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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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
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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