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  • Letter to the Editor: Regional variation in low-value musculoskeletal surgery: a nationwide study from the Finnish Care Register.

    Acta Orthop

    December 23, 2024

    Editorial
    Orthopaedics
    Surgery & Procedures

    Digiovanni CW, van Dijk CN, Glazebrook M, Koivu H, Hautamäki M, Härkönen A, Takao M, Thomas M, Mykkänen M, Stone JW, Younger A.

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  • Addressing gender disparities in academic anesthesiology through structural change.

    Flexman AM, Sun LY, Lorello GR.

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  • An anesthesiology-led perioperative outreach service: experience from a Canadian centre and a focused narrative literature review.

    Homsy M, Dale-Gandar J, Schwarz SKW, Flexman AM, MacDonell S-Y.

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  • Disparities in kidney care in vulnerable populations: A multinational study from the ISN-GKHA.

    PLOS Glob Public Health

    December 20, 2024

    Access to Care
    Nephrology

    Erickson RL, Kamath N, Iyengar A, Ademola A, Esezobor C, Lalji R, Hedin E, Arruebo S, Caskey FJ, Damster S, Donner J-A, Jha V, Levin A, Nangaku M, Saad S, Tonelli M, Ye F, Okpechi IG, Bello AK, Johnson DW.

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  • Relationship between pharmacotherapy for major depressive disorder and healthcare utilisation in British Columbia, Canada: a retrospective population-based cohort.

    Vijh R, Waheed Z, Peterson S, Bunka M, Pang N, Edwards L, Ghanbarian S, Wong G, Cressman S, Riches L, Austin J, Bryan S, Hoens A, McGrail K.

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  • Preventive Lipid-Lowering Therapy and Interactions With Health Care in Patients Who Develop Premature Coronary Artery Disease.

    Vikulova DN, Lee MK, Humphries KH, Pinheiro-Muller D, Dawes M, Pimstone SN, Brunham LR.

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  • Technology use in long-term care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study of paid employees’ experiences in Western Canada.

    Digit Health

    December 19, 2024

    COVID-19
    Innovation & Technology
    Long-term Care

    Chew H-J, Freeman S, Jackson P, Hemingway D, Klassen-Ross T, Martin-Khan M, Banner D.

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  • People living with chronic pain in Canada face difficult decisions and decisional conflict concerning their care: data from the national DECIDE-PAIN survey.

    BMC Prim Care

    December 19, 2024

    Chronic Conditions
    Primary Care
    Shared Decision-Making

    Naye F, Légaré F, Cachinho C, Gérard T, Toupin-April K, Sasseville M, Paquette J-S, LeBlanc A, Gaboury I, Poitras M-E, Li LC, Hoens AM, Poirier M-D, Tousignant-Laflamme Y, Décary S.

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  • Breaking Down Bias: A Methodological Primer on Identifying, Evaluating, and Mitigating Bias in Cardiovascular Research.

    Grubic N, Johnston A, Randhawa VK, Humphries KH, Rosella LC, Maximova K.

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  • Heuristics Identified in Health Data-Sharing Preferences of Patients With Cancer: Qualitative Focus Group Study.

    J Med Internet Res

    December 17, 2024

    Decision Science
    Oncology
    Patient Preferences

    Hermansen A, Pollard S, McGrail K, Bansback N, Regier DA.

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  • Beyond Opioid Sparing: A Qualitative Study with Family Physicians and Nurse Practitioners in British Columbia.

    Narayan S, Klimas J, DiMarco D, Strydom N, Maclure M, McCracken R.

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  • Patient-reported outcome measures for life participation in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review.

    Clin Kid J

    November 12, 2024

    Measurement
    Nephrology
    Patient-Reported Outcomes

    Hughes A, Ju A, Cazzolli R, Howell M, Caskey FJ, Elliott MJ, Farragher J, Greenwood S, Levin A, Manera K, Sluiter A, Teixeira-Pinto A, Trimarchi H, Wang B, Guha C, Wu R, Jauré A.

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