Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing challenges with respect to access to elective surgery across Canada, and a single-entry model (SEM) approach has been proposed as an ...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected older adults disproportionately, and delirium is a concerning consequence; however, the relationship between delirium and corticosteroid use is uncertain ...

Background: People experiencing homelessness are vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection and its consequences. We aimed to understand the perspectives of people experiencing homelessness, and of the health ...

Background: Ranitidine was the most prescribed histamine-2 receptor antagonist (H2RA) in Canada when recalled in 2019 because of potential carcinogenicity. We sought to compare geographic and temporal ...

Background: Prior work has shown that a greater proportion of First Nations patients than non–First Nations patients arrive by ambulance to emergency departments in Alberta. The objective of this ...

Background: Racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 vaccination coverage have been observed in Canada and in other countries. We aimed to compare vaccination coverage for at least 1 dose of a ...

Background: First Nations children in Canada experience health inequities. We aimed to determine whether a self-report health app identified children’s needs for support earlier in their illness than ...

Background: Equitable access to surgical care has clinical and policy implications. We assess the association between social disadvantage and wait times for elective surgical procedures in Ontario.

Background: In 2018, hospitals were mandated to record homelessness using International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Canada (ICD-10-CA code Z59.0) ...

Background: Attachment to a regular primary care provider is associated with better health outcomes, but 15% of people in Canada lack a consistent source of ongoing primary care. We sought to evaluate ...

Background: In Canada, all provinces implemented vaccine passports in 2021 to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission in non-essential indoor spaces and increase vaccine uptake (policies active September ...

Background: There are few data on patient and public involvement (PPI) in pragmatic trials. We aimed to describe the prevalence and nature of PPI within pragmatic trials, describe variation in ...