Patterns of inpatient acute care and emergency department utilization within one year post-initial amputation among individuals with dysvascular major lower extremity amputation in Ontario, Canada: A population-based retrospective cohort study

• Sara J. T. Guilcher ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sara.guilcher@utoronto.ca

  Affiliations Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, St. John’s Rehab Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Physical Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9552-9139

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• Amanda L. Mayo,

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

  Affiliations St. John’s Rehab Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Sarah Swayze,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Charles de Mestral,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of Vascular Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Ricardo Viana,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Michael W. Payne,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Steven Dilkas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Michael Devlin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Crystal MacKay,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Ahmed Kayssi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Schulich Heart Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Sander L. Hitzig

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, St. John’s Rehab Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9139-9250

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