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| Susan E BronskillSummaryAffiliation: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences Country: Canada Publications
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Family physicians providing regular care to residents in Ontario long-term care homes: characteristics and practice patternsJonathan M Lam
Health Quality Ontario corrected
Can Fam Physician 58:1241-8. 2012..To describe the characteristics and practice patterns of family physicians who regularly treat long-term care (LTC) residents in order to inform quality improvement strategies...
Exploring variation in rates of polypharmacy across long term care homesSusan E Bronskill
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Am Med Dir Assoc 13:309.e15-21. 2012..We quantified the scope of this practice by exploring variation in the use of nine or more drug therapies across LTC homes...
Post-acute service use following acute myocardial infarction in the elderlySusan E Bronskill
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto
Health Care Financ Rev 24:77-93. 2002..After adjusting for many patient and hospital characteristics, however, variation in PASU remained across States...- Neuroleptic drug therapy in older adults newly admitted to nursing homes: incidence, dose, and specialist contactSusan E Bronskill
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:749-55. 2004.... - The relationship between variations in antipsychotic prescribing across nursing homes and short-term mortality: quality of care implicationsSusan E Bronskill
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario
Med Care 47:1000-8. 2009..Determining the extent to which variations in antipsychotic use are a symptom of facility-level quality problems as compared with a drug safety issue is important for selecting the correct interventions to effect change... - Older men with dementia are at greater risk than women of serious events after initiating antipsychotic therapyPaula A Rochon
Women s College Research Institute, Women s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 61:55-61. 2013..To understand how drug therapy differently affects older women and men... - Initiation of benzodiazepines in the elderly after hospitalizationChaim M Bell
Department of Medicine, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8
J Gen Intern Med 22:1024-9. 2007..To estimate the rate of new chronic benzodiazepine use after hospitalization in older adults not previously prescribed with benzodiazepines... - Atypical antipsychotics and parkinsonismPaula A Rochon
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arch Intern Med 165:1882-8. 2005..This has not been well documented. We compared the risk of development of incident parkinsonism among older adults dispensed atypical relative to typical antipsychotics... - Representation of patients with dementia in clinical trials of donepezilSudeep S Gill
Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario
Can J Clin Pharmacol 11:e274-85. 2004..To evaluate the representation of frail older adults in randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and to assess consequences of under representation by analyzing drug discontinuation rates... - Antipsychotic drug use and mortality in older adults with dementiaSudeep S Gill
Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Ann Intern Med 146:775-86. 2007..Antipsychotic drugs are widely used to manage behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia despite concerns about their safety... - A population-based study of cholinesterase inhibitor use for dementiaNathan Herrmann
Department of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1517-23. 2007.... - Potentially inappropriate prescribing in Canada relative to the USPaula A Rochon
Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Drugs Aging 21:939-47. 2004..To explore the prescribing of potentially inappropriate drug therapy in Ontario, Canada where there is a restrictive drug formulary relative to the US where there is no single drug formulary... - Variation in nursing home antipsychotic prescribing ratesPaula A Rochon
Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit, Baycrest, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arch Intern Med 167:676-83. 2007..We explored variation in the use of antipsychotic therapy across nursing homes in Ontario, Canada, and determined if prescribing decisions were based on clinical indications... - Potentially inappropriate prescribing in Ontario community-dwelling older adults and nursing home residentsChristopher J Lane
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:861-6. 2004..Clinical pharmacist services, which are mandated in the nursing home setting, may be responsible for these differences in Ontario, Canada... - A prescribing cascade involving cholinesterase inhibitors and anticholinergic drugsSudeep S Gill
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario
Arch Intern Med 165:808-13. 2005..We present a new example of the prescribing cascade involving cholinesterase inhibitors and anticholinergic drugs used to manage urinary incontinence... - Use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy and dose-related outcomes in older adults with new heart failure in the communityPaula A Rochon
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Gen Intern Med 19:676-83. 2004..To evaluate the dose-related benefit of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor therapy among older adults with heart failure and to evaluate whether low-dose ACE inhibitor therapy is better than none... - Neighborhood income and stroke care and outcomesMoira K Kapral
