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Outcomes in patients with and without disability admitted to hospital with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study
Hilary K. Brown, Sudipta Saha, Timothy C.Y. Chan, Angela M. Cheung, Michael Fralick, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Margaret Herridge, Janice Kwan, Shail Rawal, Laura Rosella, Terence Tang, Adina Weinerman, Yona Lunsky, Fahad Razak and Amol A. Verma
CMAJ January 31, 2022 194 (4) E112-E121; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.211277
Hilary K. Brown
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
PhDSudipta Saha
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
SMTimothy C.Y. Chan
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
PhDAngela M. Cheung
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
MD PhDMichael Fralick
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
MD PhDMarzyeh Ghassemi
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
PhDMargaret Herridge
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
MD MScJanice Kwan
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
MD MPHShail Rawal
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
MD MPHLaura Rosella
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
PhDTerence Tang
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
MDAdina Weinerman
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
MDYona Lunsky
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
PhD CPsychFahad Razak
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
MD MScAmol A. Verma
Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
MD MPhilArticle Information
vol. 194 no. 4 E112-E121
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- Accepted December 3, 2021
- Published online January 30, 2022.
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Author Information
- Hilary K. Brown, PhD,
- Sudipta Saha, SM,
- Timothy C.Y. Chan, PhD,
- Angela M. Cheung, MD PhD,
- Michael Fralick, MD PhD,
- Marzyeh Ghassemi, PhD,
- Margaret Herridge, MD MSc,
- Janice Kwan, MD MPH,
- Shail Rawal, MD MPH,
- Laura Rosella, PhD,
- Terence Tang, MD,
- Adina Weinerman, MD,
- Yona Lunsky, PhD CPsych,
- Fahad Razak, MD MSc,
- Amol A. Verma, MD MPhil
- Department of Health and Society (Brown), University of Toronto Scarborough, Scarborough, Ont.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Saha, Chan, Razak, Verma), St. Michael’s Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Brown, Rosella), Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Chan), Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Herridge, Kwan, Rawal, Tang, Weinerman, Razak, Verma), Computer Science (Ghassemi) and Psychiatry (Lunsky), University of Toronto; Department of Medicine (Cheung, Fralick, Rawal), Sinai Health System; Vector Institute (Ghassemi), Toronto General Hospital; Department of Medicine (Herridge, Cheung), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Weinerman), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre (Lunsky), Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Department of Medicine (Razak, Verma), Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Rosella, Tang), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.
- Correspondence to: Amol Verma, amol.verma{at}mail.utoronto.ca
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Outcomes in patients with and without disability admitted to hospital with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study
Hilary K. Brown, Sudipta Saha, Timothy C.Y. Chan, Angela M. Cheung, Michael Fralick, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Margaret Herridge, Janice Kwan, Shail Rawal, Laura Rosella, Terence Tang, Adina Weinerman, Yona Lunsky, Fahad Razak, Amol A. Verma
CMAJ Jan 2022, 194 (4) E112-E121; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.211277
Outcomes in patients with and without disability admitted to hospital with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study
Hilary K. Brown, Sudipta Saha, Timothy C.Y. Chan, Angela M. Cheung, Michael Fralick, Marzyeh Ghassemi, Margaret Herridge, Janice Kwan, Shail Rawal, Laura Rosella, Terence Tang, Adina Weinerman, Yona Lunsky, Fahad Razak, Amol A. Verma
CMAJ Jan 2022, 194 (4) E112-E121; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.211277