About the Authors

Rebecca Rodin

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Thérèse A. Stukel

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations ICES, Toronto and Ottawa, ON, Canada, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Toronto, ON, Canada

Hannah Chung

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation ICES, Toronto and Ottawa, ON, Canada

Chaim M. Bell

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Allan S. Detsky

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Sarina Isenberg

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Palliative Care, Dept of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Kieran L. Quinn

Roles Supervision

kieran.quinn@sinaihealth.ca

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ICES, Toronto and Ottawa, ON, Canada, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Toronto, ON, Canada, Department of Medicine, Sinai Health System and University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.