1 School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
2 Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
3 ICES uOttawa, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
4 Division of Critical Care, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
5 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
6 Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative, Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
*See also p. 353.
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Drs. McIntyre, Doig, Taljaard, Krahn, Fergusson, Forster, and Thavorn developed the initial concept, wrote the original grant application, and acquired funding for the project. Ms. Farrah, Mr. Talarico, and Dr. Thavorn contributed to the acquisition of data. Ms. Farrah carried out analysis of the data and drafted initial versions of the article. All authors collaborated to develop the final design of the study; contributed to interpretation of the data and reviewed the article for important intellectual content and made suggestions for improvement as appropriate, providing expertise in their respective fields; and approved the final version.
This study was supported by ICES, which is funded by an annual grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC). This study also received funding from the Innovation Fund of the Alternative Funding Plan for the Academic Health Sciences Centres of Ontario through The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization Innovation Fund (grant number 2017-24). Parts of this material are based on data and information compiled and provided by: MOHLTC, Cancer Care Ontario, and The Canadian Institute for Health Information.
Ms. Farrah's and Dr. Thavorn's institution received funding from The Ottawa Hospital Academic Medical Organization. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.
The analyses, conclusions, opinions, and statements expressed herein are solely those of the authors and do not reflect those of the funding or data sources; no endorsement is intended or should be inferred.
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