Low‐value care and variation in practice in the care of children hospitalized with bronchiolitis in Canada (CareBEST): Protocol for a multi‐center prospective cohort study
Our study will provide critical information on the usage and variation in delivery of low-value care for bronchiolitis in Canada, elucidating potential care inequities. Findings will inform the development of interventions to address such inequities, and improve opportunity costs for health systems. Enrollment began in October 2024 and is projected to be completed in May 2026, with analyses and reporting shortly following.
Authors
- Gita Wahi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5943-9702)
- Matthew Carwana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8743-0342)
- Evelyn Constantin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6023-3058)
- Maria D. Karaceper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1811-4116)
- Nelly Huynh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4836-2476)
- Isabelle Lahaie
- Mei Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6442-5023)
- Patricia Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1791-9411)
- Zachary Dionisopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0839-2873)
- Christopher P. Bonafide (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2823-5883)
- Mahmoud Sakran
- Breanna A. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2524-2412)
- Sarah Manos
- Nick Barrowman
- Olivier Drouin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1429-9341)
- Karen Forbes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2595-4196)
- Josée Anne Gagnon
- Tamara Pérez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9892-3043)
- Chris Novak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1463-2557)
- Francesca del Giorgio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4081-5645)
- Peter J. Gill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6253-1312)
- Christine Fahim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6809-7027)
- Melanie Buba
- Marc‐André Turcot
- Ariane Boutin
- Caroline Quach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1170-9475)
- Sanjay Mahant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0487-5835)
- Francine Buchanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6579-2489)
- Anupam Seghal
- Myla E. Moretti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0330-7679)
- Olivia Ostrow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6440-6582)
- Jeremy Friedman
- Julie Quet
- Michelle Bailey
- Terry P. Klassen
- Kody Garcia
- Branden Bonham
- Hayat Mekhici
- Alan R. Shroeder
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- Lawson Health Research Institute (CA)
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CA)
- Lakeridge Health (CA)
- Saskatoon City Hospital (CA)
- Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre (CA)
- London Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- McMaster Children's Hospital (CA)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- Nova Scotia Health Authority (CA)
- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (CA)
- University of Saskatchewan (CA)
- University Hospital (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Children’s Health Research Institute (CA)
- SickKids Foundation (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
- BC Children's Hospital (CA)
- Kingston Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Hospital Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70219
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research