Do family physicians with focused practice or Care of the Elderly training practice differently than others? A population-based, propensity score-matched cohort study

• Rebecca H. Correia ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: correirh@mcmaster.ca

  Affiliations Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2949-2400

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• David Kirkwood,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ICES, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Aaron Jones,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Henry Yu-Hin Siu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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• Meredith Vanstone,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-6259

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• Steve Slade,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Family Physicians of Canada, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

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• Andrew P. Costa

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

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

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