Appendectomy in mid and later life and risk of Parkinson’s disease: a population-based study
Marras C, Lang AE, Austin PC, Lau C, Urbach DR. Mov Disord. 2016; 31(8):1243-7. Epub 2016 May 31.
Publications
Economies of scale: body mass index and costs of cardiac surgery in Ontario, Canada
Johnson AP, Parlow JL, Milne B, Whitehead M, Xu J, Rohland S, Thorpe JB. Eur J Health Econ. 2017; 18(4):471-9. Epub 2016 May 11.
Interval colorectal cancers following guaiac fecal occult blood testing in the Ontario ColonCancerCheck program
Paszat L, Sutradhar R, Tinmouth J, Baxter N, Rabeneck L. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016; 2016:4768728. Epub 2016 May 8.
Medical Practice Variations
Increasing access to health administrative data with ICES Data & Analytic Services
Ishiguro L, Saskin R, Vermeulen MJ, Yates E, Gunraj N, Victor C. Healthc Q. 2016; 19(1):7-9.
Description of a longitudinal cohort to study the health of Canadian veterans living in Ontario
Mahar AL, Aiken AB, Kurdyak P, Whitehead M, Groome PA. J Mil Veteran Fam Health. 2016; 2(1):33-42
The decline of elective colectomy following diverticulitis: a population-based analysis
Li D, Baxter NN, McLeod RS, Moineddin R, Nathens AB. Dis Colon Rectum. 2016; 59(4):332-9. Epub 2016 Apr 1.
Teaching surgery takes time: the impact of surgical education on time in the operating room
Vinden C, Malthaner R, McGee J, McClure JA, Winick-Ng J, Liu K, Nash DM, Welk B, Dubois L. Can J Surg. 2016; 59(2):87-92. Epub 2016 Mar 30.
Colonic stents for colorectal cancer are seldom used and mainly for palliation of obstruction: a population-based study
Borowiec AM, Wang CSK, Yong E, Law C, Coburn N, Sutradhar R, Baxter N, Paszat L, Tinmouth J. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016; 2016:1945172. Epub 2016 Mar 29.
Patterns of referral for adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II and III colon cancer: a population-based study
Chandhoke G, Wei X, Nanji S, Biagi J, Peng Y, Krzyzanowska M, Mackillop WJ, Booth CM. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016; 23(8):2529-38. Epub 2016 Mar 10.