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• November 2004

  • Study provides insights into non-invasive cardiac testing in Ontario
  • Higher income people more likely to receive colorectal cancer tests
  • Little evidence available to support the use of atypical antipsychotics to treat dementia
  • Flu outbreaks account for nearly 25% of ED overcrowding
  • Antihypertensive medications do not increase risk of type 2 diabetes

• September 2004

  • Access to specialists improves treatment for arthritis patients
  • Colonoscopy does not detect all colon cancers
  • Socioeconomic status affects common childhood surgeries
  • Study shows wide variation in cardiac arrest outcomes across Canada
  • Atypical antipsychotic drugs not associated with increased risk of stroke in elderly

• July/August 2004

  • Spironolactone use can lead to increased hospitalizations and deaths from high potassium
  • More hospital beds filled by patients requiring life support
  • More detailed cardiac procedure data needed
  • Low number of Ontarians screened for colorectal cancer
  • Certain maternal factors cause developmental disorders in young children

• April 2004

  • Privacy concerns hinder the development of useful medical registries needed to improve care
  • Infant hospitalizations impacted by family’s health
  • Patients at high risk for stroke are being under treated in Ontario
  • Study shows striking variation in the use of end-of-life care in U.S. hospitals
  • Rectal cancer patients treated at high-volume hospitals have better outcomes

• March 2004

  • Nearly one quarter of hospital patients experienced an adverse event after discharge
  • Consumer expectations vs. health system sustainability: can a balance be achieved?
  • Obesity and asthma unrelated in children
  • Thousands more Ontarians should be screened for colorectal cancer
  • ALLHAT trial shows that physicians’ prescribing patterns change in response to new evidence

• January 2004

  • New approach needed for drug evaluation in Canada
  • Chest pain patients in higher SES neighbourhoods have shorter ambulance transport times
  • Elderly men in the U.S. are receiving excessive screening for prostate cancer
  • Heart failure index can help doctors predict risk of death
  • Dementia patients use more resources, but in a similar pattern to patients without dementia

• September 2008

  • No increase in cardiovascular risk detected for kidney donors in years following donation
  • Seriously ill hospitalized patients unaffected by SARS restrictions in Toronto
  • Flexible sigmoidoscopy of limited benefit in screening for cancers of the proximal colon
  • Mechanically ventilated patients benefit from early tracheostomy
  • Study shows epidural anaesthesia only slightly improves postoperative survival

• March 2008

  • Scientists estimate expected survival time for patients suffering from heart failure
  • Study suggests women with vulvar cancer may not be receiving optimal care
  • Heart attack survivors who don’t fill prescriptions have increased risk of one-year mortality
  • Drug history profiles based solely on provincial drug benefit claims likely to be incomplete
  • Prescription cost-sharing adversely affects children’s use of asthma medication

• January 2008

  • Over one in 10 elderly hypertensive Ontarians being prescribed beta blockers as initial therapy
  • Low colorectal cancer detection rates support the need for an organized screening program
  • Elderly COPD patients benefit significantly from combined generalist and specialist care
  • Long-term statin use may be associated with decreased risk of bleeding in warfarin users
  • Study reveals inequities among Ontario ICD recipients

• February 2008

  • Physicians reluctant to report patients who are medically unfit to drive
  • Women with diabetes experience higher mortality rates following breast cancer
  • Study examines anticoagulation control and hospitalization in elderly patients
  • Benefit of long-term cholinesterase inhibitor use for dementia patients questioned
  • Value of cardiac troponin testing confirmed as a predictor of mortality in heart failure patients

• May 2008

  • Rise in prevalence of hypertension partly explained by decline in mortality
  • Children of immigrants more likely to be immunized than children of non-immigrants
  • Study finds risk of serious assault spikes with alcohol sales
  • Some ACE inhibitors less beneficial in treating elderly patients with congestive heart failure
  • Study describes indicators of aggressive end-of-life care among lung cancer patients

• December 2008

  • Hernia surgery wait times increase risk for infants and young children
  • Universal access to chicken pox vaccine reduces burden on Ontario’s health care system
  • Increasing access to antiplatelet drug improves cardiovascular outcomes
  • Study finds significant regional variation in rates of diagnostic imaging across Ontario
  • New cancer surgery atlas maps variations in patterns of care in Ontario

