The economic burden of obesity worldwide: a systematic review of the direct costs of obesity
Withrow D, Alter DA. Obes Rev. 2011; 12(2):131-41. Epub 2010 Jan 27.
Publications
School-based influenza vaccine delivery, vaccination rates, and healthcare use in the context of a universal influenza immunization program: an ecological study
Kwong JC, Ge H, Rosella LC, Guan J, Maaten S, Moran K, Johansen H, Guttmann A. Vaccine. 2010; 28(15):2722-9. Epub 2010 Jan 26.
Improving the quality of processing gastric cancer specimens: the pathologist’s perspective
Mahar AL, Qureshi AP, Ottensmeyer CA, Chetty R, Pollett A, Coburn NG, Wright FC. J Surg Oncol. 2010; 101(3):195-9.
Type 2 diabetes, medication-induced diabetes, and monogenic diabetes in Canadian children: a prospective national surveillance study
Amed S, Dean HJ, Panagiotopoulos C, Sellers EA, Hadjiyanakis S, Laubscher TA, Dannenbaum D, Shah BR, Booth GL, Hamilton JK. Diabetes Care. 2010; 33(4):786-91. Epub 2010 Jan 12.
Cost-effectiveness of educational outreach to primary care nurses to increase tuberculosis case detection and improve respiratory care: economic evaluation alongside a randomised trial
Fairall L, Bachmann MO, Zwarenstein M, Bateman ED, Niessen LW, Lombard C, Majara B, English R, Bheekie A, van Rensburg D, Mayers P, Peters A, Chapman R. Trop Med Int Health. 2010; 15(3):277-86. Epub 2010 Jan 11.
Healthcare utilization for musculoskeletal disorders
MacKay C, Canizares M, Davis AM, Badley EM. Arthritis Care Res. 2010; 62(2):161-9.
Impact of clinical urgency, physician supply and procedural capacity on regional variations in wait times for coronary angiography
Wijeysundera HC, Stukel TA, Chong A, Natarajan MK, Alter DA. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010; 10:5.
Why collect individual-level vaccination data?
Writing team for the Public Health Agency of Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Influenza Research Network Vaccine Coverage Theme Group. CMAJ. 2010; 182(3):273-5. Epub 2010 Jan 4.
Long-term outcomes and resource utilization of endovascular versus open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms in Ontario
Jetty P, Hebert P, van Walraven C. J Vasc Surg. 2010; 51(3):577-83.e1-3. Epub 2010 Jan 4.
National trends in cardiovascular care and outcomes
Tu JV, Jackevicius CA, Lee DS, Donovan LR; Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team. Healthc Q. 2010;13(1):22-5.