At a Glance
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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Infographics
- Supply of Ontario physicians providing comprehensive care lower than thought
- Highlighting our data partnership with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: A population-based study of postpartum mental health service use by immigrant women in Ontario, Canada
- Highlighting our data partnership with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Impact of immigration status on cancer outcomes in Ontario, Canada
ICES research video series
- Laura Rosella on creating a new population risk tool for predicting high-cost users of health care
ICES in the News
- Cardiovascular and neuropsychiatric events following varenicline use for smoking cessation
- Financial incentives did not increase psychiatric follow-up care
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- The role of mental health and addiction among high-cost patients: a population-based study
- Association of atrial fibrillation and oral anticoagulant use with perioperative outcomes after major noncardiac surgery
- Melanoma patterns of care in Ontario: a call for a strategic alignment of multidisciplinary care
- The relationship between cardiologist care and clinical outcomes in patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation
- Population-based study to determine the health system costs of using the 21-gene assay
- Perioperative chemotherapy for bladder cancer in the general population: Are practice patterns finally changing?
- Does access to end-of-life homecare nursing differ by province and community size?
- Using newborn screening analytes to identify cases of neonatal sepsis
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Infographics
- Two-thirds of children with concussions not receiving medical follow-ups
- People with developmental disabilities and mental illness have twice the risk of hospital readmissions
- Inhaled corticosteroids do not increase risk of fracture in children with asthma
- People with mental illness or addictions have higher health care needs and costs
ICES in the News
- Hip fracture surgery after more than 24 hours associated with increased risk of death and other complications
- Direct medical costs of motorcycle crashes in Ontario
- Flu vaccine prevents hospitalization in children
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- Big data and population health: focusing on the health impacts of the social, physical, and economic environment
- Indigenous health data and the path to healing
- Derivation and external validation of prediction models for advanced chronic kidney disease following acute kidney injury
- Ethnic differences in mental health and race-based data collection
- Predicting psychiatric readmission: sex-specific models to predict 30-day readmission following acute psychiatric hospitalization
- The medical care of male and female youth who die by suicide: a population-based case control study
- Mortality in infants affected by preterm birth and severe small-for-gestational age birth weight
- Increased coronary heart disease and stroke hospitalisations from ambient temperatures in Ontario
- Changes in the dispensing of opioid medications in Canada following the introduction of a tamper-deterrent formulation of long-acting oxycodone
- Variations in use of optimal medical therapy in patients with nonobstructive coronary artery disease
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Infographics
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Ontario
- Impact of pneumococcal vaccination on pneumonia hospitalizations and related costs in Ontario
- Gabapentin, opioids and the risk of opioid-related death
ICES Research Video
- Natasha Saunders on study showing one-third lower risk of suicide or self-harm among immigrant children and youth
ICES in the News
- Antipsychotics common for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Association between immigrant status and end-of-life care in Ontario, Canada
- Effectiveness of a financial incentive to physicians for timely follow-up after hospital discharge
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- Impact of restricting diagnostic imaging reimbursement for uncomplicated low back pain in Ontario: a population-based interrupted time series analysis
- Temporal trends in cardiovascular disease risk factor profiles in a population-based schizophrenia sample: a repeat cross-sectional study
- Comparative safety of direct oral anticoagulants and warfarin in venous thromboembolism: multicentre, population based, observational study
- False-positive newborn screening for cystic fibrosis and health care use
- Economic impact of subsequent depression in patients with a new diagnosis of stable angina: a population-based study
- Are we Choosing Wisely in lymphoma? Excessive use of surveillance CT imaging in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in long-term remission
- Real-world health care utilization and effectiveness of omalizumab for the treatment of severe asthma
- Effect of preoperative geriatric evaluation on outcomes after elective surgery: a population-based study
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Infographics
- Higher use of home care for Ontarians with intellectual and developmental disabilities
- H1N1 infection increased risk of premature births for pregnant women with pre-existing medical conditions
- The shrinking health advantage: unintentional injuries among children and youth from immigrant families
- The risk of mycobacterial infections associated with inhaled corticosteroid use
- Mental health services use trends in Canadian Veterans: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario
ICES in the News
- Refugee children and youth at higher risk of unintentional injury compared with non-refugee immigrants
- Ontarians with schizophrenia die eight years younger than those without
- Half of young adults with autism have a psychiatric diagnosis
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- The direct healthcare costs associated with psychological distress and major depression: a population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada
- Low medical morbidity and mortality after acute courses of electroconvulsive therapy in a population-based sample
- Performance of a postnatal metabolic gestational age algorithm: a retrospective validation study among ethnic subgroups in Canada
- Performance of a postnatal metabolic gestational age algorithm: a retrospective validation study among ethnic subgroups in Canada
- Has province-wide symptom screening changed opioid prescribing rates in older patients with cancer?
