Published on in Vol 25 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/40267, first published .
Characteristics and Health Care Use of Patients Attending Virtual Walk-in Clinics in Ontario, Canada: Cross-sectional Analysis

Characteristics and Health Care Use of Patients Attending Virtual Walk-in Clinics in Ontario, Canada: Cross-sectional Analysis

Characteristics and Health Care Use of Patients Attending Virtual Walk-in Clinics in Ontario, Canada: Cross-sectional Analysis

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 , MD, PhD ;   Christine Salahub   6 , MA, PhD ;   Cherryl Bird   7 , HBA ;   R Sacha Bhatia   2, 8 , MD, MBA ;   Laura Desveaux   2, 4, 9 , MScPT, PhD ;   Richard H Glazier   2, 5, 10, 11 , MD, MPH ;   Lindsay Hedden   12 , MSc, PhD ;   Noah M Ivers   2, 4, 5, 11, 13 , MD, PhD ;   Danielle Martin   2, 11, 13 , MD, MPP ;   Yingbo Na   5 , MSc ;   Sheryl Spithoff   11, 13, 14 , MD, MSc ;   Mina Tadrous   4, 5, 14, 15 , PharmD, MSc, PhD ;   Tara Kiran   2, 5, 10, 11 , MD, MSc

1 Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University Health Network and Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada

2 Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

3 Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

4 Women's College Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

5 ICES, Toronto, ON, Canada

6 Support, Systems, and Outcomes Department, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

7 Patient partner, Toronto, ON, Canada

8 Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

9 Institute for Better Health, Ontario Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, ON, Canada

10 Department of Family and Community Medicine and MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

11 Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

12 Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada

13 Department of Family Medicine, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

14 Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

15 Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

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