Table 3.

Change in number of patients of ED and ALC during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with before that

Health sector	Average change	95% CI	ANOVA p value	Subregion with fewer patients
Substance use	−2.25%	Min. −7.22% Max. 11.73%	0.52	Brampton
Mental health	−2.2.5%	Min. −4.8% Max. 9.29%	0.014	South West Mississauga and West Toronto
				Subregion with more patients
ALC	−33.66%	Min. −15.71% Max. 15.04%	0.76	Western York Region, Scarborough South and Mid-East Toronto

Average change: negative/positive values indicate that the number of patients has decreased/increased on average.

95% CI: negative/positive values indicate that the lower (min.) or upper (max.) bounds for the 95% CI is a decrease/increase compared with before the COVID-19 pandemic.

ANOVA p value: any value <0.05 indicates that at least one location is significantly different form the rest. Subregion with fewer patients: extracts the critical subregions that need special attention to recover. No values, ‘−’ indicate that no subregion could be extracted, because the suffer is roughly the same for all subregions.

ALC, alternative level of care; ANOVA, analysis of variance; ED, emergency department; max., maximum; min., minimum.