Momahhed, Shekoofeh Sadat
Sefiddashti, Sara Emamgholipour
Minaei, Behrouz
Arab, Maryam
Article History
Received: 16 July 2023
Accepted: 19 October 2023
First Online: 8 February 2024
Declarations
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: In this research, no study was conducted directly with the patient or participant. Therefore, informed consent was not required. However, to use the data related to patients’ drug prescriptions, it was necessary to obtain approval from the Research Ethics Committees of the School of Public Health and Allied Medicine at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences. This study was approved by the following code of ethics: IR.TUMS.SPH.REC.1400.294.A total of 21 776 350 drug prescriptions were provided by the Iranian Health Insurance Organization, but no names or details of the insureds were mentioned, only a code specified by the Iranian Health Insurance Organization. No prescriptions from the 21 776 350 insured patients were identified by the researcher.The project was found to be in accordance with the ethical principles and national norms and standards for conducting medical research in Iran. We followed all relevant guidelines when performing all methods and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.