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• Profiling hospital performance on the basis of readmission after transcatheter aortic valve replacement in Ontario, Canada

  Elbaz-Greener G, Qiu F, Webb JG, Henning KA, Ko DT, Czarnecki A, Roifman I, Austin PC, Wijeysundera HC. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019; 8(12):e012355. Epub 2019 Jun 5. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012355.

• The impact of hospital language on the rate of in-hospital harm. A retrospective cohort study of home care recipients in Ontario, Canada

  Reaume M, Batista R, Talarico R, Rhodes E, Guerin E, Carson S, Prud’homme D, Tanuseputro P. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020; 20(1):340. Epub 2020 Apr 21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05213-6

• Teaching surgery takes time: the impact of surgical education on time in the operating room

  Vinden C, Malthaner R, McGee J, McClure JA, Winick-Ng J, Liu K, Nash DM, Welk B, Dubois L. Can J Surg. 2016; 59(2):87-92. Epub 2016 Mar 30.

• Hospital volume and mortality for mechanical ventilation of medical and surgical patients: a population-based analysis using administrative data

  Needham DM, Bronskill SE, Rothwell DM, Sibbald WJ, Pronovost PJ, Laupacis A, Stukel TA. Crit Care Med. 2006; 34(9):2349-54.

• Multidisciplinary cancer conferences: identifying opportunities to promote implementation

  Wright FC, Lookhong N, Urbach D, Davis D, McLeod RS, Gagliardi AR. Ann Surg Oncol. 2009; 16(10):2731-7. Epub 2009 Aug 7.

• Prevalence, cost, and variation in cost of pediatric hospitalizations in Ontario, Canada

  Gill PJ, Thavam T, Anwar MR, Zhu J, Parkin PC, Cohen E, To T, Mahant S; for the Ontario Pediatric Hospital Care Study Group (OPHCSG) and the Canadian Paediatric Inpatient Research Network (PIRN). JAMA Netw Open. 2022; 5(2):e2147447. Epub 2022 Feb 9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.47447

• Regionalization of cardiac surgery in the United States and Canada: geographic access, choice, and outcomes

  Grumbach K, Anderson GM, Luft HS, Roos LL, Brook R. JAMA. 1995; 274(16):1282-8.

• Association of the hospital volume of frail surgical patients cared for with outcomes after elective, major noncardiac surgery: a retrospective population-based cohort study

  McIsaac DI, Wijeysundera DN, Huang A, Bryson GL, van Walraven C. Anesthesiology. 2017; 126(4):602-13.

• Relation of hospital volume to colostomy rates and survival for patients with rectal cancer

  Hodgson DC, Zhang W, Zaslavsky AM, Fuchs CS, Wright WE, Ayanian JZ. J Nat Cancer Inst. 2003; 95(10):708-16.

• Assessing the impact of antibiotic stewardship program elements on antibiotic use across acute-care hospitals: an observational study

  Langford BJ, Wu JHC, Brown KA, Wang X, Leung V, Tan C, Garber G, Daneman N. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018; 39(8):941-6. Epub 2018 Jun 12.

• Determinants of variations in initial treatment strategies for stable ischemic heart disease

  Bennell MC, Qiu F, Kingsbury KJ, Austin PC, Wijeysundera HC. CMAJ. 2015; 187(10):E317-25. Epub 2015 May 19.

• Association between hospital teaching status and outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

  Czarnecki A, Qiu F, Koh M, Cheskes S, Dorian P, Scales DC, Ko DT. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019; 12(12):e005349. Epub 2019 Dec 11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.118.005349

• Do cancer centers designated by the National Cancer Institute have better surgical outcomes?

  Birkmeyer NJ, Goodney PP, Stukel TA, Hillner BE, Birkmeyer JD. Cancer. 2005; 103(3):435-41.

• Variation in hospital length of stay for acute myocardial infarction in Ontario, Canada

  Chen E, Naylor CD. Med Care. 1994; 32(5):420-35.

• A qualitative assessment of a provincial quality improvement strategy for pancreatic cancer surgery

  Wright F, Fitch M, Coates AJ, Simunovic M. Ann Surg Oncol. 2011; 18(3):629-35. Epub 2010 Sep 28.

• Relationship of erythrocyte transfusion with short- and long-term mortality in a population-based surgical cohort

  Karkouti K, Stukel TA, Beattie WS, Elsaadany S, Li P, Berger R, Wijeysundera DN. Anesthesiology. 2012; 117(6):1175-83.

• Within-hospital readmission: an indicator of readmission after discharge from psychiatric hospitalization

  Vigod SN, Taylor VH, Fung K, Kurdyak PA. Can J Psychiatry. 2013; 58(8):476-81.

• Costs of hysterectomy: does surgical approach make a difference?

  Cohen MM, Young W. J Womens Health. 1998; 7(7):885-92.

• No impact from active dissemination of the Ottawa Ankle Rules: further evidence of the need for local implementation of practice guidelines

  Cameron C, Naylor CD. CMAJ. 1999; 160(8):1165-8.

• Optimal statistical decisions for hospital report cards

  Austin PC, Anderson GM. Med Decis Making. 2005; 25(1):11-9.

• Comparing a multivariate response Bayesian random effects logistic regression model with a latent variable item response theory model for provider profiling on multiple binary indicators simultaneously

  Austin PC, Lee DS, Leckie G. Stat Med. 2020; 39(9):1390-406. Epub 2020 Feb 11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8484

• Surgical volume and long-term survival following surgery for colorectal cancer in the Veterans Affairs Health-Care System

  Rabeneck L, Davila JA, Thompson M, El-Serag HB. Am J Gastroenterol. 2004; 99(4):668-75.

