Measuring geographic proximity and continuity with family medicine at end-of-life: Protocol for a population-level retrospective cohort study using Canadian Health Administrative Data

• Shuaib Hafid ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hafids3@mcmaster.ca

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

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2853-6881

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• Lawrence Mbuagbaw,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Bruce Newbold,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Earth, Environment, & Society, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6441-7863

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• Andrew Costa,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, ICES McMaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Centre for Integrated Care, St. Joseph’s Health System, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Ana Gayowsky,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ICES McMaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Peter Gozdyra,

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

  Affiliation ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Aaron Jones,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Sarina Isenberg,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Bruyère Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Erin Gallagher,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Michelle Howard

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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