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    Perceptions of Ontario health system leaders on single-entry models for managing the COVID-19 elective surgery backlog: an interpretive descriptive study
    Justin Shapiro, Charlotte Axelrod, Ben B. Levy, Abi Sriharan, Onil K. Bhattacharyya and David R. Urbach
    August 30, 2022 10 (3) E789-E797; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20210234
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    Structures, processes and models of care for emergency general surgery in Ontario: a cross-sectional survey
    Graham Skelhorne-Gross, Rahima Nenshi, Angela Jerath and David Gomez
    November 23, 2021 9 (4) E1026-E1033; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200306
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    Geographic variation in the provider of screening colonoscopy in Canada: a population-based cohort study
    Aristithes G. Doumouras, Sama Anvari, Margherita Cadeddu, Mehran Anvari and Dennis Hong
    March 13, 2018 6 (1) E126-E131; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20170131
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    Comparing surgical trays with redundant instruments with trays with reduced instruments: a cost analysis
    A. John-Baptiste, L.J. Sowerby, C.J. Chin, J. Martin and B.W. Rotenberg
    August 12, 2016 4 (3) E404-E408; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20150092
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    Patient and operational factors affecting wait times in a bariatric surgery program in Toronto: a retrospective cohort study
    Adam Diamant, Michelle C. Cleghorn, Joseph Milner, Sanjeev Sockalingam, Allan Okrainec, Timothy D. Jackson and Fayez A. Quereshy
    September 09, 2015 3 (3) E331-E337; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20150020
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    Regional variation in the use of surgery in Ontario
    Adina E. Feinberg, Joan Porter, Refik Saskin, Jagadish Rangrej and David R. Urbach
    August 28, 2015 3 (3) E310-E316; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20150014
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