Distance to primary care and its association with health care use and quality of care in Ontario: a cross-sectional study
Gupta A, Kiran T, Pablo LA, Pinto A, Frymire E, Gozdyra P, Khan S, Green ME, Glazier RH. CMAJ. 2025; 197: E1214-23.
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Longer distances to family physician has negative effect on access to health care
Living farther than 30 km from a family physician can negatively affect access to health care, found a new Ontario study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
June Lam
Sex differences in admission to inpatient rehabilitation among stroke survivors and associations with long-term outcomes
Shao C, MacDonald SL, Chu A, Austin PC, Kamal N, Dukelow SP, Simmonds KP, Yu AYX. Stroke. 2025; 56(11): e337-e339. Epub 2025 Oct 27.
Trends in prescription opioid use for pain in Canada: a population-based repeated cross-sectional study of 6 provinces
Rebic N, Hamzat B, Cheung G, Eurich D, Kabore J-L, de Leseleuc L, Liu Z, Missaoui H, Randall J, Shearer D, Stocke D, Yang J, Gomes T. CMAJ.
Predictors of advance directive changes in Ontario nursing home residents: a case–control study
Wong HJ, Seow H, Gayowsky A, Wu RC, Lim H, Sutradhar R. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025; Oct 23 [Epub ahead of print].
Physician payment models and preventive cancer screening: a population-based retrospective cohort analysis from Ontario, Canada
Bai Y, Devlin RA, Habbous S, Jaakkimainen L, Sarma S. Fam Pract. 2025; 42(6):cmaf076.
Shannon Fernando
Sociodemographic and health behaviour of frequent, avoidable emergency department users in Ontario, Canada: a population-based descriptive study
Thompson C, Watson T, Schull MJ, Gronsbell J, Rosella LCA. West J Emerg Med. 2025; Oct 21 [Epub ahead of print].
Rural-urban disparities in the management and outcomes of atrial fibrillation in emergency departments in Canada
Shurrab M, Ha ACT, Andrade JG, Cheung CC, Amit G, Skanes A, Nair GM, Qiu F, Haldenby O, Angaran P, Redfearn DP, Parkash R, Healey JS, Ko DT. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2025; e012366. Epub 2025 Oct 15.