A team-based approach in primary care can alleviate the burden created by the COVID-19 surgical backlog for people with hip and knee osteoarthritis

Affiliations

¹ Postdoctoral fellow and physiotherapist, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
² Assistant professor and family physician, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
³ Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

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Allison M Ezzat et al. CMAJ. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 16;192(46):E1471.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.76844.

¹ Postdoctoral fellow and physiotherapist, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
² Assistant professor and family physician, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
³ Professor, School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Allison Ezzat is an instructor-trainer with the GLA:D Canada program.

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