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Patient, family and professional suggestions for pandemic-related surgical backlog recovery: a qualitative study

Andrea N. Simpson, David Gomez, Nancy N. Baxter, Elizabeth Miazga, David Urbach, Jessica Ramlakhan, Anne M. Sorvari, Alawia Sherif and Anna R. Gagliardi
March 14, 2023 11 (2) E255-E266; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20220109
Andrea N. Simpson
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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David Gomez
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Nancy N. Baxter
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Elizabeth Miazga
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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David Urbach
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Jessica Ramlakhan
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Anne M. Sorvari
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Alawia Sherif
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Anna R. Gagliardi
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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vol. 11 no. 2 E255-E266
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20220109
PubMed 
36918209
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  • Published online March 14, 2023.
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  1. Andrea N. Simpson, MD MSc,
  2. David Gomez, MD PhD,
  3. Nancy N. Baxter, MD PhD,
  4. Elizabeth Miazga, MD,
  5. David Urbach, MD MSc,
  6. Jessica Ramlakhan, MSc,
  7. Anne M. Sorvari, BA,
  8. Alawia Sherif, MPH,
  9. Anna R. Gagliardi, PhD
  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Simpson, Miazga), and Division of General Surgery (Gomez, Sorvari, Sherif), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto; ICES (Simpson, Gomez, Baxter, Urbach); Division of General Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital; Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (Ramlakhan, Gagliardi), University Health Network, Toronto, Ont.; Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (Baxter), University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  1. Correspondence to: Andrea Simpson, Andrea.Simpson{at}unityhealth.to
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Patient, family and professional suggestions for pandemic-related surgical backlog recovery: a qualitative study
Andrea N. Simpson, David Gomez, Nancy N. Baxter, Elizabeth Miazga, David Urbach, Jessica Ramlakhan, Anne M. Sorvari, Alawia Sherif, Anna R. Gagliardi
Mar 2023, 11 (2) E255-E266; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20220109

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Mar 2023, 11 (2) E255-E266; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20220109
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