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Associations between food allergy, country of residence, and healthcare access Merrill, Kaitlyn A.; Abrams, Elissa M.; Good, Sara V.; Gupta, Ruchi S.; Venter, Carina; Frykas, Tara L. M.; Golding, Michael A.; Protudjer, Jennifer L. P.

Abstract

Background: To date, little consideration has been given to access to allergy-related care, despite the fact that food allergy affects a considerable proportion of children. As such, the current study aimed to describe access to food allergy-related services in Canada and the United States (US). Methods: Participants were recruited via social media from March-July 2021 and were asked to complete an online survey focused on food allergy-related medical care. Participants were Canadian and US residents who live with a child 

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Associations between food allergy, country of residence, and healthcare access
Creator
Merrill, Kaitlyn A.; Abrams, Elissa M.; Good, Sara V.; Gupta, Ruchi S.; Venter, Carina; Frykas, Tara L. M.; Golding, Michael A.; Protudjer, Jennifer L. P.
Publisher
BioMed Central
Date Issued
2022-12-06
Description
Background: To date, little consideration has been given to access to allergy-related care, despite the fact that food allergy affects a considerable proportion of children. As such, the current study aimed to describe access to food allergy-related services in Canada and the United States (US). Methods: Participants were recruited via social media from March-July 2021 and were asked to complete an online survey focused on food allergy-related medical care. Participants were Canadian and US residents who live with a child 
Subject
Food allergy; Oral food challenge; Canadian healthcare; United States healthcare; Healthcare access
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2023-11-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
DOI
10.14288/1.0437781
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86627
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC; Pediatrics, Department of
Citation
Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology. 2022 Dec 06;18(1):103
Publisher DOI
10.1186/s13223-022-00745-4
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Copyright Holder
The Author(s)
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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