Choices and tradeoffs: decreasing costs or improving hospital mortality rates
Tourangeau AE. Healthc Q. 2008; 11(1):23-4.
Publications
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.
Cost and quality: evidence from Ontario long-term care hospitals
Wodchis WP, Teare GF, Anderson GM. Med Care. 2007; 45(10):981-8.
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.
Life expectancy gains and cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter/defibrillators for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
You JJ, Woo A, Ko DT, Cameron DA, Mihailovic A, Krahn M. Am Heart J. 2007; 154(5):899-907.
What do we really know about the transition to adult-centered healthcare? A focus on cerebral palsy and spina bifida
Binks JA, Barden WS, Burke TA, Young NL. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007; 88(8):1064-73.
The impact of diabetes on survival following breast cancer
Lipscombe LL, Goodwin PJ, Zinman B, McLaughlin JR, Hux JE. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008; 109(2):389-95. Epub 2007 Jul 21.
Socioeconomic status, access to healthcare, and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction in Canada’s universal healthcare system
Pilote L, Tu JV, Humphries K, Behouli H, Belisle P, Austin PC, Joseph L. Med Care. 2007; 45(7):638-46.
Measuring and reducing waiting times: a cross-national comparison of strategies
Wilcox S, Seddon M, Dunn S, Edwards RT, Pearse J, Tu J. Health Aff. 2007; 26(4):1078-87.
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.