Margaret Jamieson

University of Toronto | U of T · Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

Objective: To describe changes in the comprehensiveness of services delivered by family physicians across service settings and service areas in 4 Canadian provinces, to identify which settings and areas have changed the most, and to compare the magnitude of changes by physician characteristics. Design: Descriptive analysis of province-wide, popu...

We assessed challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic presented for mental health systems and the responses to these challenges in 14 countries in Europe and North America. Experts from each country filled out a structured questionnaire with closed- and open-ended questions between January and June 2021. We conducted thematic analysis to investigate th...

Background: Social media is an important way for governments to communicate with the public. This is particularly true in times of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, during which time government officials had a strong role in promoting public health measures such as vaccines. Objective: In Canada, provincial COVID-19 vaccine rollout was deliv...

We describe changes in the comprehensiveness of services delivered by family physicians in 4 Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia) during the periods 1999-2000 and 2017-2018 and explore if changes differ by years in practice. We measured comprehensiveness using province-wide billing data across 7 settings (home, long...

Background: Lack of patient access to family physicians in Canada is a concern. The role of recent physician graduates in this problem of supply of primary care services has not been established. We sought to establish whether career stage or graduation cohort were related to family physician practice volume and continuity of care over time. Meth...

BACKGROUND Social media is an important way for governments to communicate with the public. This is particularly true in times of crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, during which government officials played a strong role in promoting public health measures such as vaccines. OBJECTIVE In Canada, provincial COVID-19 vaccine rollout was delivered...

A range of public health and social measures have been employed in response to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Yet, pandemic responses have varied across the region, particularly during the first 6 months of the pandemic, with Uruguay effectively limiting transmission during this crucial phase. This...

Background Complaints about lack of access to family physicians (FPs) has led to concerns about the role recent physician graduates have had in changes in the supply of primary care services in Canada. This study investigates the impact of career stage, time period, and graduation cohort on family physician practice volume and continuity over two d...

Objectives The incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus is increasing every year requiring substantial expenditure on treatment and complications. A systematic review was conducted on the cost-effectiveness of insulin formulations, including ultralong-, long-, or intermediate-acting insulin, and their biosimilar insulin equivalents. Methods MEDLINE,...

Victoria Haldane and colleagues argue that to make covid-19 the last pandemic, public health responses to outbreaks must be strengthened, starting with their most basic functions

Victoria Haldane and colleagues delve into the characteristics of national responses to covid-19. They suggest actionable steps at a national level that can guide states to achieve the independent panel’s recommendations for making this the last pandemic

Anne-Sophie Jung and colleagues argue that research and policy making must embrace complexity to build sustainable and long term approaches to pandemic preparedness

Salma M Abdalla and colleagues examine how an atmosphere of misinformation, disinformation, and erosion of trust shaped the early response to covid-19 on both global and national levels

Understanding the spread of SARS-CoV-2, how and when evidence emerged, and the timing of local, national, regional, and global responses is essential to establish how an outbreak became a pandemic and to prepare for future health threats. With that aim, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response has developed a chronology of event...

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) accounts for over a quarter of the world’s total cases, and a third of the total deaths, from the COVID-19 pandemic (1-3) (4). In the absence of a vaccine to prevent the transmission of the virus, LAC countries have introduced several public health, health system, and economic policies to reduce the spread an...

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) accounts for over a quarter of the world’s total cases, and a third of the total deaths, from the COVID-19 pandemic (1-3) (4). In the absence of a vaccine to prevent the transmission of the virus, LAC countries have introduced several public health, health system, and economic policies to reduce the spread an...

Background/aims: Children with bilateral cataracts may undergo immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS), which involves surgery on both eyes during the same general anaesthesia, or delayed sequential bilateral cataract surgery (DSBCS), which involves operating on each eye on separate days and requires a second anaesthesia. ISBCS is v...

Mental illness and substance use disorders in the workplace have been increasingly recognised as a problem in most countries; however, evidence is scarce on which solutions provide the highest return on investment. We searched academic and grey literature databases and additional sources for studies that included a workplace intervention for mental...

In Ontario, the number of older adults (≥65) is expected to increase from 2.4 million in 2017, to 4.6 million by 2046. This substantial increase necessitates a spectrum of care delivery options for older adults who wish to age in their homes. Self-directed care refers to a growing trend in healthcare that provides care recipients with more autonomy...

Virtual care is increasingly recognized as a vital component of high-quality healthcare and may hold promise in strengthening access to primary care in northern, rural, and remote areas of Canada. In Canada, as seen around the world, the adoption of virtual care has accelerated as part of health system responses to COVID-19. Though the northern, ru...

This report compares health system performance in Yukon to 14 other northern regions in Canada's territories and provinces. The Canadian Institute for Health Information's Health System Performance Measurement Framework is used to organize and present the indicators according to: 1) the social determinants of health; 2) health system inputs and cha...