Lofters, Aisha K. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7322-0894
Mark, Amy
Taljaard, Monica
Green, Michael E.
Glazier, Richard H.
Dahrouge, Simone
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Article History
Received: 26 September 2017
Accepted: 14 August 2018
First Online: 29 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The research protocol was approved by the institutional review board at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Participant consent was not necessary as this study involved the use of data from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). ICES is a prescribed entity for the purposes of section 45 Ontario’s Personal Health Information Privacy Act. This means that health information custodians like physicians, hospitals or long-term care homes are permitted to disclose personal health information to ICES without consent. This information is for statistical analysis in order to evaluate and monitor aspects of the health system. ICES may also use personal health information under the authority of PHIPA s. 44 for approved research projects. Data custodians outside the health sector may disclose personal information to ICES for specified use under the authority of FIPPA or other data-governing statutes.
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