Cost Evaluation of the Ontario Virtual Urgent Care Pilot Program: Population-Based, Matched Cohort Study

Jean-Eric Tarride   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Justin N Hall   ^{4, 5, 6} , MD, MSc, MPH, MBA ;   Shawn Mondoux   ^{7, 8, 9} , MSc, MD ;   Katie N Dainty   ^{6, 10} , PhD ;   Joy McCarron   ¹¹ , BScN ;   J Michael Paterson   ^{6, 12} , MSc ;   Lesley Plumptre   ¹² , PhD ;   Emily Borgundvaag   ¹² , MPH ;   Howard Ovens   ^{13, 14} , MD ;   Shelley L McLeod   ^{13, 14} , MSc, PhD

¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

² Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

³ Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health, The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ Division of Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁸ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁹ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁰ North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹¹ Ontario Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹² ICES, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹³ Schwartz/Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁴ Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada