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Evidence-based indicators for the measurement of quality of primary care using health insurance claims data in Switzerland: results of a pragmatic consensus process

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3477-z

Published Online: 2018-09-27

Published Print: 2018-12

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Blozik, Eva http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0620-6873
Reich, Oliver

Rapold, Roland

Scherer, Martin
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Received: 21 February 2018

Accepted: 16 August 2018

First Online: 27 September 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The analysis complied with the Swiss Federal Law on data protection. According to the national ethical and legal regulation, an ethical approval was not needed because the data were retrospective, pre-existing, and de-identified. Since data was anonymized, no consent of patients was required. Therefore, ethical approval and consent were waived.

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: EB, RR, and OR were affiliated with the Helsana Health Insurance Company at the time when the study was conducted. MS heads the guideline commission of the DEGAM (Ständige Leilinienkommission, SLK). EB is member of the SLK.

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