Acute Health Care Use & Access among Canadian Children During the Pandemic: Lessons Learned

The pandemic caused abrupt and important changes in the patterns of acute health care use among children and youth in Canada. In this session, the presenters will present data from a series of research studies that have explored these changes, including a focus of those populations at-risk of acute deterioration of their health status. They will discuss what we learned from these changes and how these lessons may inform mitigation strategies for future pandemics or health system disruptions.
Speakers:
Dr. Eyal Cohen
Eyal Cohen co-founded the Complex Care Program with his colleagues in the Division of Paediatric Medicine at SickKids. He is currently the Program Head of Child Health Evaluative Sciences at SickKids Research Institute and Co-Director of the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children.
Dr. Cohen is a Professor of Paediatrics and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He is also a Scientist with the CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research at McMaster University and an adjunct scientist at ICES. Dr. Cohen serves in a number of advisory roles for the Provincial Council of Maternal and Child Health, BORN Ontario, and the Ontario Public Drug Program.
Dr. Astrid Guttmann
Astrid Guttmann is a Professor of Paediatrics, Health Policy and Public Health at the University of Toronto, physician and Senior Scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children. Astrid Guttmann is Chief Science Officer at ICES, Canada’s largest health services and policy research institute with extensive administrative data holdings. Her research aims to improve inequities in child and family health through population-based studies that inform or evaluate health and mental health system programs and policies. She sits on a number of scientific and policy advisory committees. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Applied Child Health Services and Policy and is the Co-Director of the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children