Comparison of methods for tuning machine learning model hyper-parameters: with application to predicting high-need high-cost health care users
Meaney C, Guan J, Wang X, Stukel T. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2025;25(1): 134. Epub 2025 May 15.
Publications
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in immigrants and refugees to Ontario, Canada, 2002-2019
Sugarman J, Stukel TA, Li Z, Guan J, Yadollahi A, Gershon AS. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2025; May 9 [Epub ahead of print].
Pediatric acute respiratory virus hospitalizations: a population-based cohort study, 2017-2024
Fitzpatrick T, Buchan SA, Mahant S, Fu L, Kwong JC, Stukel TA, Guttmann A. J Infect Dis. 2025; jiaf212. Epub 2025 Apr 26.
Resiliency of the Ontario health care system to care for casualties due to conflict with a near-peer adversary: a population-based modeling study
Gomez D, Wilton AS, Brown A, Black B, Haas B, Mason S, Journeay WS, Beckett A, Stukel TA. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Apr 24 [Epub ahead of print].
Clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization in patients receiving maintenance dialysis after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada
Naylor KL, Jeyakumar N, Kang Y, Dixon SN, Garg AX, Al-Jaishi A, Blake PG, Chanchlani R, Fu L, Harel Z, Ip J, Kitchlu A, Kwong JC, Nesrallah G, Oliver MJ, Stukel TA, Wald R, Weir M, Yau K. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2025; 12:20543581251328077.
Healthcare utilization trends in adults with asthma or COPD during the first year of COVID-19 pandemic in comparison to pre-pandemic: a population-based study
Kendzerska T, Pugliese M, Manuel D, Sadatsafavi M, Povitz M, Stukel TA, To T, Aaron SD, Mulpuru S, Chin M, Kendall CE, Thavorn K, Gershon AS. PLoS One. 2025; 20(3):e0316553.
Impact of pre-existing disability on long-term health care use following hospitalization for COVID-19: A population-based cohort study
Brown HK, Stukel TA, Chung H, Lee S, Lunsky Y, Bell CM, Bobos P, Cheung AM, Detsky AS, Goulding S, Herridge M, Razak F, Verma AA, Quinn KL. J Gen Intern Med. 2025; Feb 25 [ Epub ahead of print].
Use of virtual care near the end of life before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based cohort study
Quinn KL, Stukel TA, Detsky A, Chung H, Anwar MR, Bhatia S, Downar J, Hung V, Isenberg S, Kurahashi A, Lee DS, Stall N, Tanuseputro P, Bell CM. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0313766.
Comparison of physician-delivered models of virtual and home-based in-person care for adults in the last 90 days of life with cancer and terminal noncancer illness during the COVID-19 pandemic
Akhter R, Stukel TA, Chung H, Bell CM, Detsky AS, Downar J, Isenberg SR, Lapp J, Mokhtarnia M, Stall N, Tanuseputro P, Quinn KL. PLoS One. 2024; 19(11):e0301813.
Language preference, surgical wait time, and outcomes among older adults with hip fracture
Reppas-Rindlisbacher C, Boblitz A, Podolsky S, Fowler RA, Lapointe-Shaw L, Sheehan KA, Stukel TA, Stall NM, Rochon PA. JAMA Netw Open. 2024; Nov 27.