Validating the Emergency Department Avoidability Classification (EDAC): A cluster randomized single-blinded agreement study

• Ryan P. Strum ,

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

  * E-mail: Strumr@mcmaster.ca

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1902-4734

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• Shawn Mondoux,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Fabrice I. Mowbray,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Lauren E. Griffith,

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

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, McMaster Institute for Research and Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2794-9692

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• Andrew Worster,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Walter Tavares,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Wilson Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Paul Miller,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Centre for Paramedic Education and Research, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Komal Aryal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Ravi Sivakumaran,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Health Information Management Department, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Andrew P. Costa

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

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

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