- Cervical cancer screening among women from Muslim-majority countries in Ontario, Canada
- Impact of injectable furosemide hospital shortage on congestive heart failure outcomes: a time series analysis
- Estimating the prevalence of heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Infographics
- Prolonged standing on the job more likely to lead to heart attack than prolonged sitting
- Antipsychotics common for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
ICES Research Video Series
- Rinku Sutradhar on opioid use in long-term cancer survivors
ICES in the News
- 1 in 5 opioid-related deaths in Ontario involve alcohol
- Toward Quality Mental Health Services in Canada: a comparison of performance indicators across five provinces
- Behind the prescriptions: A snapshot of opioid use across all Ontarians
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- Predictors of obtaining follow-up care in the province of Ontario, Canada, following a new diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and hypertension in the emergency department
- The variation of statin use among nursing home residents and physicians: a cross-sectional analysis
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of potentially curative and combination treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma with person-level data in a Canadian setting
- Lithium use, but not valproate use, is associated with a higher risk of chronic kidney disease in older adults with mental illness
- A cross-sectional population-based study of breast cancer screening among women with HIV in Ontario, Canada
- Association between operator specialty and outcomes after carotid artery revascularization
- Costs of health care across primary care models in Ontario
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- Wide regional variation in Ontarians' access to family doctors
- People living in rural households have lower risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease
- Differences in growth of Canadian children compared to the WHO 2006 Child Growth Standards
- Older and cheaper test for heart disease just as effective as newer tests
ICES Research Video Series
- Eva Grunfeld on primary care use during adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer
ICES in the News
- Electrocardiograms in low-risk patients undergoing an annual health examination
- Long-term morbidity and mortality in patients without early complications after stroke or transient ischemic attack
- Patterns of physician prescribing for opioid maintenance treatment in Ontario, Canada in 2014
- The effect of changes in cervical cancer screening guidelines on chlamydia testing
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- Outcomes associated with a pediatric clinical diabetes network in Ontario: a population-based time-trend analysis
- TA population-based study of homicide deaths in Ontario, Canada using linked death records
- Severe maternal morbidity associated with maternal birthplace: a population-based register study
- Association of proteinuria and incident atrial fibrillation in patients with intact and reduced kidney function
- A retrospective assessment of prognostication in 456,685 patients undergoing elective major non-cardiac surgery
- Emergency department flow measures for adult and pediatric patients in British Columbia and Ontario: a retrospective, repeated cross-sectional study
- Estimating multimorbidity prevalence with the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System
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Infographics
- The Mental Health of Children and Youth in Ontario: 2017 Scorecard
- Two-thirds of Ontario hip fracture procedures are performed after hours
Videos
- Playlist: ICES Mental Health & Addictions Research Symposium 2017
ICES in the News
- A 1980 letter on the risk of opioid addiction
- Ontario and LHIN 2015/16 Stroke Report Cards and Progress Reports: Setting the Bar Higher
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- Influences on the start, selection and duration of treatment with antibiotics in long-term care facilities
- The impact of opioid medications on subsequent fractures in discharged emergency department patients with peripheral vertigo
- Impact of immigration status on cancer outcomes in Ontario, Canada
- Implementation and utilisation of telepsychiatry in Ontario: a population-based study
- Impact of the publication of appropriate use criteria on utilization rates of myocardial perfusion imaging studies in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study
- Adverse cardiac events associated with incident opioid drug use among older adults with COPD
- Critical care at the end of life: a population-level cohort study of cost and outcomes
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Infographics
- Emergency department as a first contact for mental health problems in children and youth
- High rate of acute care use among people who use drugs
- Low rate of cancer screening among transplant patients at heightened risk of cancer
ICES in the News
- Influence of environmental temperature on gestational diabetes risk
- High rate of unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for seniors in Ontario
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- Implementation and utilisation of telepsychiatry in Ontario: a population-based study
- Population-based study to re-evaluate optimal lymph node yield in colonic cancer
- Costs of cancer care in children and adolescents in Ontario, Canada
