Jennifer Shuldiner, Michael E Green, Tara Kiran, Shahriar Khan, Eliot Frymire, Rahim Moineddin, Meghan Kerr, Mina Tadrous, Dominik Alex Nowak, Jeffrey C Kwong, Jia Hu, Holly O Witteman, Bryn Hamilton, Isaac Bogoch, Lydia-Joy Marshall, Sophia Ikura, Stacey Bar-Ziv, David Kaplan, Noah Ivers
BACKGROUND: Variations in primary care practices may explain some differences in health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to evaluate the characteristics of primary care practices by the proportion of patients unvaccinated against SARS-CoV-2. METHODS: We conducted a population-based, cross-sectional cohort study using linked administrative data sets in Ontario, Canada. We calculated the percentage of patients unvaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 enrolled with each comprehensive-care family physician, ranked physicians according to the proportion of patients unvaccinated, and identified physicians in the top 10% (v...
April 7, 2024: Canadian Medical Association Journal: CMAJ