on behalf of the WE-THRIVE Group Authorship Statement: The following are members of WE-THRIVE (Worldwide Elements to Harmonize Research in Long Term Care Living Environments): [To insert all participants in domain discussions and IAGG-GSA session who wish to be included; we are following the ICMJE guidelines for consortium authorship, as operationalized by BMJ Special articles do not involve original research but instead provide novel interpretation or synthesis of information in 1 an area of general interest to readers of the journal. Examples of special articles include consensus statements, 2 clinical tools, practice guidelines, and discussion of new policies or regulations. Manuscripts may be solicited by the 3 editors or submitted at the initiative of authors. The body of the submission (excluding abstract and references) 4should generally be limited to 3,000 words; it can include 3 tables or figures, and 50 references. An unstructured 5 abstract of up to 300 words is required, and specific headings to organize the text are not prescribed; however, the 6 text should conclude with a section entitled "Implications for Practice, Policy, and/or Research." 7 8 ABSTRACT 9To support person-centered, residential long-term care internationally, a consortium of 10 researchers in medicine, nursing, behavioral and social sciences from 21 geographically and 11 economically diverse countries have launched the WE-THRIVE initiative to develop a common 12 data infrastructure. The consortium aims to identify measurement domains that are 13 internationally relevant, including in low and middle income countries, prioritize concepts to 14 operationalize domains, and specify a set of data elements to measure concepts that can be used (CDEs) initiative. Four domains were identified, including organizational context; workforce and 21 staffing; person-centered care; and care outcomes. Using a nominal group process, WE-22 103 who facilitated domain-specific discussions. Domain-specific discussions focused on potential 104 concepts in each domain that were common to LTC settings across represented countries. The 105 domain committee chairs met in monthly WE-THRIVE steering committee meetings to report 106 updates and share challenges and ideas across subgroups. Figure 1 summarizes the 107 developmental timeline of WE-THRIVE's work, totaling 8 steering committee meetings and 9 108 domain committee meetings that occurred in preparation for IAGG 2017. 109Because of the group's commitment to global inclusiveness, a standing item for the 110 steering committee and the domain committee meetings was to identify new WE-THRIVE 111 members, especially those from low and middle-income countries (LMICs), to vet the work to 112 date. We built an inclusive, flexible network of researchers with ongoing participation through 113 face-to-face or distance-based technology that was not limited to researchers who could attend 114 IAGG 2017. This approach is consistent with the ESSENCE on Health Research initiative's 115 principle of building collaborativ...

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Long-term care (LTC) reflects a growing emphasis on person-centered care (PCC), with services oriented around individuals’ needs and preferences. Addressing contextual and cultural differences across countries offers important insight into factors that facilitate or hinder application of PCC practices within and across countries. This article takes an international lens to consider country-specific contexts of LTC, describing preliminary steps to develop common data elements that capture contextual differences across LTC settings globally. Through an iterative series of online, telephone, and in-person sessions, we engaged in in-depth discussions with 11 colleague experts in residential LTC and coauthors from six countries (China and Hong Kong, England, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States). Our discussions yielded rich narrative describing a vast range in types of LTC settings, leading to our development of a working definition of residential LTC. Scope of services, funding, ownership, and regulations varied greatly across countries and across different residential LTC settings within countries. Moving forward, we recommend expanding our activities to countries that reflect different stages of residential LTC development. Our goal is to contribute to a larger initiative underway by the WE-THRIVE consortium to establish a global research measurement infrastructure that advances PCC internationally.

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We use laboratory experiments to evaluate the effects of individuals' cognitive abilities on their behavior in a finite horizon Economic Order Quantity model. Participants' abilities to balance intuitive judgement with cognitive deliberations are measured by the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT). Participants then complete a sequence of five annual inventory management tasks with monthly ordering decisions. Our results show that participants with higher CRT scores on average earn greater profit and choose more effective inventory management policies. However these gaps are transitory as participants with lower CRT scores exhibit faster learning. We also find a significant gender effect on CRT scores. This suggests hiring practices incorporating CRT type of instruments can lead to an unjustified bias.