Saatchi, Ariana
Haverkate, Manon R.
Reid, Jennifer N.
Shariff, Salimah Z.
Povitz, Marcus
Patrick, David M.
Silverman, Michael
Morris, Andrew M.
McCormack, James
Marra, Fawziah
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (201809-408648, 201809-408648, 201809-408648, 201809-408648, 201809-408648, 201809-408648, 201809-408648, 201809-408648)
Article History
Received: 9 May 2023
Accepted: 10 October 2023
First Online: 28 October 2023
Declarations
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: , <b>guidelines and consent to participate</b>: This study was approved by the Behavourial Research Ethics Board of the University of British Columbia (H19-00799). All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Data was extracted, anonymized, and made available to researchers by Population Data BC. All information was held in strict accordance with the legal requirements of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and other relevant legislations as required for specific BC Ministry datasets (e.g. Pharmaceutical Services Act for PharmaNet data, the Medicare Protection Act for MSP data, the Vital Statistics Act etc.). Informed consent was obtained by researchers for all subjects (or their parent or legal guardian in the case of children under 16) through the BC Ministry of Health’s approval of this study protocol and release of anonymized patient information as well as IRB approval. Written consent for publication was obtained from the BC Ministry of Health and Population Data BC.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.