Age-social stratification designs had a negligible impact on income-mortality associations
Wijeysundera HC, Austin PC, Mustard CA, Chong A, Alter DA; SESAMI study group. J Clin Epidemiol. 2007; 60(6):579-84. Epub 2007 Mar 26.
Publications
Analysis of observational studies in the presence of treatment selection bias: effects of invasive cardiac management on AMI survival using propensity score and instrumental variable methods
Stukel TA, Fisher ES, Wennberg DE, Alter DA, Gottlieb DJ, Vermeulen MJ. JAMA. 2007; 297(3):278-85.
Relationship between adherence to evidence-based pharmacotherapy and long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Rasmussen JN, Chong A, Alter DA. JAMA. 2007; 297(2):177-86.
Regional differences in process of care and outcomes for older acute myocardial infarction patients in the United States and Ontario, Canada
Ko DT, Krumholz HM, Wang Y, Foody JM, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, You JJ, Alter DA, Stukel TA, Newman AM, Tu JV. Circulation. 2007; 115(2):196-203. Epub 2006 Dec 26.
Effectiveness and efficiency of different guidelines on statin treatment for preventing deaths from coronary heart disease: modelling study
Manuel DG, Kwong K, Tanuseputro P, Lim J, Mustard CA, Anderson GM, Ardal S, Alter DA, Laupacis A. BMJ. 2006; 332(7555):1419. Epub 2006 May 31.
Factors explaining the under-use of reperfusion therapy among ideal patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Alter DA, Ko DT, Newman A, Tu JV. Eur Heart J. 2006; 27(13):1539-49. Epub 2006 Jun 7.
Study design to determine the effects of widespread restrictions on hospital utilization to control an outbreak of SARS in Toronto, Canada
Schull MJ, Stukel TA, Vermeulen MJ, Alter D. Exp Rev Pharmacoecon Outcome Res. 2006; 6(3):285-92.
The Smoking Regulatory Index: a new way to measure public health performance
Rosenfield D, Manuel DG, Alter DA. CMAJ. 2006; 174(10):1403-4.
Missed opportunities in the secondary prevention of myocardial infarction: an assessment of the effects of statin underprescribing on mortality
Austin PC, Mamdani MM, Juurlink DN, Alter DA, Tu JV. Am Heart J. 2006; 151(5):969-75.
The importance of echocardiography in physicians’ support of endocarditis prophylaxis
Singh SM, Joyner CD, Alter DA. Arch Intern Med. 2006; 166(5):549-53.