The path to improving equitable access to healthcare in Canada
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Aug 26, 2021
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Healthcare access, wait times, telemedicine
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13. Li H, Brandts-Longtin O, Grose E, Lee A, Boulva K, Johnson-Obaseki S, Nessim C (2020) The Association Between Socio-Economic Status and Survival Outcomes for Melanoma in Canada. J Am Coll Surg 231:S282–S283. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.07.616
14. Wang J, Vahid S, Eberg M, Milroy S, Milkovich J, Wright FC, Hunter A, Kalladeen R, Zanchetta C, Wijeysundera HC, Irish J (2020) Clearing the surgical backlog caused by COVID-19 in Ontario: A time series modelling study. CMAJ 192:E1347–E1356. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.201521
15. Tinmouth J, Dong S, Stogios C, Rabeneck L, Rey M, Dubé C, Coulson M, Gao J, He D, Jembere N, McCurdy BR, Wallace J (2021) Estimating the Backlog of Colonoscopy due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Comparing Strategies to Recover in Ontario, Canada. Gastroenterology 160:1400-1402.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.11.048
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18. Monaghesh E, Hajizadeh A (2020) The role of telehealth during COVID-19 outbreak: A systematic review based on current evidence. BMC Public Health. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09301-4
19. Kichloo A, Albosta M, Dettloff K, Wani F, El-Amir Z, Singh J, Aljadah M, Chakinala RC, Kanugula AK, Solanki S, Chugh S (2020) Telemedicine, the current COVID-19 pandemic and the future: a narrative review and perspectives moving forward in the USA. Fam Med community Heal 8:530. doi: 10.1136/fmch-2020-000530
2. Barua B, Moir M (2020) Waiting Your Turn Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2020 Report.
3. Barua B, Esmail N, Jackson T (2014) The Effect of Wait Times on Mortality in Canada.
4. Urbach DR (2018) Improving access to health services in Canada. Healthc Manag Forum 31:256–260. doi: 10.1177/0840470418776995
5. Dhalla IA, Tepper J (2018) Improving the quality of health care in Canada. CMAJ 190:E1162–E1167. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.17104
6. Bushnik T, Tjepkema M, Martel L (2020) Socioeconomic disparities in life and health expectancy among the household population in Canada. Heal Reports 31:3–14. doi: 10.25318/82-003-x202000100001-eng
7. Kim PJ (2019) Social Determinants of Health Inequities in Indigenous Canadians Through a Life Course Approach to Colonialism and the Residential School System. Heal Equity 3:378–381. doi: 10.1089/heq.2019.0041
8. Withrow DR, Pole JD, Diane Nishri E, Tjepkema M, Marrett LD (2017) Cancer survival disparities between first nation and non-Aboriginal adults in Canada: Follow-up of the 1991 census mortality cohort. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 26:145–151. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-16-0706
9. Mann BS, Barnieh L, Tang K, Campbell DJT, Clement F, Hemmelgarn B, Tonelli M, Lorenzetti D, Manns BJ (2014) Association between drug insurance cost sharing strategies and outcomes in patients with chronic diseases: A systematic review. PLoS One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089168
10. Musich S, Wang S, Hawkins K, Klemes A (2016) The impact of personalized preventive care on health care quality, utilization, and expenditures. Popul Health Manag 19:389–397. doi: 10.1089/pop.2015.0171
11. Dhalla IA, Tepper J (2018) Improving the quality of health care in Canada. CMAJ 190:E1162–E1167. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.171045
12. Stanbrook MB (2015) Canada can afford universal pharmacare - No more excuses. CMAJ 187:475. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.150281
13. Li H, Brandts-Longtin O, Grose E, Lee A, Boulva K, Johnson-Obaseki S, Nessim C (2020) The Association Between Socio-Economic Status and Survival Outcomes for Melanoma in Canada. J Am Coll Surg 231:S282–S283. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.07.616
14. Wang J, Vahid S, Eberg M, Milroy S, Milkovich J, Wright FC, Hunter A, Kalladeen R, Zanchetta C, Wijeysundera HC, Irish J (2020) Clearing the surgical backlog caused by COVID-19 in Ontario: A time series modelling study. CMAJ 192:E1347–E1356. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.201521
15. Tinmouth J, Dong S, Stogios C, Rabeneck L, Rey M, Dubé C, Coulson M, Gao J, He D, Jembere N, McCurdy BR, Wallace J (2021) Estimating the Backlog of Colonoscopy due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Comparing Strategies to Recover in Ontario, Canada. Gastroenterology 160:1400-1402.e1. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.11.048
16. Garcia S, Henry TD (2021) The hidden costs of national lockdowns. Lancet Reg Heal - Eur 2:100035. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100035
17. Webster P (2020) Virtual health care in the era of COVID-19. Lancet (London, England) 395:1180–1181. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30818-7
18. Monaghesh E, Hajizadeh A (2020) The role of telehealth during COVID-19 outbreak: A systematic review based on current evidence. BMC Public Health. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09301-4
19. Kichloo A, Albosta M, Dettloff K, Wani F, El-Amir Z, Singh J, Aljadah M, Chakinala RC, Kanugula AK, Solanki S, Chugh S (2020) Telemedicine, the current COVID-19 pandemic and the future: a narrative review and perspectives moving forward in the USA. Fam Med community Heal 8:530. doi: 10.1136/fmch-2020-000530