Pediatric primary care in Ontario and Manitoba after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There were large disruptions to health care services after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to describe the extent to which pandemic-related changes in service delivery and access affected use of primary care for children overall and by equity strata in the 9 months after pandemic onset in Manitoba and Ontario.

Methods

We performed a population-based study of children aged 17 years or less with provincial health insurance in Ontario or Manitoba before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (Jan. 1, 2017-Nov. 28, 2020). We calculated the weekly rates of in-person and virtual primary care well-child and sick visits, overall and by age group, neighbourhood material deprivation level, rurality and immigrant status, and assessed changes in visit rates after COVI

SUBMITTER: Saunders N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8687490 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature