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ArticleThe British journal of surgery2023

Evolution of the surgical procedure gap during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: cross-sectional and modelling study.

Rachel Stephenson, Vahid Sarhangian, Jangwon Park, Ashwin Sankar, Nancy N Baxter, Therese A Stukel, Andrea N Simpson, Duminda N Wijeysundera, Andrew S Wilton, Charles de Mestral and 7 more

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Article in The British journal of surgery, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Rising out-of-hospital mortality in Canada during 2020‒2022: A striking impact observed among young adults.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Rachel StephensonDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0009-0004-9802-9924
Vahid SarhangianDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2633-6496
Jangwon ParkDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5366-3102
Ashwin SankarUnity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9852-5515
Nancy N BaxterICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Therese A StukelICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9283-8764
Andrea N SimpsonUnity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6020-3075
Duminda N WijeysunderaUnity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5897-8605
Andrew S WiltonICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0265-262X
Charles de MestralUnity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7177-7480
Stephen W HwangUnity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1276-1101
Daniel PincusICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Robert J CampbellICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
David R UrbachICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jonathan IrishDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1631-2717
David GomezUnity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Timothy C Y ChanDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4128-1692

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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COVID-19PandemicsCross-Sectional StudiesHumansOntario

Identifiers

PMID37724806
PMCPMC10638533

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