Laaksonen, Mikael
Björkman, Johannes
Iirola, Timo
Raatiniemi, Lasse
Nurmi, Jouni
Funding for this research was provided by:
FinnHEMS
Helsingin ja Uudenmaan Sairaanhoitopiiri (state funding (VTR TYH2019243))
Article History
Received: 24 January 2022
Accepted: 14 November 2022
First Online: 30 November 2022
Declarations
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: The study did not affect patient treatment and therefore patient consent was not required nor acquired. The Ethical Committee of Helsinki University Hospital approved the waiver for the need for informed consent due to only registry data was used. The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of Helsinki University Hospital (HUS/3115/2019 §194). The hospital districts with responsibility for the HEMS (Oulu University Hospital: 200/2019 2.7.2019; Helsinki University Hospital: HUS/280/2019 9.7.2019; Turku University Hospital: J30/19 4.8.2019; the Hospital District of Lapland: 32/2019 22.8.2019; Kuopio University Hospital: RPL 102/2019 22.8.2019; and Tampere University Hospital: RTL-R19580 2.9.2019), Population Register Centre (VRK/5613/2019–3 1.11.2019) and Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (VRK/5613/2019–3 1.11.2019) responsible for the hospital discharge registry also approved the protocol. All methods used in the study have been performed in accordance with good ethical principles (Declaration of Helsinki). The study did not affect patient treatment and therefore patient consent was not required nor acquired.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.