At a Glance

May 2018

September 2018 IPDLN Conference in Banff

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• Food insecurity more than doubles the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
• Happiness linked to future health care costs
• People with diabetes at increased risk for preventable complications after cancer diagnosis
• Study identifies red flags for frontline providers when treating infants with bronchiolitis

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• Rates of whooping cough in Ontario much higher than previously thought
• Nearly a quarter of all Ontarians newly prescribed opioids received a daily dose exceeding clinical guidelines
• Study finds no link between HPV vaccination and risk of autoimmune disorders

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• A population-based study of the risk of osteoporosis and fracture with dutasteride and finasteride
• Unlocking First Nations health information through data linkage
• Neighbourhood socioeconomic position and risks of major chronic diseases and all-cause mortality: a quasi-experimental study
• Benchmarking time to initiation of end-of-life homecare nursing: a population-based cancer cohort study in regions across Canada
• Factors associated with imaging in patients with early breast cancer after initial treatment
• Association of clinical and economic outcomes with permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

April 2018

Early bird registration and confirmed keynote speakers: 2018 IPDLN Conference

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• Low income, mental health needs put teens at higher risk for diabetes complications as adults
• Ontario Stroke Evaluation Report 2018

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• Opioids linked to 1 in 6 deaths among young adults in Ontario

ICES Research Video Series

• Li Bai on diabetes, hypertension risk and exposure to ultrafine particles

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• The use of electronic consultations is associated with lower specialist referral rates: a cross-sectional study using population-based health administrative data
• Associations between neighborhood walkability and incident and ongoing asthma in children
• Derivation and validation of a generalizable preoperative frailty index using population-based health administrative data
• Refugee maternal and perinatal health in Ontario, Canada: a retrospective population-based study
• Youth mental health services utilization rates after a large-scale social media campaign: population-based interrupted time-series analysis
• Association between quality domains and health care spending across physician networks

March 2018

Early bird registration open: 2018 IPDLN Conference

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• Supportive housing program for clients with severe mental illness could save funding dollars
• Generic clopidogrel is as effective as Plavix for treating unstable angina or heart attack
• High unmet needs for mental health care among major ethnic groups in Ontario
• Almost all Ontarians accumulate multiple chronic conditions over their lifetime

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• More people rely on Ontario's catastrophic drug plan as medication costs rise
• Early psychosis programs significantly reduce patient mortality, study finds

Mental Health and Addictions System Performance in Ontario: Report and Launch Symposium

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• Solid organ transplantation in patients with preexisting malignancies in remission: a propensity score matched cohort study
• Gabapentin dose and the 30-day risk of altered mental status in older adults: a retrospective population-based study
• Comparison of opioid prescribing among cancer and non-cancer patients aged 18-64: analysis using administrative data
• Causes of death in rheumatoid arthritis: how do they compare to the general population?

February 2018

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• People who receive physician visits at home in last year of life are less likely to die in hospital
• 3 in 4 Ontarians hospitalized for psychiatric care are admitted involuntarily

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• Single fathers at increased risk of premature death, perhaps due to unhealthy lifestyle
• Childhood cancer survivors found to be at higher risk of mental illness

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• Patterns of methadone maintenance treatment provision in Ontario: Policy success or pendulum excess?
• Health services burden of undiagnosed and overdiagnosed COPD
• T-cell receptor excision circle levels and safety of paediatric immunization: a population-based self-controlled case series analysis
• Association between newborn metabolic profiles and pediatric kidney disease
• Association of polypharmacy with survival, complications and healthcare resource use after elective non-cardiac surgery: a population-based cohort study
• Increasing incidence and prevalence of World Health Organization groups 1 to 4 pulmonary hypertension: a population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada
• Assessing covariate balance when using the generalized propensity score with quantitative or continuous exposures

January 2018

Call for abstracts: IPDLN 2018 Conference

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• Diabetes risk in childhood cancer survivors: a population-based study
• Association between handover of anesthesia care and adverse postoperative outcomes among patients undergoing major surgery

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• Acute myocardial infarction after laboratory-confirmed influenza infection
• Effect of air quality alerts on human health: a regression discontinuity analysis in Toronto, Canada

ICES Top 17 of '17

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• Temporal trends in mental health service utilization across outpatient and acute care sectors: a population-based study from 2006 to 2014
• The economic burden of cancer care in Canada: a population-based cost study
• Elevated incidence of atrial fibrillation and stroke in patients with atrial flutter – a population-based study
• The relation between food insecurity and mental health care service utilization in Ontario
• Intergenerational abortion tendency between mothers and teenage daughters: population based cohort study
• The impact of diabetes on breast cancer treatments and outcomes: a population-based study
• Predictors of specialized pediatric palliative care involvement and impact on patterns of end-of-life care in children with cancer