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At a Glance is a monthly e-newsletter highlighting key findings of recent ICES research. At a Glance was redesigned in April 2016 to better share our work visually through infographics, videos and news stories. Subscribe to At a Glance.

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  • December 2014

    • Ontario regulatory interventions significantly reduce prescriptions for potentially misused drugs
    • Women with bipolar disorder nearly twice as likely to deliver preterm babies
    • Canadian-educated doctors more likely to screen patients for cancer
    • Survival rates improving for patients arriving at the emergency department after cardiac arrest
    • Kidney donors more likely to be diagnosed with gestational hypertension or preeclampsia

  • November 2014

    • Virtual ward care does not improve health outcomes in high-risk patients
    • Beta-agonists and inhaled corticosteroids more effective in managing COPD than beta-agonists alone
    • Immigrant seniors less likely to be hospitalized than those born in Canada
    • Process improvement program yields uneven results in Ontario EDs
    • Common antibiotic plus blood pressure-lowering drugs increase risk of sudden death

  • October 2014

    • One in 200 Ontarians have inflammatory bowel disease; rate among world's highest
    • No difference in risk of adverse gastrointestinal events with two eye drugs
    • Few patients with bladder cancer referred to a medical oncologist prior to surgery
    • Long-term proton pump inhibitor therapy linked to hospitalization for low blood magnesium
    • Babies born in Canada to immigrant mothers have lower risk of cerebral palsy

  • September 2014

    • Ontario physicians more likely than general population to register for organ donation
    • Testosterone replacement therapy in older men has tripled in 15 years
    • Physician payment incentives do little to improve Ontario’s cancer screening rate
    • Heart failure patients have worse outcomes at hospitals with low admission rates
    • Increasing the number of psychiatrists may not improve patient access to psychiatric care

  • July/August 2014

    • One in eight deaths in young adults related to opioid use: Ontario study
    • People with chronic illness seek more services for mental illness
    • Physician payment type influences the level of care received by patients with diabetes
    • Specialist in-home palliative care results in less use of acute care late in life
    • Rate of immediate breast reconstruction after therapeutic mastectomy unchanged in 10 years

  • June 2014

    • Four unhealthy habits land Ontarians in hospital more than 900,000 days a year
    • Higher strength statins linked to moderately increased risk of diabetes
    • Prompt follow-up care after ICD procedure associated with significant reduction in death
    • Cervical cancer screening may offer little benefit to women before age 30
    • One in six adults receiving care at Ontario diabetes education centres do not have diabetes

  • May 2014

    • Pregnant drivers at greater risk of a serious car crash in second trimester
    • Ontario Métis have higher prevalence of asthma and COPD than general population
    • Immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa at greatest risk for pregnancy complications
    • For women with diabetes, low mammogram rates independent of socioeconomic status
    • Benzodiazepine use linked to adverse respiratory outcomes in seniors with COPD

  • April 2014

    • Cost of home care services for Ontarians with colorectal cancer averages $2,180 annually
    • Wait times to see specialists in Ontario longer than physician and patient surveys report
    • Incidence of diabetes in pregnancy doubled over 14-year period in Ontario
    • Cost of treating patients varies seven-fold among Ontario’s heart failure clinics
    • Surgical safety checklists have not improved patient outcomes in Ontario

  • March 2014

    • Study finds girls with mental illness three times more likely to become pregnant
    • Educational toolkit fails to improve quality of care in patients with diabetes
    • Study identifies additional features of sleep apnea that predict cardiovascular events
    • Number of Ontario patients with rheumatoid arthritis more than doubled in 15 years
    • About 3% of patients not on painkillers before surgery still using them 90 days after surgery

  • February 2014

    • Rates of thyroid cancer diagnosis vary four-fold across Ontario’s health planning regions
    • Adults with chronic kidney disease at increased risk for bone fracture
    • Lower surgeon volumes linked to greater risk of postsurgery hospitalization in patients with Crohn’s disease
    • Heart rate at hospital discharge a predictor of mortality in patients with chronic heart failure
    • Women with schizophrenia at higher risk for pre-term birth and pregnancy complications

  • January 2014

    • Number of Ontario centenarians increased by more than 70% between 1995 and 2010
    • US emergency physicians order twice as many CT scans as their Ontario counterparts
    • Continuous renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury lowers risk of chronic dialysis
    • Disparities in medication use persist for Ontario minorities and recent immigrants
    • Fewer than one in 10 Canadian adults in ideal cardiovascular health
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