Mortality of elderly patients in Ontario after hospital admission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Nie JX, Wang L, Upshur RE. Can Respir J. 2007; 14(8):485-9.
Publications
Class effects of statins in elderly patients with congestive heart failure: a population-based analysis
Rinfret S, Behlouli H, Eisenberg MJ, Humphries K, Tu JV, Pilote L. Am Heart J. 2008; 155(2):316-23. Epub 2007 Oct 25.
Health technology assessment in critical care
Scales DC, Laupacis A. Intensive Care Med. 2007; 33(12):2183-91. Epub 2007 Oct 20.
Antecedent blood pressure, body mass index, and the risk of incident heart failure in later life
Lee DS, Massaro JM, Wang TJ, Kannel WB, Benjamin EJ, Kenchaiah S, Levy D, D'Agostino RB, Vasan RS. Hypertension. 2007; 50(5):869-76. Epub 2007 Sep 24.
Effectiveness and safety of drug-eluting stents in Ontario
Tu JV, Bowen J, Chiu M, Ko DT, Austin PC, He Y, Hopkins R, Tarride JE, Blackhouse G, Lazzam C, Cohen EA, Goeree R. N Engl J Med. 2007; 357(14):1393-402.
Impact of a fluoroquinolone restriction policy in an elderly population
Mamdani M, McNeely D, Evans G, Hux J, Oh P, Forde N, Conly J. Am J Med. 2007; 120(10):893-900.
Cost and quality: evidence from Ontario long-term care hospitals
Wodchis WP, Teare GF, Anderson GM. Med Care. 2007; 45(10):981-8.
Pisces did not have increased heart failure: data-driven comparisons of binary proportions between levels of a categorical variable can result in incorrect statistical significance levels
Austin PC, Goldwasser MA. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008; 61(3):295-300. Epub 2007 Sep 24.
Hip fractures in users of first- vs. second-generation bisphosphonates
Mamdani M, Kopp A, Hawker G. Osteoporos Int. 2007; 18(12):1595-600. Epub 2007 Sep 1.
Exploring the variation in Ontario nursing home prescribing rates for antipsychotics
Rochon PA. Healthc Q. 2007; 10(4):20-2.