Impact of COVID 19 on the provision of surgical services in Ontario, Canada: population-based analysis | Zendy

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Impact of COVID 19 on the provision of surgical services in Ontario, Canada: population-based analysis

Author(s) -

David Gómez,

Fahima Dossa,

Colin SueChueLam,

Andrew S. Wilton,

Charles de Mestral,

David R. Urbach,

Nancy N. Baxter

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

british journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202

H-Index - 201

eISSN - 1365-2168

pISSN - 0007-1323

DOI - 10.1093/bjs/znaa043

Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pandemic , surgical procedures , medical emergency , ambulatory , population , government (linguistics) , emergency medicine , surgery , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy , disease , virology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology

In this population-based analysis, the rate of surgical procedures decreased during the COVID period with hospitals rapidly reducing ambulatory and in-patient elective procedures in response to government directives. However, the observed and unexpected large reduction in urgent surgical procedures highlights the need to prioritize access to care for patients with emergency surgical conditions as part of pandemic planning.

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