Perinatal Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 May 3;4(5):e2110104. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.10104.

Andrea N Simpson^{1

2

3}, John W Snelgrove⁴, Rinku Sutradhar^{3

5}, Karl Everett³, Ning Liu^{3

6}, Nancy N Baxter^{2

3

7

8}

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ ICES, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Division of Biostatistics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Abstract

This cohort study evaluates rates of preterm birth and stillbirth in Ontario, Canada, during the first 6 months of the COVID-19 pandemic.