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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has complicated access to timely prenatal screening. Using the Better Outcome Registry & Network database, screening practices were compared across Ontario for the modality of screening and subdivided based on rurality for the first year of the pandemic.
There was little difference in the proportion of screening modalities across provinces in the first year of the pandemic. However, using a rurality index, there was a pattern of increased use of screening options that did not require ultrasound in rural areas compared to the pre-pandemic period, suggesting an ongoing equity issue for patients in rural Ontario regarding timely prenatal screening.
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Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada (JOGC) is Canada"s peer-reviewed journal of obstetrics, gynaecology, and women"s health. Each monthly issue contains original research articles, reviews, case reports, commentaries, and editorials on all aspects of reproductive health. JOGC is the original publication source of evidence-based clinical guidelines, committee opinions, and policy statements that derive from standing or ad hoc committees of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. JOGC is included in the National Library of Medicine"s MEDLINE database, and abstracts from JOGC are accessible on PubMed.
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