The relationship between physician supply, cardiovascular health service use and cardiac disease burden in Ontario: supply-need mismatch
Alter DA, Stukel TA, Newman A. Can J Cardiol. 2008; 24(3):187-93.
Publications
Regional variation in cardiac catheterization appropriateness and baseline risk after acute myocardial infarction
Ko DT, Wang Y, Alter DA, Curtis JP, Rathore SS, Stukel TA, Masoudi FA, Ross JS, Foody JM, Krumholz HM. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008; 51(7):716-23.
Life expectancy after an index hospitalization for patients with heart failure: a population-based study
Ko DT, Alter DA, Austin PC, You JJ, Lee DS, Qiu F, Stukel TA, Tu JV. Am Heart J. 2008; 155(2):324-31.
Thiazolidinediones and cardiovascular outcomes in older patients with diabetes
Lipscombe LL, Gomes T, Levesque LE, Hux JE, Juurlink DN, Alter DA. JAMA. 2007; 298(22):2634-43.
Triage for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Canada: do patients agree on who should come first?
Shufelt K, Chong A, Alter DA. BMC Health Serv Res. 2007; 7:118.
Effect of widespread restrictions on the use of hospital services during an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome
Schull MJ, Stukel TA, Vermeulen MJ, Zwarenstein M, Alter DA, Manuel DG, Guttmann A, Laupacis A, Schwartz B. CMAJ. 2007; 176(13):1827-32.
Effect of cardiac and noncardiac conditions on survival after defibrillator implantation
Lee DS, Tu JV, Austin PC, Dorian P , Yee R, Chong A , Alter DA, Laupacis A. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007; 49(25):2408-15. Epub 2007 Jun 11.
Coronary angiography following acute myocardial infarction in Ontario, Canada.
Singh SM, Austin PC, Chong A, Alter DA. Arch Intern Med. 2007; 167(8):808-13.
Diagnostic Services in Ontario: Descriptive Analysis and Jurisdictional Review
Relation between cardiac troponin I and mortality in acute decompensated heart failure
You JJ, Austin PC, Alter DA, Ko DT, Tu JV. Am Heart J. 2007; 153(4):462-70.