Health services research

Read our publications related to this topic.

Journal Articles

28/04/2025

Association between primary care physicians’ practice models and referral rates to specialists: a sex-based cross-sectional study

Rahman B, Kirkwood D, Babe G, Griffith LE, Price D, Correia RH, Dash D, Lapointe-Shaw L, Costa AP. PLoS One. 2025; 20(4):e0322175.

Journal Article

24/04/2025

Resiliency of the Ontario health care system to care for casualties due to conflict with a near-peer adversary: a population-based modeling study

Gomez D, Wilton AS, Brown A, Black B, Haas B, Mason S, Journeay WS, Beckett A, Stukel TA. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Apr 24 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article

23/04/2025

Safety of same-day total joint replacement: a population-based cohort study

Ekhtiari S, Pincus D, Lex JR, Tomescu S, Paterson JM, Ravi B. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2025 Apr 23 [Epub ahead of print].

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

01/04/2025

Investigating the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection on healthcare utilization in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Munn J, Austin P, Atzema C, Butler S, McNaughton C, Wang X, Gershon AS. Chest. 2025; S0012-3692(25)00412-X. Epub 2025 Apr 1.

Journal Article

29/03/2025

Clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization in patients receiving maintenance dialysis after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada

Naylor KL, Jeyakumar N, Kang Y, Dixon SN, Garg AX, Al-Jaishi A, Blake PG, Chanchlani R, Fu L, Harel Z, Ip J, Kitchlu A, Kwong JC, Nesrallah G, Oliver MJ, Stukel TA, Wald R, Weir M, Yau K. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2025; 12:20543581251328077.

Journal Article

28/03/2025

Regional variation in supply and use of psychiatric services in three Canadian provinces

Rudoler D, Kaoser R, Lavergne MR, Peterson S, Bolton JM, Dahl M, Gallant F, Good KP, Juda M, Katz A, Morrison J, Mulsant BH, Park AL, Tibbo PG, Zaheer J, Kurdyak P. Can J Psychiatry. 2025; Mar 28 [Epub ahead of print].

Journal Article

18/03/2025

Pathways of care following opioid overdose among people with opioid use disorder: a multilevel cohort study

Ledlie S, Tadrous M, Bayoumi AM, McCormack D, Besharah J, Munro C, Campbell T, Gomes T. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025; Mar 8 [Epub ahead of print].

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

15/03/2025

Impact of surgeon characteristics on endometriosis surgery outcomes

Bougie O, Murji A, Velez MP, Pudwell J, Shellenberger J, Kroft J. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2025; S1553-4650(25)00088-3. Epub 2025 Mar 15.

See All

News Releases

News Release

14/04/2025

Hospital visits for cannabis use linked to higher dementia risk, study finds

News Release

18/12/2024

Patients who leave the emergency department without being seen face higher risk of death, hospitalization

News Release

24/06/2024

Health care delivered in a patient’s preferred language could decrease emergency department visits, hospitalizations and death

News Release

15/05/2024

Patients experiencing homelessness in Toronto up to 18 times more likely to visit emergency departments for cold weather-related injuries, Unity Health study finds

News Release

02/12/2022

Study finds resettled refugee children and youth do not place significant demands on the Canadian healthcare system

See All

Research Programs and appointed ICES Scientists

ICES scientists are appointed to the ICES Research Program which best fits their interests and, as such, become members of a network of health services researchers from across Ontario.

ICES Scientists Research Programs

Health services research

Journal Articles

Association between primary care physicians’ practice models and referral rates to specialists: a sex-based cross-sectional study

Resiliency of the Ontario health care system to care for casualties due to conflict with a near-peer adversary: a population-based modeling study

Safety of same-day total joint replacement: a population-based cohort study

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

Investigating the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection on healthcare utilization in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Clinical outcomes and healthcare utilization in patients receiving maintenance dialysis after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada

Regional variation in supply and use of psychiatric services in three Canadian provinces

Pathways of care following opioid overdose among people with opioid use disorder: a multilevel cohort 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

Impact of surgeon characteristics on endometriosis surgery outcomes

News Releases

Hospital visits for cannabis use linked to higher dementia risk, study finds

Patients who leave the emergency department without being seen face higher risk of death, hospitalization

Health care delivered in a patient’s preferred language could decrease emergency department visits, hospitalizations and death

Patients have better outcomes in hospitals with higher ratio of female surgical teams

ICES secures renewed five-year funding commitment from the Ontario Ministry of Health

People who died from a substance-related overdose faced significant gaps in treatment, report finds

Virtual care works best when patients see their own family doctor, study finds

Eating disorder hospitalizations on the rise, affecting ‘atypical’ groups the most

Patients experiencing homelessness in Toronto up to 18 times more likely to visit emergency departments for cold weather-related injuries, Unity Health study finds

Study finds resettled refugee children and youth do not place significant demands on the Canadian healthcare system

Research Programs and appointed ICES Scientists