- Trends in long-term mortality and morbidity in patients with no early complications after stroke and transient ischemic attack
- Long-term outcomes of carotid endarterectomy versus stenting in a multicenter population-based Canadian study
- Temporal trends in stroke incidence in South Asian, Chinese and white patients: a population based analysis
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Infographics
- Inflammatory bowel diseases on the rise in Canadian children
- Low cancer screening rates among organ transplant patients in Ontario
Research video
- Baiju Shah on high thyroid cancer risk in Ontario immigrants from Southeast and East Asia
ICES in the News
- Two people a day die of opioid-related causes in Ontario
- Many nursing home residents with dementia get medications of questionable benefit near the end of life
- Where you live in Ontario could determine your risk of heart attack, stroke or dying of cardiovascular disease
- No association between antidepressants during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorder in children
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- Do people who experience incarceration age more quickly? Exploratory analyses using retrospective cohort data on mortality from Ontario, Canada
- Mental health services claims and adult onset asthma in Ontario, Canada
- Impact of a provincial quality-improvement program on primary health care in Ontario: a population-based controlled before-and-after study
- The association of frailty with outcomes and resource use after emergency general surgery: a population-based cohort study
- Level of need, divertibility, and outcomes of newly admitted nursing home residents
- The Cardiovascular Health in Ambulatory Care Research Team performance indicators for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a modified Delphi panel study
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Infographics
- Use of medications of questionable benefit at the end of life in nursing home residents with advanced dementia
- Risk of firearm injuries among children and youth of immigrant families
- Early non-persistence with dabigatran and rivaroxaban in patients with atrial fibrillation
Research video
- Moira Kapral on risks of swallowing problems after stroke
ICES in the News
- Relationship between cardiac rehabilitation participation and health service expenditures within a universal health care system
- Association of the timing of pregnancy with survival in women with breast cancer
- Socioeconomic gradients in all-cause, premature and avoidable mortality among immigrants and long-term residents
- Failure of fertility therapy and subsequent adverse cardiovascular events
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- Association between cardiovascular risk factors and aortic stenosis: the CANHEART aortic stenosis study
- Infants born to opioid-dependent women in Ontario, 2002-2014
- Mortality and costs of patients with community-onset Clostridium difficile infection identified using ED visits and hospital admissions
- The relationship between therapeutic self-care and adverse events for home care clients in Ontario, Canada
- Impact of unrestricted access to pregabalin on the use of opioids and other CNS-active medications
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- Overweight and obesity rates in children using Electronic Medical Records
- New surgeon outcomes and the effectiveness of surgical training: a population-based cohort study
Research video
- Natasha Saunders on unintentional injuries in children and youth from immigrant families
ICES in the News
- Overdose risk in young children of women prescribed opioids
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- Trajectories of stroke care in Ontario: which path to best care?
- Direct oral anticoagulant- or warfarin-related major bleeding: characteristics, reversal strategies and outcomes from a multi-center observational study
- Disability in long-term care residents explained by prevalent geriatric syndromes, not long-term care home characteristics: a cross-sectional study
- Association of the hospital volume of frail surgical patients cared for with outcomes after elective, major noncardiac surgery: a retrospective population-based cohort study
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Infographics
- Marking 25 years of research impact
- Living near major roads and the incidence of dementia, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis: a population-based cohort study
- Inadequate screening for retinopathy among recent immigrants with type 2 diabetes despite universal health care: a population-based study
Research video
- Paul Kurdyak on ADHD rates and medication trends in Ontario
ICES in the News
- Variation in access to kidney transplantation across renal programs in Ontario, Canada
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- Using the electronic medical record to identify patients at high risk for frequent ED visits and high system costs
- Long-term clinical outcomes and predictors for survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
- Effect of prepublication results on trends in prescribing of antihypertensive medication
- Accounting for competing risks in randomized controlled trials: a review and recommendations for improvement
- Outcomes of women and men with acute coronary syndrome treated with and without percutaneous coronary revascularization
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