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Virtual care use among older immigrant adults in Ontario, Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A repeated cross-sectional analysis

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  • Janette Brual
  • Cherry Chu
  • Jiming Fang
  • Cathleen Fleury
  • Vess Stamenova
  • Onil Bhattacharyya
  • Mina Tadrous

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The critical role of virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the widening disparities to access by vulnerable populations including older immigrants. This paper aims to describe virtual care use in older immigrant populations residing in Ontario, Canada. In this population-based, repeated cross-sectional study, we used linked administrative data to describe virtual care and healthcare utilization among immigrants aged 65 years and older before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Visits were identified weekly from January 2018 to March 2021 among various older adult immigrant populations. Among older immigrants, over 75% were high users of virtual care (had two or more virtual visits) during the pandemic. Rates of virtual care use was low (weekly average

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  • Janette Brual & Cherry Chu & Jiming Fang & Cathleen Fleury & Vess Stamenova & Onil Bhattacharyya & Mina Tadrous, 2023. "Virtual care use among older immigrant adults in Ontario, Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A repeated cross-sectional analysis," PLOS Digital Health, Public Library of Science, vol. 2(8), pages 1-15, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pdig00:0000092
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000092
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