Patel, Vishal
Levick, Bethany http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6371-8744
Boult, Stephen
Gibbons, Daniel C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3769-9535
Drysdale, Myriam http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8994-2816
Lloyd, Emily J.
Singh, Moushmi
Birch, Helen J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4924-4810
Article History
Received: 23 August 2023
Accepted: 10 April 2024
First Online: 22 April 2024
Declarations
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: This study complies with all applicable laws regarding subject privacy. Data were aggregated and counts between one and seven were suppressed in line with IG (information governance) suppression rules. No direct subject contact or primary collection of individual human subject data occurred. Study results were in tabular form and aggregate analyses that omit subject identification; therefore, as per Harvey Walsh’s approval from The Independent Group Advising on the Release of Data (IGARD) advisory body to NHS Digital (see below), informed consent, ethics committee, or IRB approval are not required for this study. Any publications and reports will not include subject identifiers.
: Harvey Walsh Ltd (Part of the OPEN Health group) are licensed by NHS Digital to receive Hospital Episode Statistics data under data-sharing agreement DARS-NIC-05934-M7V9K and follow NHS Digital guidelines. The IGARD advisory body to NHS Digital gave approval for the use of HES data for purposes including, but not limited to, epidemiology research and health economic research.
: Not applicable.
: VP (at time of study), DCG, MD, EJL, MS (at time of study), and HJB are employees of and/or hold stocks/shares in GSK. VP is now an employee of KVM analytics. BL and SB are employees of Harvey Walsh Ltd (OPEN Health), which received funding from GSK and Vir Biotechnology, Inc. to support the conduct of this study.