COVID-19 in long-term care homes in Ontario and British Columbia

Michael Liu¹, Colleen J Maxwell², Pat Armstrong², Michael Schwandt², Andrea Moser², Margaret J McGregor², Susan E Bronskill², Irfan A Dhalla²

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¹ Harvard Medical School (Liu), Boston, Mass.; Department of Social Policy and Intervention (Liu), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Schools of Pharmacy and Public Health and Health Systems (Maxwell), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont.; ICES Central (Maxwell, Bronskill); Department of Sociology (Armstrong), York University; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moser); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Bronskill, Dhalla), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Department of Medicine (Dhalla), University of Toronto; Baycrest Health Sciences (Moser); Unity Health Toronto (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Faculty of Medicine (Schwandt), School of Population and Public Health, and Department of Family Practice (McGregor), University of British Columbia; Vancouver Coastal Health (Schwandt); Vancouver, BC michael.liu@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk.
² Harvard Medical School (Liu), Boston, Mass.; Department of Social Policy and Intervention (Liu), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Schools of Pharmacy and Public Health and Health Systems (Maxwell), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont.; ICES Central (Maxwell, Bronskill); Department of Sociology (Armstrong), York University; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moser); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Bronskill, Dhalla), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Department of Medicine (Dhalla), University of Toronto; Baycrest Health Sciences (Moser); Unity Health Toronto (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Faculty of Medicine (Schwandt), School of Population and Public Health, and Department of Family Practice (McGregor), University of British Columbia; Vancouver Coastal Health (Schwandt); Vancouver, BC.

PMID: 32998943
PMCID: PMC7721263
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.201860

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COVID-19 in long-term care homes in Ontario and British Columbia

Michael Liu et al. CMAJ. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 23;192(47):E1540-E1546.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.201860. Epub 2020 Sep 30.

Authors

Michael Liu¹, Colleen J Maxwell², Pat Armstrong², Michael Schwandt², Andrea Moser², Margaret J McGregor², Susan E Bronskill², Irfan A Dhalla²

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School (Liu), Boston, Mass.; Department of Social Policy and Intervention (Liu), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Schools of Pharmacy and Public Health and Health Systems (Maxwell), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont.; ICES Central (Maxwell, Bronskill); Department of Sociology (Armstrong), York University; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moser); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Bronskill, Dhalla), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Department of Medicine (Dhalla), University of Toronto; Baycrest Health Sciences (Moser); Unity Health Toronto (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Faculty of Medicine (Schwandt), School of Population and Public Health, and Department of Family Practice (McGregor), University of British Columbia; Vancouver Coastal Health (Schwandt); Vancouver, BC michael.liu@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk.
² Harvard Medical School (Liu), Boston, Mass.; Department of Social Policy and Intervention (Liu), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Schools of Pharmacy and Public Health and Health Systems (Maxwell), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ont.; ICES Central (Maxwell, Bronskill); Department of Sociology (Armstrong), York University; Department of Family and Community Medicine (Moser); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Bronskill, Dhalla), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Department of Medicine (Dhalla), University of Toronto; Baycrest Health Sciences (Moser); Unity Health Toronto (Dhalla), Toronto, Ont.; Faculty of Medicine (Schwandt), School of Population and Public Health, and Department of Family Practice (McGregor), University of British Columbia; Vancouver Coastal Health (Schwandt); Vancouver, BC.

PMID: 32998943
PMCID: PMC7721263
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.201860

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Margaret MacGregor is a member of the board of the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. Andrea Moser is the Associate Medical Director for The Apotex Centre, The Jewish Home for the Aged, Toronto, Ont. She is also the Chief Medical Information Officer for Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, Ont., and is the Chief Medical Consultant for Sienna Senior Living. No other competing interests were declared.

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