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| Richard H GlazierSummaryAffiliation: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences Country: Canada Publications
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Do hospitalist physicians improve the quality of inpatient care delivery? A systematic review of process, efficiency and outcome measuresHeather L White
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Guelph, ON, Canada
BMC Med 9:58. 2011....- Modeling factors influencing the demand for emergency department services in Ontario: a comparison of methodsRahim Moineddin
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BMC Emerg Med 11:13. 2011..Additionally, we wish to investigate these trends using a series of novel regression models for count outcomes which have yet to be employed in the domain of emergency medical research... 
Number of HbA1c tests unrelated to quality of diabetes control: an electronic medical record data linkage studyRichard H Glazier
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 93:e37-40. 2011....- Capitation and enhanced fee-for-service models for primary care reform: a population-based evaluationRichard H Glazier
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 180:E72-81. 2009..Both models involve patient rostering, incentives for preventive care and requirements for after-hours care. We evaluated practice characteristics and patterns of care under both models... - Universal health insurance and equity in primary care and specialist office visits: a population-based studyRichard H Glazier
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ann Fam Med 7:396-405. 2009..We examined equity in use of physician services in Ontario, Canada, after controlling for health status using both self-reported and diagnosis-based measures... - A population-based nested case-control study of the costs of hip and knee replacement surgeryGillian A Hawker
Department of Medicine, Women s College Hospital, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Med Care 47:732-41. 2009..Studies of total joint arthroplasty (TJA) have not evaluated the costs and outcomes in the context of expected arthritis worsening... 
Inequity in mental health care under Canadian universal health coverageLeah S Steele
Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 33 Russell Street, 3rd Floor Tower, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1 Canada
Psychiatr Serv 57:317-24. 2006..This study sought to determine equity in the delivery of ambulatory services from psychiatrists and family physicians for mental health problems in this setting...- The effect of patients' sex on physicians' recommendations for total knee arthroplastyCornelia M Borkhoff
Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
CMAJ 178:681-7. 2008..The purpose of our study was to determine whether patients' sex affects physicians' decisions to refer a patient for, or to perform, total knee arthroplasty... - Variability in physician opinions about the indications for knee arthroplastyJames G Wright
The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G1X8, Canada
J Arthroplasty 26:569-575.e1. 2011..49). Although surgeons and referring physicians vary in their opinion, half of the variability could be attributed to individual physician inconsistency... - Investigating concordance in diabetes diagnosis between primary care charts (electronic medical records) and health administrative data: a retrospective cohort studyStewart B Harris
Centre for Studies in Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 10:347. 2010..The purpose of this study was to establish a validated electronic medical record definition for diabetes... - Patients' gender affected physicians' clinical decisions when presented with standardized patients but not for matching paper patientsCornelia M Borkhoff
Centre for Global Health, Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 62:527-41. 2009..To compare physicians' treatment and referral decisions for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for standardized patients with matching paper patients... - Inadequacy of cervical cancer screening among urban recent immigrants: a population-based study of physician and laboratory claims in Toronto, CanadaAisha Lofters
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Prev Med 44:536-42. 2007..Our purpose was to investigate whether socioedemographic factors are related to cervical cancer screening in Toronto, Canada... - A prospective population-based study of the predictors of undergoing total joint arthroplastyGillian A Hawker
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 54:3212-20. 2006..To examine prospectively the predictors of time to total joint arthroplasty (TJA)... - Unintended consequences of delisting routine eye exams on retinopathy screening for people with diabetes in Ontario, CanadaTara Kiran
Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Toronto, Ontario
CMAJ 185:E167-73. 2013..We sought to assess whether the delisting of routine eye examinations for healthy adults had the unintended consequence of decreasing retinopathy screening for adults with diabetes... - Measuring data reliability for preventive services in electronic medical recordsMichelle Greiver
