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http://hdl.handle.net/11375/26529| Title: | The Role of Primary Care in a Pandemic: Reflections During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada |
| Authors: | Kearon J Risdon C |
| Keywords: | COVID-19;emergency response;health systems;pandemic;planning;primary care;COVID-19;Coronavirus Infections;Humans;Ontario;Pandemics;Physician's Role;Physicians, Primary Care;Pneumonia, Viral;Primary Health Care |
| Publication Date: | Jan-2020 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Abstract: | <jats:p> As COVID-19 cases began to rise in Ontario, Canada, in March 2020, increasing surge capacity in hospitals and intensive care units became a large focus of preparations. As part of these preparations, primary care physicians were ready to be redeployed to the hospitals. However, due to the effective implementation of community-wide public health measures, the hospital system was not overwhelmed. As Ontario prepares now for a potential second wave of COVID-19, primary care physicians have an opportunity to consider the full breadth and depth of scope for primary care during a pandemic. From planning to surveillance to vaccination, primary care physicians are positioned to play a unique and vital role in a pandemic. Nevertheless, there are specific barriers that will need to be overcome. </jats:p> |
| metadata.dc.rights.license: | Attribution-NonCommercial - CC BY-NC |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/26529 |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132720962871 |
| ISSN: | 2150-1327 2150-1327 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty Publications (via McMaster Experts) |
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