Modeling the impact of public response on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. by Brydon Eastman, Cameron Meaney, Michelle Przedborski, Mohammad Kohandel

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Patterns of home care assessment and service provision before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada. by Chi-Ling Joanna Sinn, Heebah Sultan, Luke Andrew Turcotte, Caitlin McArthur, John P Hirdes

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Variations in long-term care home resident hospitalizations before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario. by Aaron Jones, Fabrice I Mowbray, Lindsey Falk, Nathan M Stall, Kevin A Brown, Kamil Malikov, Sarah L Malecki, Sharan Lail, Hae Young Jung, Andrew P Costa, Amol A Verma, Fahad Razak

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The Use of Cremation Data for Timely Mortality Surveillance During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada: Validation Study by Gemma Postill, Regan Murray, Andrew S Wilton, Richard A Wells, Renee Sirbu, Mark J Daley, Laura Rosella

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Children and parents’ perspectives of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Ontario children’s physical activity, play, and sport behaviours by Monika Szpunar, Leigh M. Vanderloo, Brianne A. Bruijns, Stephanie Truelove, Shauna M. Burke, Jason Gilliland, Jennifer D. Irwin, Patricia Tucker

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Initiations of safer supply hydromorphone increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario: An interrupted time series analysis by Samantha Young, Tara Gomes, Gillian Kolla, Daniel McCormack, Zoë Dodd, Janet Raboud, Ahmed M. Bayoumi

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Initiations of safer supply hydromorphone increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario: An interrupted time series analysis. by Samantha Young, Tara Gomes, Gillian Kolla, Daniel McCormack, Zoë Dodd, Janet Raboud, Ahmed M Bayoumi

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Variability in changes in physician outpatient antibiotic prescribing from 2019 to 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada by Pranav Tandon, Kevin A. Brown, Nick Daneman, Bradley J. Langford, Valerie Leung, Lindsay Friedman, Kevin L. Schwartz

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Changes in hospitalizations and emergency department respiratory viral diagnosis trends before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada. by Steven Habbous, Susy Hota, Vanessa G Allen, Michele Henry, Erik Hellsten

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Infection Control Practices in In-Center Hemodialysis Units During Wave 1 of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada: Research Letter by Angie Yeung, Anas Aziz, Leena Taji, Rebecca Cooper, Matthew J. Oliver, Peter G. Blake, Phil McFarlane

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Physician benzodiazepine self-use prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a population-level cohort study by Peter Tanuseputro, Tetyana Kendzerska, Claire E Kendall, Michael Pugliese, Daniel Myran, Christina Milani, Jennifer M Hensel, Manish Sood

“…Physicians presenting with an incident MH visit had higher odds of filling a BZD prescription during COVID-19 compared with the prior year.Conclusions Physicians’ BZD prescriptions decreased during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada. These findings suggest that previously reported increases in mental distress and MH visits among physicians during the pandemic did not lead to greater self-use of BZDs.…”
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Trends in falls among older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: A retrospective observational study by Ashini Weerasinghe, Justin Thielman, Ye Li, Varsha B. Doguparty, Alexia Medeiros, Sue Keller-Olaman, Sarah Carsley, Sarah A. Richmond

“…The purpose of this study was to examine trends in fall-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits among older adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada. Methods We obtained fall-related hospitalizations (N = 301,945) and emergency department visit (N = 1,150,829) data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information databases from 2015 to 2022 for adults ages 65 and older in Ontario. …”
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A cross-sectional survey assessing the preparedness of the long-term care sector to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada by Henry Yu-Hin Siu, Lorand Kristof, Dawn Elston, Abe Hafid, Fred Mather

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Age and sex-related comparison of referral-based telemedicine service utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario: a retrospective analysis by Hubert Wong, Yasmeen Razvi, Muhammad Akhter Hamid, Niraj Mistry, Guido Filler

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Trends in the Rates of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales Isolated from Urine Cultures during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada by Mohammad R. Hasan, Yasmeen M. Vincent, Daniela Leto, Huda Almohri

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Association between neighbourhood composition, kindergarten educator-reported distance learning barriers, and return to school concerns during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada by Natalie Spadafora, Jade Wang, Caroline Reid-Westoby, Magdalena Janus

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Predictors of harsh parenting practices and inter-partner conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional analysis from the Ontario Parent Survey by Eric Duku, Divya Joshi, Andrea Gonzalez, Leslie Atkinson, Lil Tonmyr, Amir Aschner, Daniella Halili-Sychangco, Eve S Puffer, Amber Rieder

“…Objectives Guided by the bioecological model, the purpose of this study was to examine the associations of (1) individual level factors (sociodemographic, health behaviour and mental health), (2) family (micro) level COVID-19 experiences (difficulty with household management, managing child mood and behaviour, and pandemic-related positive experiences) and (3) community (macro) level factors (residential instability, ethnic concentration, material deprivation and dependency, an indicator of age and labour force) with harsh parenting practices and inter-partner conflict during the early lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada.Design A cross-sectional analysis of data from the Ontario Parent Survey.Setting A convenience sample of 7451 caregivers living in Ontario, Canada, at the time of baseline data collection (May–June 2020).Participants Caregivers aged 18 years and older with children 17 years or younger.Outcome measures Parenting practices over the past 2 months was assessed using a published modification of the Parenting Scale. …”
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New and continuing physician-based outpatient mental health care among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study by Alene Toulany, Alene Toulany, Alene Toulany, Alene Toulany, Alene Toulany, Alene Toulany, Simone Vigod, Simone Vigod, Simone Vigod, Simone Vigod, Paul Kurdyak, Paul Kurdyak, Paul Kurdyak, Paul Kurdyak, Therese A. Stukel, Therese A. Stukel, Rachel Strauss, Longdi Fu, Astrid Guttmann, Astrid Guttmann, Astrid Guttmann, Astrid Guttmann, Astrid Guttmann, Astrid Guttmann, Jun Guan, Eyal Cohen, Eyal Cohen, Eyal Cohen, Eyal Cohen, Eyal Cohen, Eyal Cohen, Maria Chiu, Maria Chiu, Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Kimberly Moran, William Gardner, William Gardner, Mario Cappelli, Purnima Sundar, Natasha Saunders, Natasha Saunders, Natasha Saunders, Natasha Saunders, Natasha Saunders, Natasha Saunders

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The Medical Complexity of Newly Admitted Long-Term Care Residents Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta: A Serial Cross-Sectional Study by Razan Al-Sharkawi, Luke A Turcotte, John P Hirdes, George Heckman, Caitlin McArthur

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Province-Wide Prevalence Testing for SARS-CoV-2 of In-Center Hemodialysis Patients and Staff in Ontario, Canada: A Cross-Sectional Study by Daphne C. Sniekers, James K. H. Jung, Peter G. Blake, Rebecca Cooper, Jerome A. Leis, Matthew P. Muller, Vlad Padure, Philip Holm, Angie Yeung, Leena Taji, Phil McFarlane, Matthew J. Oliver

“…Asymptomatic positivity in the dialysis patient and staff population was rare during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario.…”
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