Moura, Artur Mendes http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4493-9357
Martins, Sofia Oliveira http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0749-9137
Raposo, João Filipe http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2589-7208
Article History
Received: 26 March 2020
Accepted: 3 February 2021
First Online: 24 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: According to current Portuguese law (DL 21/2014 and DL 80/2018) this study does not require a review by an Ethics Committee, as the database received did not contain any subject-related data. The information available in the database only contained aggregate quantification of consumption for each drug (ATC 5th level) per district and year. The concept of consent to participate is not applicable.Infarmed (Portuguese Medicines Authority) provided the database for the study and authorized its use. No additional authorizations to use this data are required under Portuguese law.
: Not applicable.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare.