Smithman, Mélanie Ann
Haggerty, Jeannie
Gaboury, Isabelle
Breton, Mylaine
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé (28974)
Institut universitaire de première ligne en santé et services sociaux
McGill University
Canada Research Chairs
Article History
Received: 30 November 2021
Accepted: 8 September 2022
First Online: 16 September 2022
Declarations
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: This study received ethics approval from the <i>Comité d’éthique de la recherche du CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS</i> (#MP-31-2015-819,14–091). Permission to access RAMQ data was granted by the <i>Commission d’accès à l’information</i> (#100 91 88). Because we used anonymized administrative medical services billing data, we did not obtain consent from patients. The study was conducted in accordance with the <i>Commission d’accès à l’information</i> regulations to protect the data, as well as with the research ethics committee’ guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no completing interests.