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Duncan Mill Road, Suite 705, Toronto, ON, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 12:116. 2012..Our objective was to measure the reliability of data for preventive services in primary care EMRs during the transition to EMR... - Neighbourhood chronic stress and gender inequalities in hypertension among Canadian adults: a multilevel analysisFlora I Matheson
Department of Health Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5R 2M4, Canada
J Epidemiol Community Health 64:705-13. 2010..The purpose of this study was to explore gender differences in the association between neighbourhood deprivation and the prevalence of hypertension among non-institutionalised Canadian adults... - Risk adjustment using administrative data-based and survey-derived methods for explaining physician utilizationLyn M Sibley
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Med Care 48:175-82. 2010..The results of this study will support the use of administrative data for planning, reimbursement, and assessing equity of physician utilization... - Low rates of cervical cancer screening among urban immigrants: a population-based study in Ontario, CanadaAisha K Lofters
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Med Care 48:611-8. 2010.... - Age- and sex-related prevalence of diabetes mellitus among immigrants to Ontario, CanadaMaria Isabella Creatore
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital, Universityof Toronto, Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 182:781-9. 2010..We undertook a population-based study involving immigrants to Ontario, Canada, to evaluate the distribution of risk for diabetes in this population... - Measuring the effect of a large reduction in welfare payments on mental health service use in welfare-dependent neighborhoodsLeah S Steele
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, and Inner City Health Research Unit, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1K2, Canada
Med Care 43:885-91. 2005..Major social policy changes were implemented in Canada in the last decade with few efforts to examine their potential health effects... - Evaluation of the equity of age-sex adjusted primary care capitation payments in Ontario, CanadaLyn M Sibley
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada
Health Policy 104:186-92. 2012.... - Influence of neighborhood deprivation, gender and ethno-racial origin on smoking behavior of Canadian youthFlora I Matheson
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Prev Med 52:376-80. 2011..This study explored the relationship between deprivation and youth smoking to examine whether this association differs by gender and ethno-racial origin... - Cardiovascular risk factor awareness in a disadvantaged inner-city population--implications for preventive strategiesBrian M Wong
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Can J Cardiol 24:677-82. 2008..Whether a deficiency in the level of awareness, a prerequisite for change, exists that contributes to this socioeconomic divide has not been well established... - Socioeconomic status and prevalence of congenital heart defects: does universal access to health care system eliminate the gap?Mohammad M Agha
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 91:1011-8. 2011..The purpose of this study was to examine if trends over time in the prevalence of CHD were the same for high and low SES groups... - A population-based study of the association between socioeconomic status and emergency department utilization in Ontario, CanadaYasmin Khan
Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Acad Emerg Med 18:836-43. 2011..The relative effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and health status on emergency department (ED) utilization are controversial. The authors examined this in a setting with universal health coverage... - Predictors of low cervical cancer screening among immigrant women in Ontario, CanadaAisha K Lofters
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
BMC Womens Health 11:20. 2011..This study aimed to determine how predictors of low cervical cancer screening, reflective of sociodemographics, the health care system, and migration, varied by region of origin for Ontario's immigrant women... - Urban neighborhoods, chronic stress, gender and depressionFlora I Matheson
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Soc Sci Med 63:2604-16. 2006..However, we did not find random variation in depression by gender across neighborhoods... - Relationship between social inequalities and ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations persists for up to 9 years among children born in a major Canadian urban centerMohammad M Agha
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ambul Pediatr 7:258-62. 2007..Our purpose was to examine socioeconomic disparities in ACS and non-ACS admissions among birth cohorts in a universal health insurance setting... - Using publicly available directories to trace survey nonresponders and calculate adjusted response ratesBart J Harvey
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Epidemiol 158:1007-11. 2003..8% to 71.2% and from 72.8% to 74.9% in the survey areas. Publicly available directories were used to successfully trace the majority of survey nonresponders, thus strengthening confidence in the survey's results... - The weight of place: a multilevel analysis of gender, neighborhood material deprivation, and body mass index among Canadian adultsFlora I Matheson
