Brusco, Natasha K.
Oliver, Jane
McMinn, Alissa
Steer, Andrew
Crawford, Nigel
Article History
Received: 5 March 2021
Accepted: 27 October 2021
First Online: 14 December 2021
Declarations
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: <b>Ethics approval</b> was obtained from the Royal Children’s Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/66284/RCHM-2020-221038) as an additional study under the broader PAEDS platform. <b>Written informed consent</b> was obtained from the parents of the children involved in the PAEDS platform study, to participate in the original surveillance analysis which collected demographic, clinical and 6 months follow up data. The Royal Children’s Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee then provided a waiver of <b>informed consent</b> to complete this post-hoc economic evaluation which used the same surveillance study data in addition to obtaining individual cost data from the hospital administrative system. All methods were carried out in <b>accordance</b> with relevant guidelines and regulations, and the study was reported according to the consolidated health economic evaluation reporting standards (CHEERS) checklist for economic evaluations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.