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Mapping the coverage of attributes in validated instruments that evaluate primary healthcare from the patient perspectiveJean Frédéric Levesque
Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal, Canada
BMC Fam Pract 13:20. 2012..To analyze the extent to which important PHC attributes are covered in validated instruments measuring quality of care from the patient perspective...- Hypertension and type 2 diabetes: what family physicians can do to improve control of blood pressure--an observational studyWayne Putnam
Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
BMC Fam Pract 12:86. 2011.... - Evidence-based cardiovascular care in the community: a population-based cross-sectional studyWayne Putnam
Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
BMC Fam Pract 5:6. 2004..The objective of the study was to determine the rate of prescribing of evidence-based cardiovascular medications and determine if these differed by patient age or sex... - Quality indicators for cardiovascular primary careFrederick I Burge
Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Can J Cardiol 23:383-8. 2007..Qualitative research on the acceptability of those indicators concluded that indicators were needed for ambulatory primary care practice, where the bulk of cardiovascular disease care occurs... - Health care restructuring and family physician care for those who died of cancerFrederick I Burge
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
BMC Fam Pract 6:1. 2005..The purpose of this study was to describe the trends in the provision of Family Physician (FP) visits to advanced cancer patients in Nova Scotia (NS) during the years of health care restructuring... 
Primary care continuity and location of death for those with cancerFrederick Burge
Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
J Palliat Med 6:911-8. 2003..Despite continuity being a desired attribute of end-of-life care and despite the desire by most patients with cancer to die at home, there has been no health services research examining this relationship...- Family physician continuity of care and emergency department use in end-of-life cancer careFrederick Burge
Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Med Care 41:992-1001. 2003..Family physician continuity of care has been shown in some clinical situations to reduce ED utilization... - Trends in the place of death of cancer patients, 1992-1997Frederick Burge
Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
CMAJ 168:265-70. 2003..We carried out a study to describe the yearly trends in the place of death between 1992 and 1997 and to determine predictors of out-of-hospital death for adults with cancer in Nova Scotia... 
A population-based study of age inequalities in access to palliative care among cancer patientsFrederick I Burge
Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Med Care 46:1203-11. 2008..Few studies have been able to provide greater insight by simultaneously adjusting for multiple demographic, health service, and socio-cultural indicators...- Physician characteristics in relation to cardiovascular drugs commonly prescribed for hypertension in Nova ScotiaF Burge
Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Can J Clin Pharmacol 8:139-45. 2001..However, some evidence shows that physician characteristics can also play a substantial role in prescribing trends. Such variation is also associated with varying beneficial and adverse patient outcomes... - Where a cancer patient dies: the effect of rural residencyFrederick Burge
Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
J Rural Health 21:233-8. 2005..In Nova Scotia (NS), cancer deaths occurring out-of-hospital increased from 19.8% in 1992 to 30.2% in 1997. The impact of rural residency on this trend has not been studied... - Palliative care by family physicians in the 1990s. Resilience amid reformF Burge
Dalhousie University, Department of Family Medicine, Abbie J. Lane Building, 8th Floor, 5909 Veterans Memorial Lane, Halifax, NS B3H 2E2
Can Fam Physician 47:1989-95. 2001..CONCLUSION: With downsizing of hospitals and greater emphasis on community-based care, the issues identified in this study will need attention, particularly in designing an integrated service delivery model for palliative care... - Palliative care patients in the emergency departmentBeverley J Lawson
Dalhousie University, Department of Family Medicine, Halifax
J Palliat Care 24:247-55. 2008..Further research may suggest strategies to reduce unnecessary ED visits during the end of life... - Toward population-based indicators of quality end-of-life care: testing stakeholder agreementEva Grunfeld
Cancer Outcomes Research Program, Cancer Care Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Cancer 112:2301-8. 2008..The objective of this study was to assess stakeholder acceptability of QIs of end-of-life (EOL) care that potentially were measurable from population-based administrative health databases... - Asthma in primary care: making guidelines workW Putnam
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Can Respir J 8:29A-34A. 2001..Similarly, negative patient attitudes toward an increased use of corticosteroids suggest that a public education program would be most helpful regarding that group of recommendations... - Population-based trends in referral of the elderly to a comprehensive palliative care programmeF Burge
Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Palliat Med 16:255-6. 2002 - Anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation. Is there a gap in care for ambulatory patients?Wayne Putnam
Dalhousie University, Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Can Fam Physician 50:1244-50. 2004..Our objectives were to clarify measures of this gap in care by including data from family physicians and to determine why eligible patients were not receiving anticoagulation therapy... - A qualitative study of evidence in primary care: what the practitioners are sayingWayne Putnam
Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
CMAJ 166:1525-30. 2002..Little is known about the impact of evidence-based medicine in primary care. Our objective was to explore the influence of evidence on day-to-day family practice, with specific reference to cardiovascular disease... - Evidence-based cardiovascular care. Family physicians' views of obstacles and opportunitiesWayne Putnam
Dalhousie University, Department of Family Medicine, Halifax, NS
Can Fam Physician 50:1397-405. 2004..To explore obstacles to and opportunities for applying specific lifestyle and pharmacologic recommendations on chronic ischemic heart disease... - Can the introduction of an integrated service model to an existing comprehensive palliative care service impact emergency department visits among enrolled patients?Beverley J Lawson
Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
J Palliat Med 12:245-52. 2009..The purpose of this study was to explore temporal trends in ED visits among PCS patients before and after integrated service model implementation... - Family physician visits and early recognition of melanomaMelanie L Di Quinzio
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Can J Public Health 96:136-9. 2005..70% (95% CI, -1.33-25.77) if all patients had consulted their family physician at least once a year. DISCUSSION: Increased awareness of the need for regular medical check-ups could reduce the public health burden of melanoma...