About the Authors
- G. Michael Allan
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* E-mail: michael.allan@ualberta.ca
Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Towards Optimized Practice, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Christina Korownyk
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Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Kate LaSalle
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Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Ben Vandermeer
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Affiliation Alberta Research Centre for Health Evidence, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Victoria Ma
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Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Douglas Klein
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Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Continued Professional Learning, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Donna Manca
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Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Family Practice Research Network, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
GMA conceived of the study, acquired funding, and drafted the original manuscript. All authors but VM and BV worked on project development and study design. KL and GMA extracted cost data while CK and GMA extracted study characteristics. VM also reviewed data to confirm accuracy. GMA, KL and VM compiled the data and generated summary statistics. BV and DK assisted in statistical analysis. All authors participated in manuscript composition and give final approval of the article. GMA is the guarantor.