Rate of elective cholecystectomy and the incidence of severe gallstone disease
Urbach DR, Stukel TA. CMAJ. 2005; 172(8):1015-9.
Publications
Using administrative databases to measure waiting times for patients undergoing major cancer surgery in Ontario, 1993–2000
Simunovic M, Thériault ME, Paszat L, Coates A, Whelan T, Holowaty E, Levine M. Can J Surg. 2005; 48(2):137-42.
The effect of hospital type and surgical delay on mortality after surgery for hip fracture
Weller I, Wai EK, Jaglal S, Kreder HJ. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2005; 87(3):361-6.
Effect of subspecialty training and volume on outcome after pediatric inguinal hernia repair
Borenstein SH, To T, Wajja A, Langer JC. J Pediatr Surg. 2005; 40(1):75-80.
Surgeon specialty and operative mortality with lung resection
Goodney PP, Lucas FL, Stukel TA, Birkmeyer JD. Ann Surg. 2005; 241(1):179-84.
Revascularization use and survival outcomes after cardiac catheterization in British Columbia and Alberta
Thompson CR, Humphries KH, Gao M, Galbraith PD, Norris C, Carere RG, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA; Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team. Can J Cardiol. 2004; 20(14):1417-23.
Outcomes in elderly patients following surgery for colorectal cancer in the veterans affairs healthcare system
Rabeneck L, Davila J, Thompson M, El-Serag HB. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2004; 20(10):1115-24.
Does it matter what a hospital is “high volume” for? Specificity of hospital volume-outcome associations for surgical procedures: analysis of administrative data
Urbach DR, Baxter NN. Qual Saf Healthcare. 2004; 13(5):379-83.
Volume and outcome in healthcare: implications for health policy
Urbach DR. Healthc Q. 2004; 7(4):22-3.
Impact of renal insufficiency on short- and long-term outcomes after cardiac surgery
Lok CE, Austin PC, Wang H, Tu JV. Am Heart J. 2004; 148(3):430-8.