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  • Impact of regionalizing ST-elevation myocardial infarction care on sex differences in reperfusion times and clinical outcomes

    Rayner-Hartley E, Wong GC, Fayowski C, Cairns JA, Singer J, Lee T, Sedlak T, Humphries KH, Perry-Arnesen M, Mackay M, Fordyce CB

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  • Opportunities to enhance linkage to hepatitis C care among hospitalised people with recent drug dependence in New South Wales, Australia: A population-based linkage study

    Valerio H, Alavi M, Law M, McManus H, Tillakeratne S, Bajis S, Martinello M, Matthews GV, Amin J, Janjua NZ, Krajden M, George J, Degenhardt L, Grebely J, Dore GJ

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  • Pharmacist checklist and resource guide for mifepristone medical abortion: User-centred development and testing

    Rebic N, Munro S, Norman WV, Soon JA

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  • Evaluation of risk mitigation measures for people with substance use disorders to address the dual public health crises of COVID-19 and overdose in British Columbia: a mixed-method study protocol

    Nosyk B, Slaunwhite A, Urbanoski K, Hongdilokkul N, Palis H, Lock K, Min JE, Zhao B, Card KG, Barker B, Meilleur L, Burmeister C, Thomson E, Beck-McGreevy P, Pauly B

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  • An Evidence-Based Theory About PRO Use in Kidney Care: A Realist Synthesis

    Patient

    June 10, 2021

    Nephrology
    Patient-Reported Outcomes

    Schick-Makaroff K, Levay A, Thompson S, Flynn R, Sawatzky R, Thummapol O, Klarenbach S, Karimi-Dehkordi M, Greenhalgh J

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  • Relationship between child apprehension and attempted suicide among young Indigenous mothers impacted by substance use in two Canadian cities

    Ritland L, Thomas V, Jongbloed K, Zamar DS, Teegee MP, Christian WK, Richardson CG, Guhn M, Schechter MT, Spittal PM, for the Cedar Project Partnership

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  • The cascade of care for opioid use disorder among youth in British Columbia, 2018

    Krebs E, Min JE, Zhou H, Davison C, McGowan G, Nosyk B

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  • Shift working and cardiovascular health

    Gohari A, Wiebe D, Ayas N

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  • An Environmental Scan of Virtual “Walk-In” Clinics in Canada: Comparative Study

    J Med Internet Res

    June 11, 2021

    Access to Care
    Primary Care

    Matthewman S, Spencer S, Lavergne MR, McCracken RK, Hedden L

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  • The impact of current opioid agonist therapy on hepatitis C virus treatment initiation among people who use drugs from in the DAA era: A population-based study

    Bartlett SR, Wong S, Yu A, Pearce M, MacIsaac J, Nouch S, Adu P, Wilton J, Samji H, Clementi E, Velasquez H, Jeong D, Binka M, Alvarez M, Wong J, Buxton J, Krajden M, Janjua NZ

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  • Parent and Peer Attachments in Adolescence and Paternal Postpartum Mental Health: Findings From the ATP Generation 3 Study

    Macdonald JA, Greenwood CJ, Letcher P, Spry EA, Mansour K, McIntosh JE, Thomson KC, Deane C, Biden EJ, Edwards B, Hutchinson D, Cleary J, Toumbourou JW, Sanson AV, Olsson CA

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  • Integration of virtual physician visits into a provincial 8-1-1 health information telephone service during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive study of HealthLink BC Emergency iDoctor-in-assistance (HEiDi)

    Ho K, Lauscher HN, Stewart K, Abu-Laban RB, Scheuermeyer F, Grafstein E, Christenson J, Sundhu S

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