Zhang, Runqi
Zhang, Shuo
Ming, Jing
Xie, Jing
Liu, Baoguo
Jiang, Weihang
Fu, Yingjie
Zhen, Xuemei
Sun, Xiaojie
Funding for this research was provided by:
The grant project on the economic burden of adult patients with β-thalassemia by the New Sunshine Charity Foundation.
Shandong University Multidisciplinary Research and Innovation Team of Young Scholars (2020QNQT019, 2020QNQT019)
Article History
Received: 25 October 2023
Accepted: 25 February 2024
First Online: 4 March 2024
Declarations
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: Written informed consent and permission for interviews and publication were received from all study participants. The ethics committee of the Centre for Health Management and Policy Research, Shandong University, approved the ethical application of this study on November 1, 2021 (approval no. ECSHCMSDU20211101). The study followed the ethical guidelines, protocol, and regulations stated in the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.