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Funding Information: This work was supported by UKRI (United Kingdom Research and Innovation) and NIHR [COV0011; MR/ V012908/1]. Additional support was from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Applied Research Collaboration, South London, hosted at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and Cicely Saunders International (Registered Charity No. 1087195). The funders of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report. Funding Information: I.J.H. is an NIHR Emeritus Senior Investigator and is supported by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London (SL) at King's College Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust. I.J.H. leads the Palliative and End-of-Life Care theme of the NIHR ARC SL and co-leads the national theme in this. M.M. is funded by an NIHR Career Development Fellowship (CDF-2017-10-009) and NIHR ARC SL. L.K.F. is funded by an NIHR Career Development Fellowship (CDF-2018-11-ST2-002). K.E.S. is funded by an NIHR Clinician Scientist Fellowship (CS-2015-15-005), and is the Laing Galazka Chair in Palliative Care at King's College London, funded by an endowment from Cicely Saunders International and the Kirby Laing Foundation. R.L.C. is funded by Cicely Saunders International and Marie Curie, grant [MCSON-20-102]. F.E.M.M. is an NIHR Senior Investigator. M.B.H. is supported by the NIHR ARC SL. Funding Information: I.J.H. is the grant holder and chief investigator; K.E.S., M.M., F.E.M.M., C.W., N.P., L.K.F., S.B., M.B.H., and A.O.O. are co-applicants for funding. I.J.H. and C.W., with critical input from all authors, wrote the protocol for the CovPall study. M.B.H., A.O.O., and R.L.C. coordinated data collection and liaised with centers, with input from I.J.H. R.L.C., K.E.S., and L.K.F. analyzed the data. All authors had access to all study data, discussed the interpretation of findings, and take responsibility for data integrity and analysis. K.E.S., R.L.C., and L.K.F. drafted the article. All authors (K.E.S., R.L.C., F.E.M.M., A.O.O., M.B.H., M.M., C.W., N.P., L.D., A.B., S.B., I.J.H., and L.K.F.) contributed to the analysis plan and provided critical revision of the article for important intellectual content. I.J.H. is the guarantor. Publisher Copyright: © Katherine E. Sleeman et al., 2022; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2022.