Public health saves lives: sad lessons from COVID-19.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. How initial policy responses to COVID-19 contributed to shaping dying at home preferences and care provision: key informant perspectives from Canada.BMC health services research · 2023
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2. Exploring the Alberta Health Services COVID-19 provincial public health integrated outbreak prevention, preparedness, management, and response interventions to support congregate and communal living sites in Alberta.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2023
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3. Factors associated with SARS-CoV2 infection and care pathways among the most vulnerable populations living in Marseille: a case control study.BMC public health · 2021
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4. How Can Health Systems Better Prepare for the Next Pandemic? Lessons Learned From the Management of COVID-19 in Quebec (Canada).Frontiers in public health
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Corrections and comments

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  Public health matters-but we need to make the case.2019

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

Abstract

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