Health economics

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Journal Articles

Journal Article

08/04/2025

Trends in the cost and utilization of publicly dispensed respiratory inhalers in Ontario, Canada: a repeated cross-sectional study

Garg R, Wang T, Tadrous M, Antoniou T, Gomes T. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2025; 34(4):e70125.

Journal Article

17/03/2025

Assessing the impact of attachment to primary care and unattachment duration on healthcare utilization and cost in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study using health administrative data

Fitzsimon J, Cronin S, Gayowsky A, St-Amant A, M Bjerre L. BMC Prim Care. 2025; 26(1):72.

Journal Article

14/02/2025

Development of a policy model for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia to facilitate economic evaluation

Pechlivanoglou P, Luu L, Li Q, Rios JD, Moskalewicz A, Gupta S. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025; Feb 14 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article

08/01/2025

Hospital and physician-based mental healthcare during 12 months of opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder: exploring costs and factors associated with acute care

Rosic T, Babe G, Rodrigues M, Dennis BB, Perez R, de Oliveira C, Worster A, Thabane L, Samaan Z. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0314296.

Journal Article

31/12/2024

Informal caregiving: health system cost implications

Shearkhani S, Bai YQ, Kuluski K, Anderson GM, Wodchis WP. West J Nurs Res. 2024; Dec 31 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article

05/12/2024

Higher post-acute health care costs following SARS-CoV-2 infection among adults in Ontario, Canada

McNaughton CD, Austin PC, Li Z, Sivaswamy A, Fang J, Abdel-Qadir H, Udell JA, Wodchis WP, Lee DS, Mostarac I, Atzema CL. J Multidiscip Healthc. 2024; 17:5749-5761.

Journal Article

20/11/2024

Updated breast cancer costs for women by disease stage and phase of care using population-based databases

Mittmann N, Seung SJ, Ante Z, Liu N, Yong JH, Yusuf A, Chiarelli AM, Earle CC. Health Rep. 2024; 35(11):3-11.

Journal Article

15/11/2024

Health care utilization and costs among coordinated care patients in Southeastern Ontario: a difference-in-differences study of a double propensity score-matched cohort

Johnson AP, Hore E, Wodchis WP, Bai YQ, Mondor L, Tenbensel T, Donnelly C, Green M, Spinks M, Swedak J, McIntyre D, Wolfe A. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2024; Nov 15 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article

21/10/2024

High-cost users after sepsis: a population-based observational cohort study

Barrett KA, Sheikh F, Chechulina V, Chung H, Dodek P, Rosella L, Thavorn K, Scales DC; Sepsis Canada. Crit Care. 2024; 28(1):338.

Journal Article

08/10/2024

Net health system costs of Parkinson disease: a propensity score-matched health administrative data cohort study in Ontario, Canada

Maclagan LC, Emdin A, Fu L, Guan J, de Oliveira C, Marras C, Bronskill SE. Neurol Clin Pract. 2025; 15(1):e200371. Epub 2024 Oct 8.

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28/09/2023

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Health economics

Journal Articles

Trends in the cost and utilization of publicly dispensed respiratory inhalers in Ontario, Canada: a repeated cross-sectional study

Assessing the impact of attachment to primary care and unattachment duration on healthcare utilization and cost in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study using health administrative data

Development of a policy model for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia to facilitate economic evaluation

Hospital and physician-based mental healthcare during 12 months of opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder: exploring costs and factors associated with acute care

Informal caregiving: health system cost implications

Higher post-acute health care costs following SARS-CoV-2 infection among adults in Ontario, Canada

Updated breast cancer costs for women by disease stage and phase of care using population-based databases

Health care utilization and costs among coordinated care patients in Southeastern Ontario: a difference-in-differences study of a double propensity score-matched cohort

High-cost users after sepsis: a population-based observational cohort study

Net health system costs of Parkinson disease: a propensity score-matched health administrative data cohort study in Ontario, Canada

News Releases

New research calls for improved mental healthcare after police shootings

Virtual care associated with significant environmental and patient cost savings

Nearly one-tenth of provincial healthcare budget spent on senior high-cost users

New study suggests same-day discharge after non-surgical heart procedure could save money and free up hospital beds

Ontario pediatric emergency departments order fewer low-value imaging tests than US counterparts

Incentive payments for family doctors may not have intended results

More than one in three adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities are high-cost healthcare patients

One in five physicians were responsible for ordering nearly 40 per cent of low-value screening tests

How family physicians are paid linked to their rate of referral to specialists

Ten days or more in the ICU after cardiac surgery tied to high risk of death and healthcare costs

Research Programs and appointed ICES Scientists