About the Authors

Alex Thabane

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

thabanla@mcmaster.ca

Affiliation Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Vikram Arora

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Joelle Boilard

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Adam Sutoski

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Sameer Parpia

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Oncology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Goran Calic

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Jason W. Busse

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Anesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Tyler McKechnie

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Phillip Staibano

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Mark Phillips

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Roni Reiter-Palmon

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, United States of America

Mohit Bhandari

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.