An integrated continuity of care measure improves performance in models predicting medication adherence using population-based administrative data

• Shenzhen Yao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shenzhen Yao, David Blackburn

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7631-3404

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• Lisa Lix ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ LL, GT and CE also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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• Gary Teare ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ LL, GT and CE also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Program Knowledge, Evidence and Innovation, Provincial Population and Public Health, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Charity Evans ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ LL, GT and CE also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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• David Blackburn

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shenzhen Yao, David Blackburn

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: d.blackburn@usask.ca

  Affiliation College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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