Longterm Outcomes


Project Lead

 

Long-Term Outcomes Project Lead

  • Dr. Choong is a pediatric intensivist and professor at McMaster University with an academic focus on rehabilitation, outcomes research and recovery. She is a trained methodologist and a world leader in longterm PICU outcomes and rehabilitation research. She has successfully led multiple prospective follow-up studies, and is the co-principal applicant for “REVIVE”, a national CIHR-funded study evaluating frailty and rehabilitation outcomes in adults and children with COVID-19. She has expertise in coordinating and collaborating with investigators and research networks at a national and international level, to link follow up and outcomes data. Dr. Choong is the Lead for the POPCORN Project Theme, Long-term Outcomes Project.


What Do We Want To Know?

The long-term healthcare use and healthcare costs among children who were infected with COVID-19 and to compare the short- and long-term outcomes and health of children with myocarditis, pericarditis, and MIS-C.


How Are We Doing It?

This study uses administrative health data to test the long-term outcomes in children with COVID-19-related diseases.


What Specific Data Are We Collecting?

If you're interested in learning about the specific data we're collecting for this project, please visit the Maelstrom website.


Who Is Included?

This study uses administrative health data that does not have any patient identifiers.


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