Accepted for Publication: October 19, 2020.
Published: December 14, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.29250
Correction: This article was corrected on February 8, 2021, to clarify the triage scoring criteria.
Open Access: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License. © 2020 Wunsch H et al. JAMA Network Open.
Corresponding Author: Hannah Wunsch, MD, MSc, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave, Room D1.08, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada (hannah.wunsch@sunnybrook.ca).
Author Contributions: Drs Hill and Bosch had full access to all of the data in the study, and Dr Hill takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: Wunsch, Bosch, Adhikari, Rubenfeld, Ferreyro, Scales, Cuthbertson, Fowler.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: Wunsch, Hill, Bosch, Adhikari, Walkey, Tillmann, Amaral, Scales, Fan, Cuthbertson, Fowler.
Drafting of the manuscript: Wunsch, Cuthbertson, Fowler.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors.
Statistical analysis: Wunsch, Hill, Rubenfeld, Cuthbertson, Fowler.
Obtained funding: Cuthbertson.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Wunsch, Cuthbertson, Fowler.
Supervision: Bosch, Rubenfeld, Cuthbertson.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Walkey reported receiving royalties from a patent with UpToDate. Dr Scales reported receiving grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research outside the submitted work. Dr Fan reported receiving personal fees from ALung Technologies Inc, MC3 Cardiopulmonary, Fresenius Medical Care, and Getinge outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: Funding provided by St Michael’s Hospital Medical Services Association Alternative Funding Plan for COVID.
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funder had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
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