Author: Brieanne Olibris; Amir Attaran
Title: Lack of coordination and medical disinformation in Canadian self-assessment tools for COVID-19 Document date: 2020_4_18
ID: idg60ids_3
Snippet: Connected to this is the expectation that at any given moment in time the decision algorithm that lies behind the self-assessment tools (usually a questionnaire) is consistent across all provinces, reflecting a single, pan-Canadian standard of care, save for rare instances where necessity might force a region to adopt a lower standard of care. Consistency is also necessary to generate meaningful, "apples-to-apples" epidemiological comparisons, be.....
Document: Connected to this is the expectation that at any given moment in time the decision algorithm that lies behind the self-assessment tools (usually a questionnaire) is consistent across all provinces, reflecting a single, pan-Canadian standard of care, save for rare instances where necessity might force a region to adopt a lower standard of care. Consistency is also necessary to generate meaningful, "apples-to-apples" epidemiological comparisons, because if different provinces' tools employ different decision algorithms for who should undergo SARS-CoV-2 testing, then the resulting data on COVID-19 confirmed case incidence and pattern of viral transmission will contain systematic errors between provinces, even assuming that the testing technology used is identical.
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