COVID-19 can be an opportunity to eliminate low-value health care
The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched health care systems across Canada beyond capacity. Surges of COVID-19 have strained available beds, exhausted health care workers and resources. Some regional and provincial health systems delayed all non-essential procedures, tests, and surgeries to cope with these surges.
Canadians’ health-seeking behaviors have changed over the past year with steep drops in emergency and hospital care utilization.
We …