Center for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Soc Sci Med 66:675-90. 2008..Education and intervention within a public health framework remain important targets for producing healthy weight... - Assessing methods for measurement of clinical outcomes and quality of care in primary care practicesMichael E Green
Department of Family Medicine, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 12:214. 2012..To evaluate the appropriateness of potential data sources for the population of performance indicators for primary care (PC) practices... - Drinking in context: the influence of gender and neighbourhood deprivation on alcohol consumptionFlora I Matheson
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Epidemiol Community Health 66:e4. 2012.... - Effects of use of specialty services on disease-modifying antirheumatic drug use in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in an insured elderly populationDeborah Shipton
Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Med Care 42:907-13. 2004..CONCLUSION: Even in a universally funded setting, suboptimal treatment of RA is associated with lack of access to specialist services. These findings are likely applicable to many jurisdictions worldwide... - Patient and provider factors related to comprehensive arthritis care in a community setting in Ontario, CanadaRichard H Glazier
Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Rheumatol 30:1846-50. 2003..To determine factors that correlate with recommendations for nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic interventions (comprehensive therapy) in community dwelling adults... - Cervical cancer screening among urban immigrants by region of origin: a population-based cohort studyAisha K Lofters
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Prev Med 51:509-16. 2010..We compared the prevalence of appropriate cervical cancer screening among screening-eligible immigrant women from major geographic regions of the world and native-born women... - Diabetes screening among immigrants: a population-based urban cohort studyMaria I Creatore
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Diabetes Care 35:754-61. 2012..To examine diabetes screening, predictors of screening, and the burden of undiagnosed diabetes in the immigrant population and whether these estimates differ by ethnicity... - Implementation of electronic medical records: theory-informed qualitative studyMichelle Greiver
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Can Fam Physician 57:e390-7. 2011..To apply the diffusion-of-innovations theory to the examination of factors that are perceived by family physicians as influencing the implementation of electronic medical records (EMRs)... - Immunization coverage among young children of urban immigrant mothers: findings from a universal health care systemAstrid Guttmann
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ambul Pediatr 8:205-9. 2008..To investigate access to effective primary health care services in children of new immigrants to Canada by assessing immunization coverage at age 2... - Neighborhood context and infant birthweight among recent immigrant mothers: a multilevel analysisMarcelo L Urquia
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Am J Public Health 99:285-93. 2009..We compared the influence of the residential environment and maternal country of origin on birthweight and low birthweight of infants born to recent immigrants to urban Ontario... - The risk of hip fracture after initiating antihypertensive drugs in the elderlyDebra A Butt
Ellesmere Health Care Centre and The Scarborough Hospital, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Arch Intern Med 172:1739-44. 2012.... - Tracking family medicine graduates. Where do they go, what services do they provide and whom do they see?R Liisa Jaakkimainen
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
BMC Fam Pract 13:26. 2012..The objectives for the comparison of FM graduates to all practicing FPs in 2005/06 were to: 1) describe the patient population served by FM graduates, 2) compare workload of FM graduates to all practicing FPs... - "Not everyone who needs one is going to get one'': the influence of medical brokering on patient candidacy for total joint arthroplastyPamela L Hudak
Department of Medicine, Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Med Decis Making 28:773-80. 2008..To understand this discrepancy, the authors sought to explore the process by which physicians determine patient candidacy for TJA... - Social disadvantage, air pollution, and asthma physician visits in Toronto, CanadaTara A Burra
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Environ Res 109:567-74. 2009.... - The predictors of self-rated health and the relationship between self-rated health and health service needs are similar across socioeconomic groups in CanadaPeter M Smith
Institute for Work and Health, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2E9, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 63:412-21. 2010..To examine if there are systematic differences in the predictors of self-rated health (SRH) and to examine the relationship between SRH and health care utilization across socioeconomic groups... - Getting a Grip on Arthritis: an educational intervention for the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis in primary careRichard H Glazier
Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit ACREU, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Rheumatol 32:137-42. 2005..To evaluate a community-based educational intervention designed to improve the diagnosis and treatment of arthritis in primary care... - Unwalkable neighborhoods, poverty, and the risk of diabetes among recent immigrants to Canada compared with long-term residentsGillian L Booth
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, The Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Diabetes Care 36:302-8. 2013.... - Food fortification and decline in the prevalence of neural tube defects: does public intervention reduce the socioeconomic gap in prevalence?Mohammad M Agha
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON M4N 3M5, Canada
Int J Environ Res Public Health 10:1312-23. 2013..Conclusions: While food fortification is successful in reducing the prevalence of NTDs, it was not associated with removing the gap between high and low SES groups... - Neighbourhood deprivation and regional inequalities in self-reported health among Canadians: Are we equally at risk?Heather L White
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital, Ontario, Canada Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Health Place 17:361-9. 2011..21; 1.28). By failing to explore regional variations in risk, we could fail to identify areas where provincial policies may interact with neighbourhood factors to reinforce health inequalities amongst deprived communities... - Did changing primary care delivery models change performance? A population based study using health administrative dataR Liisa Jaakkimainen
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
BMC Fam Pract 12:44. 2011..The purpose of this study was to evaluate differences in performance between FHNs and FHGs and to compare performance before and after physicians joined these new primary care groups... - Implementation of electronic medical records: effect on the provision of preventive services in a pay-for-performance environmentMichelle Greiver
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Can Fam Physician 57:e381-9. 2011..To study the effect of electronic medical record (EMR) implementation on preventive services covered by Ontario's pay-for-performance program... - Assessment of police calls for suicidal behavior in a concentrated urban settingFlora I Matheson
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Psychiatr Serv 56:1606-9. 2005..The study results highlight the importance of understanding changes in patterns and types of suicidal behavior to police training and preparedness... - From places to flows. International secondary migration and birth outcomesMarcelo L Urquia
St Michael s Hospital, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, 70 Richmond St East, 4th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5C 1N8
Soc Sci Med 71:1620-6. 2010..These findings are consistent with the so-called healthy migrant effect, implying that selective migration from non-industrialised countries is associated with protective individual characteristics... - Age- and sex-specific income gradients in alcohol-related hospitalization rates in an urban areaStephen W Hwang
Inner City Health Research Unit, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ann Epidemiol 15:56-63. 2005..This study examines the effects of age and sex on the relationship between neighborhood income and alcohol-related hospitalization rates in a large urban area... - International differences in asthma guidelines for childrenShannon F Cope
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont, Canada
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 148:265-78. 2009.... - Using administrative data to measure ambulatory mental health service provision in primary careLeah S Steele
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Med Care 42:960-5. 2004..We sought to determine the accuracy of administrative data for identifying mental health service provision in primary care... - The relationship between financial incentives and quality of diabetes care in Ontario, CanadaTara Kiran
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Diabetes Care 35:1038-46. 2012..We assessed the impact of a diabetes incentive code introduced for primary care physicians in Ontario, Canada, in 2002 on quality of diabetes care at the population and patient level... - A simulation study of sample size for multilevel logistic regression modelsRahim Moineddin
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
BMC Med Res Methodol 7:34. 2007..In the framework of multilevel studies an important problem is calculating an adequate sample size that generates unbiased and accurate estimates... - Computer-assisted screening for intimate partner violence and control: a randomized trialFarah Ahmad
Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ann Intern Med 151:93-102. 2009..Intimate partner violence and control (IPVC) is prevalent and can be a serious health risk to women... - Estimating the direct and indirect pathways between education and diabetes incidence among Canadian men and women: a mediation analysisPeter M Smith
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Australia
Ann Epidemiol 23:143-9. 2013..To estimate the direct and indirect pathways between education and diabetes... - Serious preeclampsia among different immigrant groupsMarcelo L Urquia
