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Shifts in office and virtual primary care during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada
Richard H. Glazier, Michael E. Green, Fangyun C. Wu, Eliot Frymire, Alexander Kopp and Tara Kiran
CMAJ February 08, 2021 193 (6) E200-E210; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.202303
Richard H. Glazier
ICES Central (Glazier, Wu, Kopp, Kiran); Primary Care and Health Systems (Glazier, Kiran, Kopp); St. Michael’s Hospital Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Glazier, Kiran), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, and Health Services and Policy Research Institute (Green), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Health Services and Policy Research Institute, Queen’s University, and ICES Queen’s (Frymire), Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier, Kiran), St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MD MPHMichael E. Green
ICES Central (Glazier, Wu, Kopp, Kiran); Primary Care and Health Systems (Glazier, Kiran, Kopp); St. Michael’s Hospital Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Glazier, Kiran), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, and Health Services and Policy Research Institute (Green), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Health Services and Policy Research Institute, Queen’s University, and ICES Queen’s (Frymire), Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier, Kiran), St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MD MPHFangyun C. Wu
ICES Central (Glazier, Wu, Kopp, Kiran); Primary Care and Health Systems (Glazier, Kiran, Kopp); St. Michael’s Hospital Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Glazier, Kiran), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, and Health Services and Policy Research Institute (Green), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Health Services and Policy Research Institute, Queen’s University, and ICES Queen’s (Frymire), Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier, Kiran), St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MSc MAccEliot Frymire
ICES Central (Glazier, Wu, Kopp, Kiran); Primary Care and Health Systems (Glazier, Kiran, Kopp); St. Michael’s Hospital Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Glazier, Kiran), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, and Health Services and Policy Research Institute (Green), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Health Services and Policy Research Institute, Queen’s University, and ICES Queen’s (Frymire), Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier, Kiran), St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
MAAlexander Kopp
ICES Central (Glazier, Wu, Kopp, Kiran); Primary Care and Health Systems (Glazier, Kiran, Kopp); St. Michael’s Hospital Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Glazier, Kiran), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, and Health Services and Policy Research Institute (Green), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Health Services and Policy Research Institute, Queen’s University, and ICES Queen’s (Frymire), Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier, Kiran), St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
BATara Kiran
ICES Central (Glazier, Wu, Kopp, Kiran); Primary Care and Health Systems (Glazier, Kiran, Kopp); St. Michael’s Hospital Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Glazier, Kiran), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Family Medicine, and Health Services and Policy Research Institute (Green), Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Health Services and Policy Research Institute, Queen’s University, and ICES Queen’s (Frymire), Kingston, Ont.; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Glazier, Kiran), St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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Shifts in office and virtual primary care during the early COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada
Richard H. Glazier, Michael E. Green, Fangyun C. Wu, Eliot Frymire, Alexander Kopp, Tara Kiran
CMAJ Feb 2021, 193 (6) E200-E210; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.202303
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