Frequency of and variation in low-value care in primary care: a retrospective cohort study
Pendrith C, Bhatia M, Ivers NM, Mecredy G, Tu K, Hawker GA, Jaglal SB, Wilson L, Wintemute K, Glazier RH, Levinson W, Bhatia S. CMAJ Open. 2017; 5(1):E45-51.
Publications
Primary care screening and comorbidity management in rheumatoid arthritis in Ontario, Canada
Widdifield J, Ivers NM, Bernatsky S, Jaakkimainen RL, Bombardier C, Thorne JC, Ahluwalia V, Paterson JM, Young J, Wing L, Tu K. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017; 69(10):1495-1503. Epub 2016 Dec 20.
Improving stroke prevention therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation in primary care: protocol for a pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial
Lee TM, Ivers NM, Bhatia S, Butt DA, Dorian P, Jaakkimainen L, Leblanc K, Legge D, Morra D, Valentinis A, Wing L, Young J, Tu K. Implement Sci. 2016; 11(1):159. Epub 2016 Dec 3.
Patterns of care among patients referred to rheumatologists in Ontario, Canada
Widdifield J, Tu K, Thorne JC, Bombardier C, Paterson JM, Jaakkimainen RL, Wing L, Butt DA, Ivers N, Hofstetter C, Lyddiatt A, Ahluwalia V, Bernatsky S. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017; 69(1):104-14. Epub 2016 Nov 16.
Identification of physician-diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in population-based administrative data: a validation study using family physicians’ electronic medical records
Jaakkimainen RL, Bronskill SE, Tierney MC, Herrmann N, Green D, Young J, Ivers N, Butt D, Widdifield J, Tu K. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016; 54(1):337-49.
Identifying patients with atrial fibrillation in administrative data
Tu K, Nieuwlaat R, Cheng SY, Wing L, Ivers N, Atzema CL, Healey JS, Dorian P. Can J Cardiol. 2016; 32(12):1561-5.
Wait times to rheumatology care for patients with rheumatic diseases: a data linkage study of primary care EMRs and administrative data
Widdifield J, Bernatsky S, Thorne JC, Bombardier C, Jaakkimainen RL, Wing L, Paterson JM, Ivers N, Butt D, Lyddiatt A, Hofstetter C, Ahluwalia V, Tu K. CMAJ Open. 2016; 4(2):E205-12.
Incident atrial fibrillation in the emergency department in Ontario: a population-based retrospective cohort study of follow-up care
Atzema CL, Yu B, Ivers N, Rochon P, Lee DS, Schull MJ, Austin PC. CMAJ Open. 2015; 3(2): E182-91.
Development and validation of an administrative data algorithm to estimate the disease burden and epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in Ontario, Canada
Widdifield J, Ivers NM, Young J, Green D, Jaakkimainen L, Butt DA, O'Connor P, Hollands S, Tu K. Mult Scler. 2015; 21(8):1045-54. Epub 2014 Nov 12.
A validation study of administrative data algorithms to identify patients with parkinsonism with prevalence and incidence trends
Butt DA, Tu K, Young J, Green D, Wang M, Ivers N, Jaakkimainen L, Lam R, Guttma M. Neuroepidemiology. 2014;43(1):28-37. Epub 2014 Oct 16.