Comparing methods to calculate hospital-specific rates of early death or urgent readmission
van Walraven C, Wong J, Hawken S, Forster AJ. CMAJ. 2012; 184(15):E810-7. Epub 2012 Oct 9.
Publications
Quality of cardiovascular disease care in Ontario, Canada: missed opportunities for prevention – a cross sectional study
Liddy C, Singh J, Hogg W, Dahrouge S, Deri-Armstrong C, Russell G, Taljaard M, Akbari A, Wells G. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2012; 12:74. Epub 2012 Sep 12.
The impact of infection on population health: results of the Ontario burden of infectious diseases study
Kwong JC, Ratnasingham S, Campitelli MA, Daneman N, Deeks SL, Manuel DG, Allen VG, Bayoumi AM, Fazil A, Fisman DN, Gershon AS, Gournis E, Heathcote EJ, Jamieson FB, Jha P, Khan KM, Majowicz SE, Mazzulli T, McGeer AJ, Muller MP, Raut A, Rea E, Remis RS, Shahin R, Wright AJ, Zagorski B, Crowcroft NS. PLoS One. 2012; 7(9):e44103. Epub 2012 Sep 4.
Neighborhood income and stroke care and outcomes
Kapral MK, Fang J, Chan C, Alter DA, Bronskill SE, Hill MD, Manuel DG, Tu JV, Anderson GM. Neurology. 2012; 79(12):1200-7. Epub 2012 Aug 15.
Predictive risk algorithms in a population setting: an overview
Manuel DG, Rosella LC, Hennessy D, Sanmartin C, Wilson K. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012; 66(10):859-65. Epub 2012 Aug 2.
Allocation techniques for balance at baseline in cluster randomized trials: a methodological review
Ivers NM, Halperin IJ, Barnsley J, Grimshaw JM, Shah BR, Tu K, Upshur R, Zwarenstein M. Trials. 2012; 13:120. Epub 2012 Aug 1.
Urgent readmission rates can be used to infer differences in avoidable readmission rates between hospitals
van Walraven C, Austin PC, Forster AJ. J Clin Epidemiol. 2012; 65(10):1124-30. Epub 2012 Jul 23.
Assessing methods for measurement of clinical outcomes and quality of care in primary care practices
Green ME, Hogg W, Savage C, Johnston S, Russell G, Jaakkimainen RL, Glazier RH, Barnsley J, Birtwhistle R. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012; 12:214. Epub 2012 Jul 23.
LACE+ index: extension of a validated index to predict early death or urgent readmission after hospital discharge using administrative data
van Walraven C, Wong J, Forster AJ. Open Med. 2012; 6(3):e80-90.
A spatial analysis of asthma prevalence in Ontario
Crighton EJ, Feng J, Gershon A, Guan J, To T. Can J Public Health. 2012; 103(5):e384-9.