lacaille, Diane https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4065-4151
Croxford, Ruth https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6738-0402
Barnabe, Cheryl https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3761-237X
Marshall, Deborah A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8467-8008
Abrahamowicz, Michal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3172-3952
Xie, Hui https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3328-7135
Avina-Zubieta, J. Antonio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5526-663X
Esdaile, John M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9465-7326
Hazlewood, Glen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7709-3741
Faris, Peter https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5208-817X
Katz, Steven https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6718-1393
MacMullan, Paul
Mosher, Dianne
Widdifield, Jessica https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7464-0460
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (PJT169194)
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Article History
Received: 20 May 2022
Accepted: 25 October 2022
First Online: 27 December 2022
Declarations
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: The datasets were linked using unique, encoded patient and physician identifiers and are securely held and analyzed at ICES (). ICES is a prescribed entity under Section 45 of Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). Section 45 of PHIPA authorizes ICES to collect personal health information, without consent, for the purpose of analysis or compiling statistical information with respect to the management of, evaluation or monitoring of, the allocation of resources to or planning for all or part of the health system. The use of data in this study was authorized under section 45 of Ontario's PHIPA (which does not require review by a Research Ethics Board) and approved by ICES' Privacy and Legal Office. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