• October 2008

  • Warfarin underused by patients at high risk for stroke
  • Statin use in elderly patients linked to higher risk of delirium after surgery
  • Attendance at diabetes education centres associated with access to regular primary care
  • Study finds disparities in access to diagnostic imaging services among elderly Ontarians
  • Surgeon's specialty a factor in repeat surgeries for women with ovarian cancer

• July/August 2013

  • Diabetes-related mortality rates plummet in Canada and the UK since mid-1990s
  • Commonly coprescribed statins and antibiotics linked to muscle loss, kidney failure in seniors
  • Low-income heart attack survivors less likely to engage in life-extending exercise
  • Trends and inequities persist after launch of colorectal cancer screening program
  • Four in five Ontario patients visiting an orthopedic surgeon do not receive surgery

• February 2013

  • Heart failure clinics associated with decreased mortality but increased rehospitalizations
  • ED treatment often substituted for primary care for persons with spinal cord injuries
  • Older men at greater risk of hospitalization and death after starting new antipsychotic drugs
  • Higher income patients only marginally advantaged in post-hospitalization stroke care
  • Screening tool identifies symptoms most likely to result in ED visits for cancer patients

• January 2013

  • Postmenopausal survivors of breast cancer more likely to develop diabetes
  • Fewer Ontarians with diabetes getting necessary eye exams despite public funding
  • Younger adults at greater risk of recurrent gall bladder inflammation than elderly
  • Initiatives needed to improve outcomes, decrease costs for children with medical complexity
  • Health costs associated with obesity modest in isolation but significant with other risk factors

• September 2013

  • Metformin may lower risk of prostate cancer death in men with diabetes
  • Fertility therapy not linked to subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease in women 
  • Flu carries higher risk for Guillain-Barré syndrome than flu shot 
  • Chinese and South Asians have 40% lower mortality risk after diabetes than Europeans
  • Cardiac patients given longer prescriptions at discharge more likely to continue medication

• Hospital procedure volume and teaching status do not influence treatment and outcome measures of rectal cancer surgery in a large general population

  Simunovic M, To T, Baxter N, Balshem A, Ross E, Cohen Z, McLeod R, Engstrom P, Sigurdson E. J Gastrointest Surg. 2000; 4(3):324-30.

• The consistency of panelists' appropriateness ratings: do experts produce clinically logical scores for rectal cancer treatment?

  Hodgson DC, Brierley JD, Cernat G, Bondy S, Slaughter PM, Pinfold SP, Paszat LF. Health Policy. 2005; 71(1):57-65.

• Repeated assessments of symptom severity improve predictions for risk of death among patients with cancer

  Sutradhar R, Atzema C, Seow H, Earle C, Porter J, Barbera L. J Pain Symptom Management. 2014; 48(6):1041-9. Epub 2014 Apr 21.

• Systematic review of bone health in older women treated with aromatase inhibitors for early-stage breast cancer

  Becker T, Lipscombe L, Narod S, Simmons C, Anderson GM, Rochon PA. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012; 60(9):1761-7. Epub 2012 Sep 17.

• Herpes zoster as a marker of underlying malignancy

  Iglar K, Kopp A, Glazier RH. Open Med. 2013; 7(2):e68-73. Epub 2013 Jun 18.

• Genetics consultation rates following a diagnosis of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma in the Canadian province of Ontario

  McGee J, Panabaker K, Leonard S, Ainsworth P, Elit L, Shariff SZ. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2017; 27(3):437-43.

• Does access to end-of-life homecare nursing differ by province and community size? A population-based cohort study of cancer decedents across Canada

  Seow H, Arora A, Barbera L, McGrail K, Lawson B, Burge F, Sutradhar R. Health Policy. 2018; 122(2):134-9. Epub 2017 Dec 13.

• Quantifying comorbidity in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population study

  Gershon AS, Mecredy GC, Guan J, Victor JC, Goldstein R, To T. Eur Respir J. 2015; 45(1):51-9. Epub 2014 Aug 20.

• Patterns of referral for perioperative chemotherapy among patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a population-based study

  Booth CM, Robert Siemens D, Peng Y, Mackillop WJ. Urol Oncol. 2014; 32(8):1200-8. Epub 2014 Jun 23.

