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| Ba PhamSummaryAffiliation: University of Toronto Country: Canada Publications
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Cost-effectiveness of compression technologies for evidence-informed leg ulcer care: results from the Canadian Bandaging TrialBa Pham
Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative, Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Leslie Dan Pharmacy Building, 6th Floor, Room 651, 144 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 3 M2, Canada
BMC Health Serv Res 12:346. 2012..We evaluated an evidence-informed leg ulcer care protocol with two frequently used high compression systems: 'four-layer bandage' (4LB) and 'short-stretch bandage' (SSB)...
Preventing pressure ulcers in long-term care: a cost-effectiveness analysisBa Pham
TorontoHealth Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative, Department of Health Policy Management andEvaluation, University of Toronto, 144 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arch Intern Med 171:1839-47. 2011..Pressure ulcers are common in many care settings, with adverse health outcomes and high treatment costs. We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of evidence-based strategies to improve current prevention practice in long-term care facilities...
Early prevention of pressure ulcers among elderly patients admitted through emergency departments: a cost-effectiveness analysisBa Pham
Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ann Emerg Med 58:468-78.e3. 2011..We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of pressure-redistribution foam mattresses on ED stretchers and beds for early prevention of pressure ulcers in elderly admitted ED patients...
Support surfaces for intraoperative prevention of pressure ulcers in patients undergoing surgery: a cost-effectiveness analysisBa Pham
Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Surgery 150:122-32. 2011..Little is known about the cost effectiveness of using these overlays in a prevention program for surgical patients...
Use of a catalytic model to estimate hepatitis A incidence in a low-endemicity country: implications for modeling immunization policiesBa Pham
Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Med Decis Making 32:167-75. 2012..This study estimates the true incidence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection in Canada using a catalytic model...
Non-Cochrane vs. Cochrane reviews were twice as likely to have positive conclusion statements: cross-sectional studyAndrea C Tricco
Chalmers Research Group, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 62:380-386.e1. 2009..To determine which factors predict favorable results and positive conclusions in systematic reviews (SRs) and to assess the level of agreement between SR results and conclusions...
Canadian oncogenic human papillomavirus cervical infection prevalence: systematic review and meta-analysisAndrea C Tricco
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael s Hospital, 38 Shuter Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1T8, Canada
BMC Infect Dis 11:235. 2011..Oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infection prevalence is required to determine optimal vaccination strategies. We systematically reviewed the prevalence of oncogenic cervical HPV infection among Canadian females prior to immunization...
Tenofovir and entecavir are the most effective antiviral agents for chronic hepatitis B: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysesGloria Woo
Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gastroenterology 139:1218-29. 2010..We evaluated the relative efficacies of the first 12 months of CHB treatments...
An international survey indicated that unpublished systematic reviews existAndrea C Tricco
Chalmers Research Group, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 62:617-623.e5. 2009..To determine the frequency of unpublished systematic reviews (SRs) and explore factors contributing to their occurrence...
Manitoba and Saskatchewan administrative health care utilization databases are used differently to answer epidemiologic research questionsAndrea C Tricco
Chalmers Research Group, Children s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
J Clin Epidemiol 61:192-197. 2008..To evaluate the use of two Canadian provincial databases by a systematic review of published studies that used them as a primary data source to answer epidemiologic and health services research questions...
Cost-effectiveness analyses of hepatitis A vaccine: a systematic review to explore the effect of methodological quality on the economic attractiveness of vaccination strategiesAndrea M Anonychuk
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pharmacoeconomics 26:17-32. 2008..Methodological quality varied across studies. Major methodological flaws included inappropriate model type, comparator, incidence estimate and inclusion/exclusion of costs...
