@article{788cbbdb63f24d98bbcbf758c21f087f,
title = "Comparative effectiveness of fluoroquinolone antibiotic use in uncomplicated acute exacerbations of COPD: A multi-cohort study",
author = "Pierre Ernst and Matthew Dah and Dan Chateau and Nick Daneman and Jacqueline Quail and Sketris, {Ingrid S.} and Anat Fisher and Jianguo Zhang and Shawn Bugden",
note = "Funding Information: This study was made possible through data-sharing agreements between CNODES member research centres and the respective provincial governments of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba (HIPC #2016/2017 – 15), Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. The BC Ministry of Health approved access to and use of BC data facilitated by Population Data BC for this study. British Columbia data sources were as follows (http:// www.popdata.bc.ca/data): British Columbia Ministry of Health [creator] (2018): Medical Services Plan (MSP) Payment Information File. BC Ministry of Health [publisher]. MOH (2018); British Columbia Ministry of Health [creator] (2018): PharmaNet. BC Ministry of Health [publisher]. Data Stewardship Committee (2018); Canadian Institute for Health Information [creator] (2018): Discharge Abstract Database (Hospital Separations). BC Ministry of Health [publisher]. MOH (2018); British Columbia Ministry of Health [creator] (2018): Consolidation File (MSP Registration & Premium Billing). BC Ministry of Health [publisher]. MOH (2018). All inferences, opinions, and conclusions drawn in this manuscript are those of the authors, and do not reflect the opinions or policies of the Data Steward(s). Parts of this material are based on data and/or information compiled and provided by the Canadian Institute for Health information (CIHI). The opinions, results and conclusions reported in this paper are those of the authors and are independent from the funding sources. No endorsement by the provinces, data stewards, or CIHI is intended or should be inferred. Funding Information: We would like to acknowledge the programming support of Zhihai Ma (Alberta), Hala Tamim, Yan Wang and Steve Doucette (Nova Scotia), Fangyun Wu and Vicky Ling (Ontario), and Nianping Hu (Saskatchewan). We would like to acknowledge the important contributions of the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES) collaborators and assistants at each site. The CNODES investigators are: Samy Suissa (Principal Investigator); Colin R. Dormuth (British Columbia); Brenda R. Hemmelgarn (Alberta); Gary F. Teare and Jacqueline Quail (Saskatchewan); Patricia Caetano and Dan Chateau (Manitoba); David A. Henry and J. Michael Paterson (Ontario); Jacques LeLorier (Qu{\'e}bec); Adrian R. Levy (Atlantic: Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island); Pierre Ernst and Kristian B. Filion (UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)); Robert W. Platt (Methods); and Ingrid S. Sketris (Knowledge Translation). CNODES, a collaborating centre of the Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network (DSEN), is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Grant Number DSE-146021). Funding Information: Dr Ingrid Sketris reports salary support in part from CIHR for the CNODES project, during the conduct of the study, grants from Nova Scotia Government{\textquoteright}s Drug Evaluation Alliance of Nova Scotia, CIHR, and Australian NHMRC, outside the submitted work. The authors report no other conflicts of interest in this work. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Ernst et al.",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.2147/COPD.S226324",
language = "English",
volume = "14",
pages = "2939--2946",
journal = "International Journal of COPD",
issn = "1176-9106",
publisher = "Dove Medical Press Ltd.",
}
