The burden of COVID-19 care in community and academic intensive care units in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

During the COVID-19 pandemic, neighbourhoods with high material deprivation and high proportions of racialized Canadians were disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Many of these neighbourhoods were served by community hospitals. We sought to compare the burden of COVID-19 care in community and academic intensive care units (ICUs) in Ontario, Canada.

Methods

We included all adult patients admitted to Ontario ICUs with COVID-19 between 1 March 2020 and 31 July 2021 in a retrospective cohort study. We compared patient volumes, demographics, interventions, and outcomes between community hospital corporations (CHCs) and academic hospital corporations (AHCs).

Results

During the first three waves of the pandemic, 9,651 adult ICU admissions for COVID-19 were report

SUBMITTER: Pestana D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11961500 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature