The Timing of Drug Funding Announcements Relative to Elections: A Case Study Involving Dementia Medications

• Sudeep S. Gill ,

  * E-mail: sudeep.gill@ices.on.ca

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Neeraj Gupta,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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• Chaim M. Bell,

  Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Paula A. Rochon,

  Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Women's College Research Institute at Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Peter C. Austin,

  Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Andreas Laupacis

  Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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