COVID-19 and primary care in six countries

Patricia Huston^{1

2}, John Campbell³, Grant Russell^{1

4}, Felicity Goodyear-Smith⁵, Robert L Phillips Jr⁶, Chris van Weel^{7

8}, William Hogg⁹

Affiliations

¹ University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Ottawa, Canada.
² University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Ottawa, Canada.
³ University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
⁴ Monash University, Department of General Practice, Clayton, Australia.
⁵ University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, Department of General Practice & Primary Health Care, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁶ Center for Professionalism and Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, Washington, DC, US.
⁷ Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Primary and Community Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁸ Australian National University, Department of Health Systems Research and Policy, Canberra, Australia.
⁹ Institut du Savoir, Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, Canada whogg@uottawa.ca.

Patricia Huston et al. BJGP Open. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 27;4(4):bjgpopen20X101128.

doi: 10.3399/bjgpopen20X101128. Print 2020 Oct.

Patricia Huston^{1

2}, John Campbell³, Grant Russell^{1

4}, Felicity Goodyear-Smith⁵, Robert L Phillips Jr⁶, Chris van Weel^{7

8}, William Hogg⁹

¹ University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Ottawa, Canada.
² University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Ottawa, Canada.
³ University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
⁴ Monash University, Department of General Practice, Clayton, Australia.
⁵ University of Auckland, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, Department of General Practice & Primary Health Care, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁶ Center for Professionalism and Value in Health Care, American Board of Family Medicine, Washington, DC, US.
⁷ Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Primary and Community Care, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
⁸ Australian National University, Department of Health Systems Research and Policy, Canberra, Australia.
⁹ Institut du Savoir, Hôpital Montfort, Ottawa, Canada whogg@uottawa.ca.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Communicable diseases; General practitioners; Physicians, family; Primary care; Public health.

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