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A balancing act: how to provide regular patient care amid the threat of COVID-19

  • Funded by The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    N/A

  • Funder

    The Ottawa Hospital Foundation

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr. Kednapa Thavorn

  • Research Location

    Canada

  • Lead Research Institution

    N/A

  • Research Priority Alignment

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  • Research Category

    Epidemiological studies

  • Research Subcategory

    Impact/ effectiveness of control measures

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    Not applicable

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Dr. Kednapa Thavorn and colleagues will use health administrative data from across Ontario, available through IC/ES, to model the risks of various scenarios for restarting routine clinical procedures in hospitals. Ontario hospitals have postponed many routine clinical procedures in order to preserve resources for COVID-19 patients, but these routine procedures can't be postponed forever without serious health consequences. As hospitals contemplate re-staring some routine care, a careful balance will need to be struck between the risks of COVID-19 and the risks of all other preventable diseases and conditions. The model will estimate overall deaths, healthcare costs and other factors for several scenarios, in order to help hospital administrators and policy makers make evidence-based decisions. The model could be adapted for different regions and for different COVID-19 scenarios, including a possible second wave.