OBJECTIVE: Bans on evictions were implemented to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and to protect vulnerable populations during a public health crisis. Our objective was to examine how three bans on eviction enforcement impacted eviction filings from March 2020 through January 2022 in Ontario, Canada. METHODS: Data were derived from eviction applicatio...
Published in Journal of vascular surgery
Lack of insurance has been independently associated with an increased risk of in-hospital mortality after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, possibly due to worse control of comorbidities and delays in diagnosis and treatment. Medicaid expansion has improved insurance rates and access to care, potentially benefiting these patients. We sought to asse...
Published in Medical humanities
The health 'brain drain' (HBD) is an issue of significant global bioethical concern, resulting in severe maldistribution of healthcare workers (HCWs) and gross inequities in health service provision. The ethics of the HBD and its possible mitigation strategies are, however, complex and areas of active ongoing bioethical debate. South Africa faces a...
Published in International nursing review
Nurses can play a valuable role in not only the implementation but development of general and health policies. However, evidence indicates limited involvement of nurses in politics and general health policy making owing to individual, interpersonal, and systematic barriers. Strategies are required to increase nurses' participation and engagement in...
Published in The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care
Understanding young people's preferences for healthcare is critical for reducing the negative effect of undesirable choices. This review aims to synthesise the evidence obtained from discrete choice experiments (DCEs) eliciting young people's preferences for healthcare interventions and service deliveries, specifically, to (1) examine the methodolo...
OBJECTIVES: Results from genomic sequencing often have implications not just for patients but also for their relatives. To date, there are no studies in Belgium exploring whether potential relatives would want to be informed of a genetic risk in the family and their preferences on different approaches to disclosure. METHODS: We surveyed the attitud...
Published in BMJ open
Integration of oral health into primary care has been proposed as a primary healthcare approach for efficient and sustainable delivery of oral health services, and the effective management of oral diseases. This paper aimed to synthesise evidence on the effectiveness of strategies to integrate oral health into primary care. Systematic review. MEDLI...
Published in BMJ quality & safety
English primary care faces significant challenges, including 'persistent high turnover' of general practitioners (GPs) in some partnerships. It is unknown whether there are specific predictors of persistent high turnover and whether it is associated with poorer population health outcomes. A retrospective observational study. We linked workforce dat...
Published in Journal of clinical epidemiology
To build and maintain a living database of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) recommendations developed using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE). Guidelines are identified from WHO and PAHO databases. We periodically extract recommendations, according to the health and w...
BackgroundWhile the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion improved healthcare coverage and access for millions of uninsured Americans, less is known about its effects on the overall accessibility and quality of care across all payers. Rapid volume increases of newly enrolled Medicaid patients might have unintentionally strained accessibility or ...
