Rutten-van Mölken, Maureen http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8706-3159
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Leijten, Fenna
Hoedemakers, Maaike
Tsiachristas, Apostolos
Verbeek, Nick
Karimi, Milad
Bal, Roland
de Bont, Antoinette
Islam, Kamrul
Askildsen, Jan Erik
Czypionka, Thomas
Kraus, Markus
Huic, Mirjana
Pitter, János György
Vogt, Verena
Stokes, Jonathan
Baltaxe, Erik
Funding for this research was provided by:
H2020 Societal Challenges (634288)
Article History
Received: 9 February 2018
Accepted: 8 July 2018
First Online: 24 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Letters of Medical Ethics Approval of study protocols, questionnaires and informed consent forms were send to and approved by the European Commission as a Deliverable of the SELFIE project.Austria: Letter from Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) declaring that ethical approval is not necessary for the evaluation of the two Austrian Integrated Care programmes, 3–10-2017.Croatia: Statement from the Agency for Quality and Accreditation in Health Care and Social Welfare declaring that the two evaluation studies are not within the scope of work of Croatian Central Ethics Committee, 28–8-2017, with reference to Official Gazette No. 121/07 and No. 25/15.Germany, Gesundes Kinzigtal: Letter from the Ethical Committee, Technische Universität Berlin, declaring that the research is ethically acceptable. Ref: ST_02_20170620, 15–8-2017.Germany, Casaplus: Letter from the Ethical Committee, Technische Universität Berlin, declaring that the research is ethically acceptable. Ref: ST_01_20170428, 4–8-2017.Hungary, Onkonetwork: Letter from the Medical Research Council (Tudomanyos es Kutatasetikai Bizottsag, ETT TUKEB) declaring that the research is granted with Professional-Ethical Approval, Ref: 12412–2/2017/EKU, 2–3-2017.Hungary, Palliative Care Consult Service: Letter from the Medical Research Council (Tudomanyos es Kutatasetikai Bizottsag, ETT TUKEB) declaring that the research is granted with Professional-Ethical Approval, Ref: 18632–4/2017/EKU, 24–4-2017.Netherlands, Proactive Primary Care Approach for Frail Elderly (U-PROFIT): Letter from the Medical Ethical Committee (MEC) Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam declaring that the research is exempt from the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (Dutch acronym: WMO). Ref: MEC-2017-402, 25–7-2017.Netherlands, Care Chain Frail Elderly (CCFE): Letter from the Medical Ethical Committee (MEC) Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam declaring that the research is exempt from the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (Dutch acronym: WMO). Ref: MEC-2014.558, 18–12-2014.Netherlands, Better Together in Amsterdam North (BSiN): Letter from the Medical Ethical Committee (MEC) of the Free University Medical Centre declaring that the research is exempt from the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act (Dutch acronym: WMO). Ref: MEC-2017-121, 10–3-2017.Norway, Learning Network for Whole, Coordinated and Safe Pathways: Letter from the Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics-West (Komité for medisinsk og helsefaglig forskningsetikk -REK vest), declaring that the research is ethically approved. Ref: 2017/632/REK vest, 28–3-2017.Norway, Medically Assisted Rehabilitation Bergen: Letter from The Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics- West (Komité for medisinsk og helsefaglig forskningsetikk -REK vest), declaring that the research is ethically approved. 2017/944/REK vest, 21–6-2017.Spain, Barcelona-Esquerra (AISBE): Letter from Clinic Research Ethical Committee (Comitè Ètic d’Investigació Clinica - CEIC) of the Clinic Hospital of Barcelona, Ref: CIF-G-08431173, Reg. HCB 2017/0451, 14–6-2017.Spain, Badalona Serveis Assistencials (BSA): Letter from Clinic Research Ethical Committee (Comitè Ètic d’Investigació Clinica - CEIC) of the Clinic Hospital of Barcelona, Ref: CIF-G-08431173, Reg. HCB 2017/0453, 14–6-2017.UK: Letter of study approval from the University of Manchester Research Ethics Committee (UREC), Ref: 2017–0864-3251, 20–6-2017.All participants provide written informed consent before participation.
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