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ArticleHealthcare policy = Politiques de sante2025

Virtual Care: Evidence From the Pandemic Regarding Changes in Access to Psychiatric Care in Canada.

Angel Ruhil, Mina Alizadehsadrdaneshpour, Turjoy Ghose, Eric Nauenberg

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Article in Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Angel RuhilInstitute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Mina AlizadehsadrdaneshpourInstitute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Turjoy GhoseInstitute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.
Eric NauenbergInstitute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted access to clinical services, prompting an easing of restrictions on accessing care virtually. While virtual care can substantially differ from in-person care in most specialties, this is minimally true of psychiatry, making it ideal for examining the impact of virtual delivery on access. This paper shows that those already facing access barriers faced new ones during the pandemic. The findings - based on Canadian Institute for Health Information data - highlight disparities in mental healthcare access for low-income individuals, children and adolescents, seniors and rural communities. Moreover, increased access for more patients came at the expense of fewer services per patient.

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COVID-19Health Services AccessibilityMental Health ServicesTelemedicineAdolescentAdultAgedCanadaChildFemaleHealthcare DisparitiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsSARS-CoV-2

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PMID40968449
PMCPMC12460900

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