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| Richard Henry GlazierSummaryAffiliation: University of Toronto Country: Canada Publications
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Improving preventive service delivery at adult complete health check-ups: the Preventive health Evidence-based Recommendation Form (PERFORM) cluster randomized controlled trialVinita Dubey
Dept of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, ON M1C 4R7, Canada
BMC Fam Pract 7:44. 2006..To determine the effectiveness of a single checklist reminder form to improve the delivery of preventive health services at adult health check-ups in a family practice setting...
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...
Geographic methods for understanding and responding to disparities in mammography use in Toronto, CanadaRichard Henry Glazier
Inner City Health Research Unit, Department of Family and Community Medicine, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1W8
J Gen Intern Med 19:952-61. 2004..To use spatial and epidemiologic analyses to understand disparities in mammography use and to formulate interventions to increase its uptake in low-income, high-recent immigration areas in Toronto, Canada...- Socioeconomic misclassification in Ontario's Health Care RegistryRichard H Glazier
Inner City Health Research Unit, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, ON
Can J Public Health 94:140-3. 2003..Our purpose was to investigate the accuracy of socioeconomic classification based on addresses in Ontario's provincial health care registry... - 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... - 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... - Defining needs-based urban health planning areas is feasible and desirable: a population-based approach in Toronto, OntarioRichard H Glazier
Inner City Health Research Unit, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, ON
Can J Public Health 96:380-4. 2005..These areas can be used for planning and evaluating health service delivery, comparison with other Canadian urban areas and ongoing monitoring of and advocacy for equity in health... - Neighbourhood recent immigration and hospitalization in Toronto, CanadaRichard H Glazier
Inner City Health Research Unit, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1W8
Can J Public Health 95:I30-4. 2004..These findings have important implications for health care planning, delivery, and policy... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - Gender, income and immigration differences in depression in Canadian urban centresKatherine L W Smith
Department of Public Health Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Can J Public Health 98:149-53. 2007..Given that recent immigration is a protective factor and female gender and low income are risk factors, the aim of this study was to explore a recent immigration-low income interaction by gender... - The relationship between local availability and first-time use of specialists in an arthritis populationEleanor Boyle
Toronto Western Research Institute, Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, ON
Can J Public Health 97:210-3. 2006..e., rheumatologists, orthopaedic surgeons and general internists) in an arthritis and rheumatism (A&R) cohort... - 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... - 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... 
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...- 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... - 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... - Does time since immigration modify neighborhood deprivation gradients in preterm birth? A multilevel analysisMarcelo Luis Urquia
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, The Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
J Urban Health 88:959-76. 2011.... - Multiple maternities and neighborhood incomeMarcelo Luis Urquia
Centre for Research in Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Twin Res Hum Genet 10:400-5. 2007..Further studies are needed to clarify the underlying mechanisms leading to socioeconomic differences in multiple births... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - Association of anti-smoking legislation with rates of hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory conditionsAlisa Naiman
Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Ont
CMAJ 182:761-7. 2010.... - 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... - 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... - Birth outcomes by neighbourhood income and recent immigration in TorontoMarcelo L Urquia
Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
Health Rep 18:21-30. 2007..This article examines differences in birth outcomes by neighbourhood income and recent immigration for singleton live births in Toronto, Ontario... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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)... - The impact of policy changes on the health of recent immigrants and refugees in the inner city. A qualitative study of service providers' perspectivesLeah S Steele
Inner City Health Research Unit, Department of Family and Community Medicine, St Michael s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Can J Public Health 93:118-22. 2002..This study explored service providers' opinions about the impact of four major policy changes on the health of recent immigrant and refugee communities in Toronto's inner city... - Effectiveness of aerobic exercise in adults living with HIV/AIDS: systematic reviewKelly O'Brien
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:1659-66. 2004..The objective of this systematic review was to examine the effectiveness and safety of aerobic exercise interventions on immunological/virological, cardiopulmonary, and psychological outcomes in adults living with HIV/AIDS... - 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... - 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... - 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... - International migration and adverse birth outcomes: role of ethnicity, region of origin and destinationMarcelo Luis Urquia
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michael s Hospital, Toronto, ON M5C 1N8, Canada
J Epidemiol Community Health 64:243-51. 2010..This study examined whether low birth weight (LBW) and preterm birth differed between non-migrants and migrant subgroups, defined by race/ethnicity and world region of origin and destination... - 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... - 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... - "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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - Are claims of equivalency in digestive diseases trials supported by the evidence?Jill M Tinmouth
Division of Gastroenterology, Inner City Health Research Unit, St Michael s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M58 1W8, Canada
Gastroenterology 126:1700-10. 2004..Our aim was to determine whether claims of equivalency in digestive diseases trials are supported by the evidence... - 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.... - 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...