Initiations of safer supply hydromorphone increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario: An interrupted time series analysis

• Samantha Young ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: youngsamanthav@gmail.com

  Affiliations Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Interdepartmental Division of Addiction Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Centre on Substance Use, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4064-0884

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• Tara Gomes,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Gillian Kolla,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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• Daniel McCormack,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Zoë Dodd,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Janet Raboud,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Ahmed M. Bayoumi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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