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| Claudia SanmartinSummaryAffiliation: Statistics Canada Country: Canada Publications
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Changes in unmet health care needsClaudia Sanmartin
Social and Economic Studies Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6
Health Rep 13:15-21. 2002..This article examines recent trends in self-reported unmet health care needs among the household population aged 12 or older, and explores various explanations for the increase observed...
Labour market income inequality and mortality in North American metropolitan areasC Sanmartin
Health Analysis and Measurement Group, Statistics Canada, RH Coats Building, 24th Floor Section R, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0T6
J Epidemiol Community Health 57:792-7. 2003..To investigate relations between labour market income inequality and mortality in North American metropolitan areas...- Comparing health and health care use in Canada and the United StatesClaudia Sanmartin
Health Analysis and Measurement Group HAMG, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:1133-42. 2006..Despite higher U.S. levels of spending on health care, residents in the two countries have similar health status and access to care, although there are higher levels of inequality in the United States... - Using population data to measure outcomes of care: the case of hip and knee replacementsClaudia Sanmartin
Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6
Health Rep 21:23-30. 2010..Some patients, however, do not appear to benefit from joint replacement. This study investigates health outcomes of patients who underwent hip or knee replacement surgery... - Experiencing difficulties accessing first-contact health services in Canada: Canadians without regular doctors and recent immigrants have difficulties accessing first-contact healthcare services. Reports of difficulties in accessing care vary by age, sex Claudia Sanmartin
Health Analysis and Measurement Group, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, ON
Healthc Policy 1:103-19. 2006..The relatively low level of reporting of difficulties by older and less educated Canadians may be related, in part, to more modest expectations about the healthcare system... 
Appropriateness of healthcare interventions: concepts and scoping of the published literatureClaudia Sanmartin
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 24:342-9. 2008....- Diabetes-prevalence and care practicesClaudia Sanmartin
Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada
Health Rep 19:59-63. 2008..Half the diabetic population reported that they or a family member had checked their glucose level every day... - The importance of patient expectations as a determinant of satisfaction with waiting times for hip and knee replacement surgeryBarbara L Conner-Spady
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada
Health Policy 101:245-52. 2011..Our objectives were: (1) to test the disconfirmation model as it applies to patient satisfaction with waiting time (WT) and (2) to build an explanatory model of the determinants of satisfaction with WT for hip and knee replacement... - 'There are too many of us to fix.' Patients' views of acceptable waiting times for hip and knee replacementBarbara Conner-Spady
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
J Health Serv Res Policy 14:212-8. 2009..To assess patients' views of maximum acceptable waiting times (MAWT) for hip and knee replacement, associated factors and the accuracy of self-reported waiting times... - Willingness of patients to change surgeons for a shorter waiting time for joint arthroplastyBarbara Conner-Spady
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta
CMAJ 179:327-32. 2008..To improve access to care, many jurisdictions have proposed waiting-time benchmarks and guarantees. We assessed the willingness of patients to consider changing their surgeon to one with a shorter waiting time for arthroplasty... - Patient and surgeon views on maximum acceptable waiting times for joint replacementBarbara L Conner-Spady
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Healthc Policy 3:102-16. 2007.... - Waiting time for medical specialist consultations in Canada, 2007Gisèle Carrière
Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6
Health Rep 21:7-14. 2010..However, relatively little is known about the factors associated with how long patients wait for an initial specialist consultation... - Priority-setting tools for rheumatology disease referrals: a review of the literatureCarolyn De Coster
Health Outcomes, Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Clin Rheumatol 27:1411-6. 2008..These trends have led to increased pressure on scarce rheumatological human resources. A tool to prioritize referrals is a critical component of improving access and the referral process... - A bird can't fly on one wing: patient views on waiting for hip and knee replacement surgeryBarbara L Conner Spady
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, and Western Canada Waiting List Project, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Health Expect 10:108-16. 2007..To obtain patients' perspectives on acceptable waiting times for hip or knee replacement surgery... - Determinants of unacceptable waiting times for specialized services in CanadaClaudia Sanmartin
Health Analysis and Measurement Group, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, ON
Healthc Policy 2:e140-54. 2007..We conducted the first national-level analysis of wait time acceptability in Canada to identify the determinants of unacceptable waits for specialized healthcare services, including selected demographic and socio-economic variables... - Middle of the health care pack: Canada's performance in the 2007 Commonwealth Fund international surveyNeil J MacKinnon
College of Pharmacy and Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, 5968 College St, Halifax, NS B3H 3J5
Can Fam Physician 54:965-6, 970-1. 2008 - A systematic literature review of the evidence on benchmarks for cataract surgery waiting timeBarbara Conner Spady
Department of Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alta
Can J Ophthalmol 42:543-51. 2007..The study purpose was to synthesize the evidence regarding the relations among patient characteristics, WT, and health outcomes for patients on waiting lists for cataract surgery...