• Ontario's alternate funding arrangements for emergency departments: the impact on the emergency physician workforce

  Schull MJ, Vermeulen M. CJEM. 2005; 7(2):100-6.

• Geography and service supply do not explain socioeconomic gradients in angiography use after acute myocardial infarction

  Alter DA, Naylor CD, Austin PC, Chan BT, Tu JV. CMAJ. 2003; 168(3):261-4.

• Early cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a population-based retrospective cohort study of variation in practice

  de Mestral C, Laupacis A, Rotstein OD, Hoch JS, Haas B, Gomez D, Zagorski B, Nathens AB. CMAJ Open. 2013; 1(2):e62-7.

• Trends in elective and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair by practice setting in Ontario, Canada, from 2003 to 2016: a population-based time-series analysis

  Salata K, Hussain MA, de Mestral C, Greco E, Aljabri BA, Sabongui S, Mamdani M, Forbes TL, Bhatt DL, Verma S, Al-Omran M. CMAJ Open. 2019; 7(2):E379-84. Epub 2019 May 30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20180173

• Stroke Care in Ontario: Hospital Survey Results

  Tu JV, Porter J. January 1999

• October 2007

  • Drug-coated heart stents found to be safe and effective in high-risk angioplasty patients
  • Flu vaccination rates have doubled in the past decade, yet still fall short of national targets
  • Ontario study finds barriers to biopsy use in diagnosing breast cancer
  • Improving quality of care in long-term care hospitals is not always more costly
  • Study examines the impact of obesity on chronic disease in Canadians

• September 2012

  • Work environment with no job control may put women at risk of diabetes
  • Incidence of heart failure declining among Ontario seniors but prognosis remains poor
  • Cost of adverse drug reactions among elderly Ontarians exceeds $13 million annually
  • Ontario hospitals reduce C. difficile infection rate after public reporting introduced
  • Common antibiotics pose a rare risk of severe liver injury in older patients

• July/August 2012

  • Provinces, hospitals could save millions by harmonizing drug buying: study
  • Physician incentive payments have limited impact on care provided to diabetes patients
  • Fewer than half of severely injured car crash occupants triaged to a trauma centre
  • Demand for dialysis increases three-fold following cardiac and vascular surgeries
  • Two drugs used to treat eye disease don’t increase risk of stroke or heart attack

• March 2012

  • Patients prescribed painkillers after minor surgery may become chronic users
  • Antibiotic and dementia drug combination not linked to increased cardiac events in seniors
  • Kidney donors at no greater risk of heart disease than non-donors
  • Primary care models vary in their care for Ontario’s poor and sick
  • Higher-spending hospitals in Ontario have better patient outcomes

• January 2012

  • Serious reactions to measles, mumps and rubella vaccine uncommon: study
  • Majority of asthma sufferers have active disease with lengthy periods of remission
  • Preoperative consultation rates vary widely among Ontario hospitals
  • Stroke patients receiving more inpatient services have reduced mortality from pneumonia
  • Transitions between health care settings present risks for older adults

• 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

• February 2016

  • Five per cent of Ontario residents account for 65% of health care costs
  • Adults prescriptions for ADHD drugs more than doubled in five years, but access uneven across Canada
  • Patients of female doctors more likely to get cancer screening, less likely to be hospitalized
  • Unnecessary blood tests common prior to low-risk surgery, with high variation between hospitals
  • Threefold risk of death from cancer after solid organ transplant

• December 2011

  • Almost one in five methadone patients filling prescriptions for other opioids
  • Multiple factors influence choice of cardiac procedures across Ontario hospitals
  • Older drivers taking antidepressants with other drugs at higher risk of car crashes
  • ICES study examines health system use of frail Ontario seniors
  • Drug combination may lead to hyperkalaemia in the elderly

• December 2009

  • Influenza vaccine safe for patients with myasthenia gravis
  • Less than half of Ontarians with depression see a doctor for treatment: POWER Study
  • Study identifies hospital markers linked to improved survival rates for heart attack patients
  • Youth with diabetes likely to be hospitalized while transitioning to adult care
  • One in four Ontario hospitals change cardiac care policies after public report cards released

• May 2004

  • Essential health services not disrupted by SARS outbreak
  • Nearly 25% of nursing home residents on antipsychotic drugs within one year of admission
  • Ontario study offers first population-wide look at childhood asthma in Canada
  • Outcomes can be better at hospitals that perform high volumes of various complex surgeries
  • Many Canadian heart failure patients experience poor outcomes

• November 2003

  • Heart disease risk factors and death rates vary across Canada
  • Restrictions to provincial drug plan coverage have a major impact on drug use and expenditures
  • Volume of high-risk surgeries performed at hospitals unrelated to length of stay or readmission
  • Better evidence needed to support PET use in evaluating Alzheimer’s disease
  • One type of heparin is better for treating acute coronary syndromes in rural hospital settings

• June 2003

  • Pre-operative chest X-ray and ECG are often unnecessary
  • New baby in home increases risk of iron poisoning in young children
  • Low screening rates for diabetic eye disease may be due to changes in OHIP coverage
  • Surgery in high-volume hospitals prevents few post-operative deaths
  • ICES Cardiovascular Atlas provides stimulus for improvement

• April 2013

  • Targeting general hospitals may increase deceased donor organ supply in Ontario
  • Prescribing of prolonged antibiotic therapy common for long-term care residents
  • Study identifies predictors of positive outcomes from hip and knee replacements
  • Use of heart imaging test increasing steadily in Ontario
  • Higher strength statins linked to increased risk of kidney damage

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