Understanding heterogeneity to inform the public health response to COVID-19 in Canada

Sharmistha Mishra¹, Jeffrey C Kwong², Adrienne K Chan², Stefan D Baral²

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¹ MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Mishra), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Mishra), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES (Kwong); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Kwong), University of Toronto; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Kwong), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Clinical Public Health, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Chan), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Epidemiology (Baral), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Baral), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont. sharmistha.mishra@utoronto.ca.
² MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Mishra), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Mishra), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES (Kwong); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Kwong), University of Toronto; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Kwong), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Clinical Public Health, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Chan), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Epidemiology (Baral), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Baral), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.

PMID: 32493741
PMCID: PMC7828854
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.201112

Understanding heterogeneity to inform the public health response to COVID-19 in Canada

Sharmistha Mishra et al. CMAJ. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 22;192(25):E684-E685.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.201112. Epub 2020 Jun 3.

Authors

Sharmistha Mishra¹, Jeffrey C Kwong², Adrienne K Chan², Stefan D Baral²

Affiliations

¹ MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Mishra), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Mishra), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES (Kwong); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Kwong), University of Toronto; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Kwong), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Clinical Public Health, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Chan), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Epidemiology (Baral), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Baral), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont. sharmistha.mishra@utoronto.ca.
² MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Mishra), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Mishra), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; ICES (Kwong); Department of Family and Community Medicine (Kwong), University of Toronto; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Kwong), University of Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Division of Clinical Public Health, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Chan), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Epidemiology (Baral), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (Baral), St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ont.

PMID: 32493741
PMCID: PMC7828854
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.201112

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