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Investigating the implications of COVID-19 for the rural and remote population of Northern Ontario using a mathematical model

2020-09-18 health systems and quality improvement Title + abstract only
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BackgroundCOVID-19 has the potential to disproportionately affect the rural, remote, and Indigenous populations who typically have a worse health status and live in substandard housing, often with overcrowding. Our aim is to investigate the potential effect of COVID-19 on intensive care unit (ICU) resources and mortality in northwestern Ontario. MethodsThis study was conducted in northwestern Ontario which has a population of 230,000. A set of differential equations were used to represent a mod...

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