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto ON, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON
J Obstet Gynaecol Can 34:348-52. 2012.... - A randomized controlled trial of a multifaceted integrated complementary-alternative therapy for chronic herpes zoster-related painFred Hui
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Altern Med Rev 17:57-68. 2012.... - The association of hospital, clinic and provider volume with HIV/AIDS care and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysisCurtis D Handford
Department of Family and Community Medicine, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
AIDS Care 24:267-82. 2012..Heterogeneity of volume thresholds and absence of studies from resource-limited settings are major limitations... - Is there an impact of public smoking bans on self-reported smoking status and exposure to secondhand smoke?Alisa B Naiman
Primary Care and Population Health, Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Studies, 2075 Bayview Avenue Room G1 06, Toronto, M4N 3M5, Canada
BMC Public Health 11:146. 2011..We examined whether smoking bans impact rates of secondhand smoke exposure in public places and rates of complete workplace smoking restriction... - A systematic review of interventions to improve diabetes care in socially disadvantaged populationsRichard H Glazier
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Diabetes Care 29:1675-88. 2006..To identify and synthesize evidence about the effectiveness of patient, provider, and health system interventions to improve diabetes care among socially disadvantaged populations... - Socioeconomic factors and asthma control in childrenShannon F Cope
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pediatr Pulmonol 43:745-52. 2008..The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between socioeconomic factors and asthma control in children, as defined by the Canadian Pediatric Asthma Consensus Guidelines... - Validation of case-finding algorithms derived from administrative data for identifying adults living with human immunodeficiency virus infectionTony Antoniou
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PLoS ONE 6:e21748. 2011..We sought to validate a case-finding algorithm for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection using administrative health databases in Ontario, Canada... - Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-induced hyperkalemia in patients receiving inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system: a population-based studyTony Antoniou
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arch Intern Med 170:1045-9. 2010..The objective of this study was to characterize the risk of hyperkalemia-associated hospitalization in elderly patients who were being treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole along with either an ACEI or an ARB... - Effectiveness of the Antenatal Psychosocial Health Assessment (ALPHA) form in detecting psychosocial concerns: a randomized controlled trialJune C Carroll
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 173:253-9. 2005..We sought to determine whether health care providers using the ALPHA form detected more antenatal psychosocial concerns among pregnant women than providers practising usual prenatal care... - Reasons for self-reported unmet healthcare needs in Canada: a population-based provincial comparisonLyn M Sibley
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Health System Performance Research Network, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Healthc Policy 5:87-101. 2009..Those in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba were more likely to report problems of acceptability. The reasons for unmet need vary across provinces, with each reason having different policy implications... - Taking the next steps in goal ascertainment: a prospective study of patient, team, and family perspectives using a comprehensive standardized menu in a geriatric assessment and treatment unitSherry R Glazier
Providence Center, Geriatric Assessment and Treatment Unit, Regional Geriatric Program, Eastern Services, Toronto, Canada
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:284-9. 2004..CONCLUSION: Patients and families have a broad range of goals that are not always identified by the healthcare team. A comprehensive standardized menu is feasible and may be helpful in setting goals in a geriatric rehabilitation setting... - The effect of education and income on need and willingness to undergo total joint arthroplastyGillian A Hawker
Sunnybrook and Women s College Health Sciences Centre, Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arthritis Rheum 46:3331-9. 2002..However, no studies have considered the expectations or needs of the patients. Our objective was to assess the effect of education and income on the potential need for, and the willingness to consider hip and knee arthroplasty... - Public health measures to control the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome during the outbreak in TorontoTomislav Svoboda
Inner City Health Research Unit, Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Canada
N Engl J Med 350:2352-61. 2004..An understanding of the patterns of transmission and the effects on public health in relation to control measures that were taken will help health officials prepare for any future outbreaks...