Development of a primary care pandemic plan informed by in-depth policy analysis and interviews with family physicians across Canada during COVID-19: A qualitative case study protocol

• Published in: BMJ Open
• Main Authors: Mathews, Maria, Spencer, Sarah, Hedden, Lindsay, Marshall, Emily Gard, Lukewich, Julia, Meredith, Leslie, Ryan, Dana, Buote, Richard, Liu, Tiffany, Volpe, Emily, Gill, Paul S., Ryan, Bridget, Schacter, Gordon, Wickett, Jamie, Freeman, Thomas R., Sibbald, Shannon L., Wong, Eric, McKay, Maddi, McCracken, Rita, Brown, Judith Belle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship@Western 2021
• Subjects: COVID-19; primary care; qualitative research; Medicine and Health Sciences; British Columbia; Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/fammedpub/29; https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048209; https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/fammedpub/article/1029/viewcontent/e048209.full.pdf

Introduction Given the recurrent risk of respiratory illness-based pandemics, and the important roles family physicians play during public health emergencies, the development of pandemic plans for primary care is imperative. Existing pandemic plans in Canada, however, do not adequately incorporate f...