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Clearing the surgical backlog caused by COVID-19 in Ontario: a time series modelling study
Jonathan Wang, Saba Vahid, Maria Eberg, Shannon Milroy, John Milkovich, Frances C. Wright, Amber Hunter, Ryan Kalladeen, Claudia Zanchetta, Harindra C. Wijeysundera and Jonathan Irish
CMAJ November 02, 2020 192 (44) E1347-E1356; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.201521
Jonathan Wang
Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Wang, Vahid, Eberg, Milroy, Milkovich, Wright, Hunter, Zanchetta, Irish); Division of General Surgery (Wright), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Trillium Gift of Life Network (Kalladeen); Schulich Heart Centre (Wijeysundera), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Cardiology (Wijeysundera), Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology (Irish), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MAScSaba Vahid
Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Wang, Vahid, Eberg, Milroy, Milkovich, Wright, Hunter, Zanchetta, Irish); Division of General Surgery (Wright), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Trillium Gift of Life Network (Kalladeen); Schulich Heart Centre (Wijeysundera), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Cardiology (Wijeysundera), Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology (Irish), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
PhDMaria Eberg
Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Wang, Vahid, Eberg, Milroy, Milkovich, Wright, Hunter, Zanchetta, Irish); Division of General Surgery (Wright), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Trillium Gift of Life Network (Kalladeen); Schulich Heart Centre (Wijeysundera), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Cardiology (Wijeysundera), Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology (Irish), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MScShannon Milroy
Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Wang, Vahid, Eberg, Milroy, Milkovich, Wright, Hunter, Zanchetta, Irish); Division of General Surgery (Wright), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Trillium Gift of Life Network (Kalladeen); Schulich Heart Centre (Wijeysundera), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Cardiology (Wijeysundera), Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology (Irish), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MScJohn Milkovich
Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Wang, Vahid, Eberg, Milroy, Milkovich, Wright, Hunter, Zanchetta, Irish); Division of General Surgery (Wright), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Trillium Gift of Life Network (Kalladeen); Schulich Heart Centre (Wijeysundera), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Cardiology (Wijeysundera), Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology (Irish), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
Frances C. Wright
Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Wang, Vahid, Eberg, Milroy, Milkovich, Wright, Hunter, Zanchetta, Irish); Division of General Surgery (Wright), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Trillium Gift of Life Network (Kalladeen); Schulich Heart Centre (Wijeysundera), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Cardiology (Wijeysundera), Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology (Irish), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MD MEdAmber Hunter
Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Wang, Vahid, Eberg, Milroy, Milkovich, Wright, Hunter, Zanchetta, Irish); Division of General Surgery (Wright), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Trillium Gift of Life Network (Kalladeen); Schulich Heart Centre (Wijeysundera), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Cardiology (Wijeysundera), Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology (Irish), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MBARyan Kalladeen
Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Wang, Vahid, Eberg, Milroy, Milkovich, Wright, Hunter, Zanchetta, Irish); Division of General Surgery (Wright), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Trillium Gift of Life Network (Kalladeen); Schulich Heart Centre (Wijeysundera), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Cardiology (Wijeysundera), Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology (Irish), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
HBAClaudia Zanchetta
Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Wang, Vahid, Eberg, Milroy, Milkovich, Wright, Hunter, Zanchetta, Irish); Division of General Surgery (Wright), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Trillium Gift of Life Network (Kalladeen); Schulich Heart Centre (Wijeysundera), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Cardiology (Wijeysundera), Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology (Irish), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
RN MN(ACNP)Harindra C. Wijeysundera
Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Wang, Vahid, Eberg, Milroy, Milkovich, Wright, Hunter, Zanchetta, Irish); Division of General Surgery (Wright), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Trillium Gift of Life Network (Kalladeen); Schulich Heart Centre (Wijeysundera), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Cardiology (Wijeysundera), Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology (Irish), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MD PhDJonathan Irish
Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario) (Wang, Vahid, Eberg, Milroy, Milkovich, Wright, Hunter, Zanchetta, Irish); Division of General Surgery (Wright), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Trillium Gift of Life Network (Kalladeen); Schulich Heart Centre (Wijeysundera), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Cardiology (Wijeysundera), Department of Medicine and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology (Irish), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Clearing the surgical backlog caused by COVID-19 in Ontario: a time series modelling study
Jonathan Wang, Saba Vahid, Maria Eberg, Shannon Milroy, John Milkovich, Frances C. Wright, Amber Hunter, Ryan Kalladeen, Claudia Zanchetta, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Jonathan Irish
CMAJ Nov 2020, 192 (44) E1347-E1356; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.201521
Clearing the surgical backlog caused by COVID-19 in Ontario: a time series modelling study
Jonathan Wang, Saba Vahid, Maria Eberg, Shannon Milroy, John Milkovich, Frances C. Wright, Amber Hunter, Ryan Kalladeen, Claudia Zanchetta, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, Jonathan Irish
CMAJ Nov 2020, 192 (44) E1347-E1356; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.201521
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