About the Authors

Peter Tanuseputro

peter.tanuseputro@mail.utoronto.ca

Affiliations Bruyère Research Institute, Bruyère Centre of Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Walter P. Wodchis

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rob Fowler

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Ontario

Peter Walker

Affiliation Bruyère Research Institute, Bruyère Centre of Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Yu Qing Bai

Affiliation Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sue E. Bronskill

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Douglas Manuel

Affiliations Bruyère Research Institute, Bruyère Centre of Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, Ontario, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PT WW RF PW SEB DM. Analyzed the data: PT WW RF PW YQB MC SEB DM. Wrote the paper: PT WW RF PW YQB MC SEB DM.