Journal article
Evaluation of low acuity patients discharged from a virtual emergency department at a major urban academic health sciences centre in Toronto, Canada.
Abstract
ObjectiveIn response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre launched the first virtual emergency department (VED) in Toronto, Ontario. The objective of this pilot project was to leverage linked administrative data to describe the healthcare utilization of VED patients compared to matched patients who attended an ED in person. ApproachEvaluation of the VED program was supported by the ICES Applied Health Research Question …
Authors
Borgundvaag E; Plumptre L; Paterson M; An D; McLeod S; Tarride J-E; Atzema C; Schull M; Verma A; Hall J
Journal
International Journal for Population Data Science, Vol. 7, No. 3,
Publisher
Swansea University
DOI
10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1926
ISSN
2399-4908