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The authors thank all site investigators and data abstractors of the Canadian Neonatal Network. A full list of Network member investigators and their affiliations is provided in Supplementary 1.
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Marc Beltempo holds an Early Career Investigator Grant from the CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH), a Research Grant Funding from the FRQ-S Clinical Research Scholar Career Award Junior 1, and an Early Career Investigator Grant from the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation. This study was supported by a grant from the CIHR funding the Canadian Preterm Birth Network (PBN 150642).
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All authors made substantial contributions to the concept and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; and drafted the manuscript or revised it critically for important intellectual content as required by the ICMJE. All authors approved the final manuscript as submitted and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Dr. Beltempo and Dr Shah had full access to all study data and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Safiya Soullane: wrote first draft of the article; made substantial contributions to the concept and design, acquisition of data, or interpretation of data; revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content as required by the ICMJE; approved the final manuscript as submitted; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Prakesh S Shah: supervised data and analysis; has full access to all study data; made substantial contributions to the concept and design, acquisition of data, or interpretation of data; revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content as required by the ICMJE; approved the final manuscript as submitted; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Abhay Lodha: made substantial contributions to the concept and design, acquisition of data, or interpretation of data; revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content as required by the ICMJE; approved the final manuscript as submitted; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Sandesh Shivananda: made substantial contributions to the concept and design, acquisition of data, or interpretation of data; revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content as required by the ICMJE; approved the final manuscript as submitted; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Stephanie Redpath: made substantial contributions to the concept and design, acquisition of data, or interpretation of data; revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content as required by the ICMJE; approved the final manuscript as submitted; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Molly Seshia: made substantial contributions to the concept and design, acquisition of data, or interpretation of data; revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content as required by the ICMJE; approved the final manuscript as submitted; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Charles David Simpson: made substantial contributions to the concept and design, acquisition of data, or interpretation of data; revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content as required by the ICMJE; approved the final manuscript as submitted; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Petros Pechlivanoglou: made substantial contributions to the concept and design, acquisition of data, or interpretation of data; revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content as required by the ICMJE; approved the final manuscript as submitted; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Bruno Piedboeuf: made substantial contributions to the concept and design, acquisition of data, or interpretation of data; revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content as required by the ICMJE; approved the final manuscript as submitted; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Xiang Y Ye: conducted data analysis; made substantial contributions to the concept and design, acquisition of data, or interpretation of data; revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content as required by the ICMJE; approved the final manuscript as submitted; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Marc Beltempo: wrote first draft of the article; supervised data and analysis; has full access to all study data; made substantial contributions to the concept and design, acquisition of data, or interpretation of data; revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content as required by the ICMJE; approved the final manuscript as submitted; agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
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Soullane, S., Shah, P.S., Lodha, A. et al. Association of human resources with outcomes of very preterm infants: a survey-linked retrospective cohort study. J Perinatol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-024-02083-2
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