Journal article
Prevalence of winter migration to warmer destinations among Ontarians (“snowbirds”) and patterns of their use of health care services: a population-based analysis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Older Canadians frequently migrate to warmer destinations for the winter season (snowbirds). Our aim was to examine the prevalence of migration to warmer destinations among Ontarians, and to compare the characteristics and use of health care services of snowbirds to those of older Ontarians who did not migrate for the winter.
METHODS: We conducted a population-based analysis using health administrative databases from Ontario. We …
Authors
Shariff SZ; Paterson JM; Dixon SN; Garg AX; Clemens KK
Journal
CMAJ Open, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. e491–e499
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
4 2021
DOI
10.9778/cmajo.20200270
ISSN
2291-0026