From the aSchool of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
bDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
cCentre for Health Services and Policy Research, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
dBritish Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Submitted June 23, 2022; accepted November 22, 2022
E.N. was supported by a Canadian Vanier Scholarship (2018–2021). This supporting source had no involvement or restrictions regarding publication of this work. M.R.L. and J.A.H. received salary support from Canada Research Chair awards from the Canadian Federal Government. Population Data BC provided support for data access via a student waiver.
MRL has consulted for Health Canada, the Hospital Employees’ Union, and provided expert witness testimony for the Attorney General of Canada and the Federation of Post-secondary Educators. All other authors report no conflicts.
The data used for this study are administered by Population Data BC. Population Data BC provides access to these data for research purposes, but does not allow the data to be shared publicly to maintain confidentiality and privacy of individual health information. Access to data provided by the Data Steward(s) is subject to approval, but can be requested for research projects through the Data Steward(s) or their designated service providers. All inferences, opinions, and conclusions drawn in this publication are those of the author(s), and do not reflect the opinions or policies of the Data Steward(s). Researchers who wish to access these data may submit a data request directly to Population Data BC.
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Correspondence: Elizabeth Nethery, School of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada. [email protected].
