Self-isolation among discharged emergency department patients with suspected COVID-19

Lulu Yang¹, Devon Mitchell², Frances Clayton², Paul Clerc², Tori Spangehl², Rebecca Oxland³, Kerry Spearing², Skye Barbic^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Diamond Health Care Center 11th floor, 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada. lulu.yang@alumni.ubc.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Diamond Health Care Center 11th floor, 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
³ St. Paul's Hospital Emergency Department, 1081 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
⁴ Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, T325 - 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2A1, Canada.
⁵ Providence Health Care Research Institute, 10th Floor - 1190 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2K5, Canada.
⁶ Center for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, 588 - 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canada.

Lulu Yang et al. CJEM. 2022 Jan.

. 2022 Jan;24(1):97-98.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-021-00212-w. Epub 2021 Oct 5.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Diamond Health Care Center 11th floor, 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada. lulu.yang@alumni.ubc.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Diamond Health Care Center 11th floor, 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1M9, Canada.
³ St. Paul's Hospital Emergency Department, 1081 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canada.
⁴ Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, T325 - 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2A1, Canada.
⁵ Providence Health Care Research Institute, 10th Floor - 1190 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2K5, Canada.
⁶ Center for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, 588 - 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Adherence; COVID-19; Pandemic; Self-isolation.

Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interests associated with this work.

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