Does increased medication use among seniors increase risk of hospitalization and emergency department visits?
Allin S, Rudoler D, Laporte A. Health Serv Res. 2017; 52(4):1550-69. Epub 2016 Sep 27.
Publications
Emergency Heart Failure Mortality Risk Grade score performance for 7-day mortality prediction in patients with heart failure attended at the emergency department: validation in a Spanish cohort
Gil V, Miro O, Schull MJ, Llorens P, Herrero P, Jacob J, Rios J, Lee DS, Martin-Sanchez FJ; ICA-SEMES Research Group. Eur J Emerg Med. 2018; 25(3):169-77. Epub 2016 Sep 10.
Ambient temperature and the risk of renal colic: a population-based study of the impact of demographics and comorbidity
Ordon M, Welk B, Li Q, Wang J, Lavigne E, Yagouti A, Copes R, Cakmak S, Chen H. J Endourol. 2016; 30(10):1138-43. Epub 2016 Sep 15.
Patterns of community follow-up, subsequent health service use and survival among young and mid-life adults discharged from chronic care hospitals: a retrospective cohort study
Kuluski K, Gandhi S, Diong C, Steele Gray C, Bronskill SE. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016; 16:382.
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.
Design and rationale for the Acute Congestive Heart Failure Urgent Care Evaluation: the ACUTE Study
Lee DS, Lee JS, Schull MJ, Grimshaw JM, Austin PC, Tu JV. Am Heart J. 2016; 181:60-5. Epub 2016 Aug 7.
Ethnic differences in mental illness severity: a population-based study of Chinese and South Asian patients in Ontario, Canada
Chiu M, Lebenbaum M, Newman AM, Zaheer J, Kurdyak P. J Clin Psychiatry. 2016; 77(9):e1108-16. Epub 2016 Aug 2.
Psychiatric hospitalizations: a comparison by gender, sociodemographics, clinical profile and postdischarge outcomes
Vigod SN, Kurdyak P, Fung K, Gruneir A, Herrmann N, Hussain-Shamsy N, Isen M, Lin E, Rochon PA, Taylor VH, Seitz D. Psychiatr Serv. 2016; 67(12):1376-8.
Hospitalization rates for patients on assisted peritoneal dialysis compared with in-center hemodialysis
Oliver MJ, Al-Jaishi AA, Dixon SN, Perl J, Jain AK, Lavoie SD, Nash DM, Paterson JM, Lok CE, Quinn RR. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016; 11(9):1606-14. Epub 2016 Jul 27.
Hospitalizations from hypertensive diseases, diabetes, and arrhythmia in relation to low and high temperatures: population-based study
Bai L, Li Q, Wang J, Lavigne E, Gasparrini A, Copes R, Yagouti A, Burnett RT, Goldberg MS, Villeneuve PJ, Cakmak S, Chen H. Sci Rep. 2016; 6:30283.