Raymakers, AJN Sin, D. D. Sadatsafavi, M. FitzGerald, JM Marra, C. A. Lynd, L. D.
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Respiratory Research
BackgroundPatients living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at an increased risk of lung cancer. A common comorbidity of COPD is cardiovascular disease; as such, COPD patients often receive statins. This study sought to understand the association between statin exposure and lung cancer risk in a population-based cohort of COPD p...
Chamberlain, Stephanie A. Estabrooks, Carole A. Keefe, Janice M. Hoben, Matthias Berendonk, Charlotte Corbett, Kyle Gruneir, Andrea
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Research Involvement and Engagement
BackgroundThe Translating Research in Elder Care (TREC) program is a longitudinal partnered program of research in Western Canada that aims to improve the quality of care and quality of life for residents and quality of worklife for staff in long-term care settings. This program of research includes researchers, citizens (persons living with dement...
Byrne, Ben E. Rooshenas, Leila Lambert, Helen S. Blazeby, Jane M.
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BMC Medical Research Methodology
BackgroundWhile randomised controlled trials (RCTs) provide high-quality evidence to guide practice, much routine care is not based upon available RCTs. This disconnect between evidence and practice is not sufficiently well understood. This case study explores this relationship using a novel approach. Better understanding may improve trial design, ...
Quesada, Juan Antonio Méndez, Ildefonso Martín-Gil, Rocío
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International Breastfeeding Journal
BackgroundInterventions aimed at promoting breastfeeding rates are among the most effective possible health policies available, with an estimated return of US$35 per dollar invested. Indeed, some authors found that a 10% increase in exclusive breastfeeding rates in the first two years of life led to a reduction in treatment costs of US$312 million ...
Macleod, Liam C Yabes, Jonathan G Fam, Mina M Bandari, Jathin Yu, Michelle Maganty, Avinash Furlan, Alessandro Filson, Christopher P Davies, Benjamin J Jacobs, Bruce L
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European urology focus
Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) may improve prostate cancer risk stratification and decrease the need for repeat biopsies in men on prostate cancer active surveillance (AS). However, the impact of mpMRI on AS-related healthcare spending has not been established. To characterize the impact of mpMRI on AS-related Medicare expenditu...
Ausili, Davide Bernasconi, Davide Paolo Rebora, Paola Prestini, Lucia Beretta, Giorgio Ferraioli, Laura Cazzaniga, Anna Valsecchi, Maria Grazia Di Mauro, Stefania
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BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundThe Informative System of Nursing Performance was developed to measure complexity of nursing care based on the actual interventions performed by nurses at the point of care. The association of this score with in-hospital mortality was not investigated before. Having this information is relevant to define evidence-based criteria that hospi...
Wong, Melisa L Lichtman, Stuart M Morrow, Gary R Simmons, John Hargraves, Tomma Gross, Cary P Lund, Jennifer L Lowenstein, Lisa M Walter, Louise C McDermott, Cara L
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Journal of geriatric oncology
Chong, Jia Loon Low, Lian Leng Matchar, David Bruce Malhotra, Rahul Lee, Kheng Hock Thumboo, Julian Chan, Angelique Wei-Ming
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BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundA rapidly ageing population with increasing prevalence of chronic disease presents policymakers the urgent task of tailoring healthcare services to optimally meet changing needs. While healthcare needs-based segmentation is a promising approach to efficiently assessing and responding to healthcare needs at the population level, it is not ...
Ke, Calvin Stukel, Thérèse A. Luk, Andrea Shah, Baiju R. Jha, Prabhat Lau, Eric Ma, Ronald C. W. So, Wing-Yee Kong, Alice P. Chow, Elaine
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BMC Medical Research Methodology
BackgroundValidated algorithms to classify type 1 and 2 diabetes (T1D, T2D) are mostly limited to white pediatric populations. We conducted a large study in Hong Kong among children and adults with diabetes to develop and validate algorithms using electronic health records (EHRs) to classify diabetes type against clinical assessment as the referenc...
McManus, Beth M. Richardson, Zachary Schenkman, Margaret Murphy, Natalie J. Everhart, Rachel M. Hambidge, Simon Morrato, Elaine
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BMC Pediatrics
BackgroundEarly Intervention (EI) is a federally mandated, state-administered system of care for children with developmental delays and disabilities under the age of three. Gaps exist in the process of accessing EI through pediatric primary care, and low rates of EI access are well documented and disproportionately affect poor and minority children...
