The research activities of Ontario's large community hospitals: an updated scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community hospitals provide the majority of patient care in Canada but traditionally do not participate in clinical research. The disconnect between where most patients receive their health care and where health research is conducted leads to decreased study recruitment, reduced generalizability of study results, and inequitable patient access to novel therapies. A scoping review of the research activities of Ontario's large community hospitals (LCHs) between 2013 and 2015 reported an annualized output of 266 publications. In the last decade, efforts have been made to engage more community hospitals in research. In this updated scoping review, we provide a snapshot of the research activities of Ontario's LCHs between 2016 and 2022, describing the number and type of resea

SUBMITTER: Rego K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429628 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature