At a Glance

June 2020

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• Mood disorders in late life: a population-based analysis of prevalence, risk factors, and consequences in community-dwelling older adults in Ontario
• Implementation of a physician incentive program for 18-month developmental screening in Ontario, Canada
• Interventions supporting long term adherence and decreasing cardiovascular events after myocardial infarction (ISLAND): pragmatic randomised controlled trial

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• COVID-19 Laboratory Testing in Ontario: Patterns of Testing and Characteristics of Individuals Tested, as of April 30, 2020
• Risk of hospitalization with hemorrhage among older adults taking clarithromycin vs azithromycin and direct oral anticoagulants

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• ICES’ new three-year strategic plan now available

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• After-hours incentives and emergency department visits: evidence from Ontario
• Identifying drugs with disease-modifying potential in Parkinson's disease using artificial intelligence and pharmacoepidemiology
• In-hospital patient harm across linguistic groups: a retrospective cohort study of home care recipients
• Healthcare costs and resource utilization associated with treatment of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
• Cancer staging in individuals with a severe psychiatric illness: a cross-sectional study using population-based cancer registry data
• Treatment patterns and outcomes in adolescents and young adults with Hodgkin lymphoma in pediatric versus adult centers: an IMPACT cohort study
• The impact of different antibiotic treatment regimens on mortality in Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease (MAC-PD): a population-based cohort study
• Association between the regional variation in premature mortality and immigration in Ontario, Canada

May 2020

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• COVID-19 Laboratory Testing in Ontario: Patterns of Testing and Characteristics of Individuals Tested, as of April 30, 2020

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• Population-based estimates of health care utilization and expenditures by adults during the last 2 years of life in Canada’s single-payer health system
• Association between traumatic brain injury and prison charges: a population-based cohort study
• Five-year risk of admission to long-term care home and death for older adults given a new diagnosis of dementia: a population-based retrospective cohort study
• Emergency department use by pregnant women in Ontario: a retrospective population-based cohort study

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• Inequity in access to transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a pan-Canadian evaluation of wait-times
• Physician-based availability of psychotherapy in Ontario: a population-based retrospective cohort study

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• An international cohort study of birth outcomes associated with hospitalized acute respiratory infection during pregnancy
• Urban green space and the risks of dementia and stroke
• Diabetes-induced eye disease among First Nations people in Ontario: a longitudinal, population-based cohort study
• Association between immigration status and acute stroke care: a retrospective study
• Long-term survival and costs following extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in critically ill children—a population-based cohort study
• Use of sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors and risk of acute kidney injury in older adults with diabetes: a population-based cohort study
• Impact of stopping trastuzumab in early breast cancer: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada
• Preterm birth, unplanned hospital contact, and mortality in infants born to teenage mothers in five countries: an administrative data cohort study

April 2020

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• Geographic access to stroke care services in rural communities in Ontario, Canada
• Association of immigrant and refugee status with risk factors for exposure to violent assault among youths and young adults in Canada
• Physician-based availability of psychotherapy in Ontario: a population-based retrospective cohort study

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• Association between road traffic noise and incidence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension in Toronto, Canada: a population‐based cohort study
• Increased risk of dementia among overactive bladder patients treated with an anticholinergic medication compared to a beta-3 agonist: a population-based cohort study
• Canada and COVID-19: learning from SARS

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• Increasing complexity of new nursing home residents in Ontario, Canada: a serial cross-sectional study
• Intra-provincial variation in publicly funded mental health and addictions “services” use among Canadian Armed Forces families posted across Ontario
• Benefits of high-volume medical oncology care for noncurable pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a population-based analysis
• Assessing the impact of early identification of patients appropriate for palliative care on resource use and costs in the final month of life
• Characterizing risk of type 2 diabetes in First Nations people living in First Nations communities in Ontario: a population-based analysis using cross-sectional survey data
• Health system costs for cancer medications and radiation treatment in Ontario for the 4 most common cancers: a retrospective cohort study
• Does physician compensation for declaration of involuntary status increase the likelihood of involuntary admission? A population-level cross-sectional linked administrative database study
• Association of primary care involvement with death or hospitalizations for patients starting dialysis

March 2020

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• Ethnic variation in the conversion of prediabetes to diabetes among immigrant populations relative to Canadian-born residents: a population-based cohort study
• Evaluation of a common prescribing cascade of calcium channel blockers and diuretics in older adults with hypertension
• Association of tympanostomy tubes with future assistive hearing devices – a population based study

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• Early experience with medical assistance in dying in Ontario, Canada: a cohort study
• Validation study of health administrative data algorithms to identify individuals experiencing homelessness and estimate population prevalence of homelessness in Ontario, Canada
• Incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in people with HIV in Ontario, 1996–2015: a retrospective population-based cohort study
• Diabetes prevalence, incidence and mortality in First Nations and other people in Ontario, 1995–2014: a population-based study using linked administrative data

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• Effectiveness of confidential reports to physicians on their prescribing of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes
• Estimating the net benefit of improvements in hospital performance: G-computation with hierarchical regression models
• Publicly funded home care service use in the first 2 years after spinal cord injury in Ontario, Canada
• Antibiotic prescribing choices and their comparative C. difficile infection risks: a longitudinal case-cohort study
• Comparing an artificial neural network to logistic regression for predicting ED visit risk among patients with cancer: a population-based cohort study
• The association between climate, geography and respiratory syncitial virus hospitalizations among children in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study
• Urgent outpatient care following mental health ED visits: a population-based study
• Comparison of payment changes and Choosing Wisely recommendations for use of low-value laboratory tests in the United States and Canada

February 2020

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• Mortality in a cohort of 3.1 million children, adolescents and young adults
• Factors associated with emergency department presentation after total joint arthroplasty: a population-based retrospective cohort study
• Sex differences in care need and survival in patients admitted to nursing home poststroke
• Evaluation of opioid discontinuation after non-orthopaedic surgery among chronic opioid users: a population-based cohort study

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• First-ever ischemic stroke and incident major adverse cardiovascular events in 93 627 older women and men
• Closed for business? Using a mixture model to explore the supply of psychiatric care for new patients
• Utilization of advanced cardiovascular therapies in the United States and Canada: an observational study of New York and Ontario administrative data
• Hydromorphone and the risk of infective endocarditis among people who inject drugs: a population-based, retrospective cohort study

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• The impact of repeated vaccination using 10-year vaccination history on protection against influenza in older adults: a test-negative design study across the 2010/11 to 2015/16 influenza seasons in Ontario, Canada
• Impact of a publicly funded herpes zoster immunization program on the burden of disease in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study
• Socioeconomic status and days alive and out of hospital after major elective noncardiac surgery: a population-based cohort study
• Infant and maternal outcomes for women who experience imprisonment in Ontario Canada: a retrospective cohort study
• Health care utilization for musculoskeletal issues during the pre-diagnosis period in psoriatic arthritis: a population-based study
• Incidence and outcomes of invasive fungal infection among solid organ transplant recipients: a population-based cohort study
• Impact of diabetes on colorectal cancer stage and mortality risk: a population-based cohort study

January 2020

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• Surgical duration is associated with an increased risk of periprosthetic infection following total knee arthroplasty: a population-based retrospective cohort study
• The risk of death within five years of first hospitalization in older adults
• Determinants of direct discharge home from critical care units: a population-based cohort analysis
• High-cost patients and preventable spending: a population-based study

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• Prescribing of oral anticoagulants in the emergency department and subsequent long-term use by older adults with atrial fibrillation

ICES in the News

• Neighbourhood-level marginalization and avoidable mortality in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study
• Association of patient, prescriber, and region with the initiation of first prescription of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug among older patients with rheumatoid arthritis and identical health insurance coverage

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• Characterising risk of homicide in a population-based cohort
• Association between hospital teaching status and outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
• The direct healthcare costs attributable to West Nile virus illness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study using laboratory and health administrative data
• Resident trainees increase surgical time: a comparison of obstetric and gynaecologic procedures in academic versus community hospitals
• Comparative effectiveness of fluoroquinolone antibiotic use in uncomplicated acute exacerbations of COPD: a multi-cohort study
• Changes in opioid prescribing behaviors among family physicians who participated in a weekly tele-mentoring program
• A new record linkage for assessing infant mortality rates in Ontario, Canada