A longitudinal dataset of incidence and intervention policy impacts regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Canadian provinces.

ABSTRACT: One year after identifying the first case of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Canada, federal and provincial governments are still struggling to manage the pandemic. Provincial governments across Canada have experimented with widely varying policies in order to limit the burden of COVID-19. However, to date, the effectiveness of these policies has been difficult to ascertain. This is partly due to the lack of a publicly available, high-quality dataset on COVID-19 interventions and outcomes for Canada. The present paper provides a dataset containing important, Canadian-specific data that is known to affect COVID-19 outcomes, including sociodemographic, climatic, mobility and health system related information for all 10 Canadian provinces and their health regions. This dataset also

SUBMITTER: Keshteli AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8450137 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature