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  • Influence of physician networks on the implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia.

    Kurz M, Guerra-Alejos BC, Min JE, Barker B, Pauly B, Urbanoski K, Nosyk B. .

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  • Factors associated with obtaining prescribed safer supply among people accessing harm reduction services: findings from a cross-sectional survey.

    Harm Reduction Journal

    January 6, 2024

    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Substance Use & Addictions

    Palis H, Haywood B, McDougall J, Xavier CG, Desai R, Tobias S, Burgess H, Ferguson M, Liu L, Kinniburgh B, Slaunwhite AK, Crabtree A, Buxton JA.

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  • Clinician’s Approach to Advanced Statistical Methods: Win Ratios, Restricted Mean Survival Time, Responder Analyses, and Standardized Mean Differences.

    J Gen Intern Med.

    January 3, 2024

    Statistics & Methodology

    Lane M, Miao T, Turgeon RD.

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  • A Problem of Money and Health: The Need for Value in Healthcare

    Jason Sutherland

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  • Safety and Effectiveness of Rivaroxaban Versus Warfarin Across GFR Levels in Atrial Fibrillation: A Population-Based Study in Australia and Canada

    Kidney Med

    May 16, 2023

    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Nephrology

    Ha JT, Scaria A, Andrade J, Badve SV, Birks P, Bota SE, Campain A, Djurdjev O, Garg AX, Harel Z, Hemmelgarn B, Hockham C, James MT, Jardine MJ, Lam D, Levin A, McArthur E, Ravani P, Shao S, Sood MM, Tan Z, Tangri N, Whitlock R, Gallagher M, Jun M.

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  • Validation of a Case Definition to Identify Patients Diagnosed With Cardiovascular Disease in Canadian Primary Care Practices

    Thomas RD, Kosowan L, Rabey M, Bell A, Connelly KA, Hawkins NM, Casey CG, Singer AG.

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  • Association Between the Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index and Prognosis in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Multicentre Study

    Ostad S, Sugarman J, Alkhodair A, Liang J, Mielniczuk LM, Hambly N, Helmersen D, Hirani N, Thakrar M, Varughese R, Norena M, Kularatne M, Swiston JR, Kapasi A, Weatherald J, Brunner NW.

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  • Frailty and Clinical Outcomes in Patients Treated With Hemodialysis: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Tonelli M, Wiebe N, Gill JS, Bello AK, Hemmelgarn BR, Chan CT, Lloyd A, Thadhani RI, Thompson S.

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  • Global blood pressure screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the May Measurement Month 2021 campaign

    Journal of Hypertension

    September 9, 2023

    Cardiology & Cardiovascular Disease
    COVID-19

    Beaney T, Wang W, Schlaich MP, Schutte AE, Stergiou GS, Alcocer L, Alsaid J, Diaz AB, Hernandez-Hernandez R, Ishaq M, Jozwiak J, Khan N, Kiru G, McCardle H, Odili AN, Pyun WB, Romero CA, Wang J, Poulter NR.

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  • Effect of digital monitoring and counselling on self-management ability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomised controlled trial

    Li LC, Xie H, Feehan LM, Shaw C, Lu N, Ramachandran S, Wang E, Therrien S, Mucha J, Hoens AM, English K, Davidson E, Liu-Ambrose T, Backman CL, Esdaile JM, Miller KJ, Lacaille D.

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  • Childhood poverty and school readiness: Differences by poverty type and immigration background

    Gill R, Karim ME, Puyat JH, Guhn M, Janus M, Petteni MG, Forer B, Gadermann AM.

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  • Caregiver burden and mental health: Parent perspectives when raising a child with developmental coordination disorder

    Research in Developmental Disabilities

    January 2024

    Mental Health & Wellbeing
    Paediatrics

    Klein ES, Cheung C, Garces A, Barbic S, Zwicker JG.

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