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Article History

Received: 11 February 2018

Accepted: 21 July 2018

First Online: 22 August 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The trial described within was approved by the Brown University Institutional Review Board, Protocol #1408001112.

: Not applicable.

: JAP, EM, LL, PC, FD, and SLM declare that they have no competing interests.VM holds stock in PointRight, Inc. an information services company whose clients are the nursing home industry; chairs the Independent Quality Committee for HRC Manor Care, Inc.; chairs a Scientific Advisory Committee for NaviHealth, a post-acute care service organization; serves as a technical expert panel member on several Center for Medicare/Medicaid quality measurement panels; and is a member of the Board of Directors of Tufts Health Plan Foundation, Hospice Care of Rhode Island, and The Jewish Alliance of Rhode Island.AEV is President of Nous Foundation, Inc., () a not-for profit (501[c]3) foundation that disseminates educational videos. Dr. Volandes has a financial interest in the not-for-profit, which was reviewed and is managed by Massachusetts General Hospital and Partners HealthCare in accordance with their conflict of interest policies.

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