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ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2021

The Delivery of Patient Care in Ontario's Family Health Teams during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Rachelle Ashcroft, Catherine Donnelly, Sandeep Gill, Maya Dancey, Simon Lam, Allan K Grill, Kavita Mehta

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Article in Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rachelle AshcroftAssistant Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Catherine DonnellyAssociate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University, Kingston, ON.
Sandeep GillQuality and Knowledge Translation Manager, Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario, Toronto, ON.
Maya DanceyResearch Intern, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.
Simon LamResearch Associate, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Allan K GrillAssociate Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON; Lead Physician, Markham Family Health Team, Chief, Department of Family Medicine, Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham, ON.
Kavita MehtaChief Executive Officer, Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario, Toronto, ON.
Markham Stouffville Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe objective of this paper was to identify continuations and changes in care delivery methods in primary care teams during the COVID-19 pandemic.

designThe study used a cross-sectional, web-based survey comprising close-ended and open-ended questions.

settingThe setting comprised family health teams (FHTs) across Ontario, Canada.

participantsThe participants included executive directors of FHTs or designates of their choosing. SURVEY: Descriptive statistics were derived from responses to close-ended questions, and responses to open-ended questions were coded using thematic analysis.

resultsWith 93 participants, the response rate was 48%. Participants reported the continuation of in-person care, the implementation of virtual care across FHTs and collaboration within these teams and their communities.

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COVID-19Family HealthCross-Sectional StudiesHumansOntarioPandemicsPatient CareSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34895411
PMCPMC8665725
OpenAlexW3214973381

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