Sund, Anders
Dybvik, Eva
Gjertsen, Jan-Erik
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Bergen
Article History
Received: 24 August 2023
Accepted: 1 November 2023
First Online: 4 November 2023
Declarations
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: The project was approved by the Norwegian Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (permission granted on 1 December 2020: reference number REK179521, southeast A), and consent from the Data Protection Officer for Research at each hospital/regional health authority was given in advance. The NHFR has permission from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority to collect and store data on hip fracture treatment (permission granted on 3 January 2005: reference number 2004/1658-2 SVE/-). All methods used were in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. The patients have signed a written, informed consent, and in case, they were not able to sign, their next of kin could sign the consent form on their behalf.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.