• Adherence to guideline-recommended process measures for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in Ontario: impact of surgeon and hospital volume

  Eskander A, Monteiro E, Irish J, Gullane P, Gilbert R, de Almeida J, Brown D, Freeman J, Urbach DR, Goldstein DP. Head Neck. 2016; 38(Suppl 1):E1987-92. Epub 2016 Feb 1.

• Predictors of hospital stay and home care services use: a population-based, retrospective cohort study in stage IV gastric cancer

  Mahar Al, Coburn NG, Viola R, Johnson AP. Palliat Med. 2015; 29(2):147-56. Epub 2014 Oct 24.

• Is there a measurable association of epidural use at cystectomy and postoperative outcomes? A population-based study

  Doiron RC, Jaeger M, Booth CM, Wei X, Siemens DR. Can Urol Assoc J. 2016; 10(9-10):321-7.

• Palliative homecare is associated with reduced high- and low- acuity emergency department visits at the end of life: a population-based cohort study of cancer decedents

  Sutradhar R, Barbera L, Seow HY. Palliat Med. 2017; 31(5):448-55. Epub 2016 Aug 9.

• Major radiodiagnostic imaging in pregnancy and the risk of childhood malignancy: a population-based cohort study in Ontario

  Ray JG, Schull MJ, Urquia ML, You JJ, Guttmann A, Vermeulen MJ. PLoS Med. 2010; 7(9):e1000337.

• Population-based assessment of emergency room visits and hospitalizations among women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer

  Enright K, Grunfeld E, Yun L, Moineddin R, Ghannam M, Dent S, Eisen A, Trudeau M, Kaizer L, Earle C, Krzyzanowska MK. J Oncol Pract. 2015; 11(2):126-32. Epub 2015 Jan 20.

• Did changing primary care delivery models change performance? A population based study using health administrative data

  Jaakkimainen RL, Barnsley J, Klein-Geltink J, Kopp A, Glazier RH. BMC Fam Pract. 2011; 12:44.

• Specialized survivor clinic attendance increases adherence to cardiomyopathy screening guidelines in adult survivors of childhood cancer

  Marr KC, Agha M, Sutradhar R, Pole JD, Hodgson D, Guttmann A, Greenberg M, Nathan PC. J Cancer Surviv. 2017; 11(5):614-23. Epub 2017 Aug 7.

• The risk of myocardial infarction with aromatase inhibitors relative to tamoxifen in post-menopausal women with early stage breast cancer

  Abdel-Qadir H, Amir E, Fischer HD, Fu L, Austin PC, Harvey PJ, Rochon PA, Lee DS, Anderson GM. Eur J Cancer. 2016; 68:11-21. Epub 2016 Sep 30.

• Estimates and predictors of health care costs of esophageal adenocarcinoma: a population-based cohort study

  Thein HH, Jembere N, Thavorn K, Chan KKW, Coyte PC, de Oliveira C, Hur C, Earle CC. BMC Cancer. 2018; 18(1):694. Epub 2018 Jun 27.

• A cost-effectiveness analysis of human papillomavirus vaccination of boys for the prevention of oropharyngeal cancer

  Graham DM, Isaranuwatchai W, Habbous S, de Oliveira C, Liu G, Siu LL, Hoch JS. Cancer. 2015; 121(11):1785-92. Epub 2015 Apr 13.

• A longitudinal evaluation of physician payment reform and team-based care for chronic disease management and prevention

  Kiran T, Kopp A, Moineddin R, Glazier RH. CMAJ. 2015; 187(17):E494-502. Epub 2015 Sep 21.

• Mailed participant reminders are associated with improved colonoscopy uptake after a positive FOBT result in Ontario’s ColonCancerCheck program

  Stock D, Rabeneck L, Baxter NN, Paszat LF, Sutradhar R, Yun L, Tinmouth J. Implement Sci. 2015; 10:35.

• Appropriate treatment receipt after breast-conserving surgery

  Guidolin K, Lock M, Vogt M, McClure JA, Winick-Ng J, Vinden C, Brackstone M. Curr Oncol. 2018; 25(6). Epub 2018 Dec 21.

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