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Neurology 79:1200-7. 2012..To evaluate factors that may contribute to the increased stroke case fatality rates observed in individuals from low-income areas... - Projected incidence of mechanical ventilation in Ontario to 2026: Preparing for the aging baby boomersDale M Needham
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Crit Care Med 33:574-9. 2005..Existing evidence-based strategies that improve both the efficiency and efficacy of critical care services should be carefully evaluated for widespread implementation... - Frequency and pattern of emergency department visits by long-term care residents--a population-based studyAndrea Gruneir
Women s College Research Institute, Women s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:510-7. 2010..To obtain population-based estimates of emergency department (ED) visits by long-term care (LTC) residents... - Association between tamsulosin and serious ophthalmic adverse events in older men following cataract surgeryChaim M Bell
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada
JAMA 301:1991-6. 2009..No studies have documented whether use of tamsulosin or other alpha-blocker drug therapies affect the risk of serious postoperative adverse events... - Antibiotic use in long-term care facilitiesNick Daneman
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Antimicrob Chemother 66:2856-63. 2011..Our goal was to examine the prevalence of antibiotic use among long-term care facility residents and the extent of variability across these institutions... - Inappropriate prescribing before and after nursing home admissionIrfan A Dhalla
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 2113 40 Gerrard Street East, Toronto, Ontario M5B 2E8, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:995-1000. 2002..To compare the prevalence of inappropriate prescribing before and after nursing home admission and to determine which patient and physician characteristics are associated with inappropriate prescribing in the nursing home setting... - Incidence and predictors of critical events during urgent air-medical transportJeffrey M Singh
Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 181:579-84. 2009..Little is known about the risks of urgent air-medical transport used in regionalized health care systems. We sought to determine the incidence of in-transit critical events and identify factors associated with these events... - Stroke rates after introduction of vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors for macular degeneration: a time series analysisRobert J Campbell
Department of Ophthalmology, Queen s University, Kingston, Canada
Ophthalmology 119:1604-8. 2012..To assess whether stroke rates among patients with retinal disease were influenced by the rapid and sequential uptakes of bevacizumab and ranibizumab for age-related macular degeneration (AMD)... - Mechanical ventilation in Ontario, 1992-2000: incidence, survival, and hospital bed utilization of noncardiac surgery adult patientsDale M Needham
Department of Critical Care Medicine and Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Crit Care Med 32:1504-9. 2004..The increase, over time, in risk-adjusted mortality rate of mechanically ventilated patients is concerning and requires further investigation... - Quality measures for medication continuity in long-term care facilities, using a structured panel processChaim M Bell
St Michaels Hospital, Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
Drugs Aging 29:319-27. 2012..ObjectIVE: The aim of the study was to develop quality indicators signalling the potential discontinuation of previously prescribed medications for chronic diseases when residents return to LTC following an acute-care hospitalization... - Longitudinal profiles of health care providersSusan E Bronskill
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stat Med 21:1067-88. 2002..Furthermore, the longitudinal profiles developed are easily interpreted and flexible, making them of practical use to policy-makers... - Both clinical epidemiology and population health perspectives can define the role of health care in reducing health disparitiesGeoffrey M Anderson
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, McMurrich Building, 2nd Floor, 12 Queen s Park Crescent West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 58:757-62. 2005..To compare and contrast clinical epidemiology and population health perspectives on the role of health care in reducing socioeconomic disparities in health... - Skilled nursing facility rehabilitation and discharge to home after strokeWalter P Wodchis
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Toronto, ON Canada
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 86:442-8. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Postacute residents with an uncertain prognosis are an important target population for intensive RT... - Atypical antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: systematic reviewPhilip E Lee
Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, 3560 Bathurst Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M6A 2E1
BMJ 329:75. 2004..To review the role of oral atypical antipsychotic drugs in the management of the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)... - Hospital volume and mortality for mechanical ventilation of medical and surgical patients: a population-based analysis using administrative dataDale M Needham
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 34:2349-54. 2006..For medical patients, higher mortality may occur in a subgroup of low-volume hospitals that do not routinely transfer their patients to larger-volume facilities. This finding needs further investigation in a larger-sized study...