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  • Dodek P: What really matters in end-of-life discussions? Perspectives of patients in hospital with serious illness and their families

    February 17, 2015

    You JJ, Dodek P, Lamontagne F, Downar J, Sinuff T, Jiang X, Day AG, Heyland DK; ACCEPT Study Team and the Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network (CARENET). What really matters in end-of-life discussions? Perspectives of patients in hospital with serious illness and their families. CMAJ. 2014 Dec 9;186(18):E679-87. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.140673. Epub 2014 Nov 3. PMID: 25367427.

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  • Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occurring at school in France: a nation-wide retrospective cohort study from the RéAC registry

    Lafrance M, Canon V, Hubert H, Grunau B, Javaudin F, Recher M, Heidet M,

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  • Long-term effect of COVID-19 infection on kidney function among COVID-19 patients followed in post-COVID recovery clinic in British Columbia, Canada

    Nephrol Dial Transplant

    June 22, 2023

    COVID-19
    Nephrology

    Atiquzzaman M, Thompson JR, Shao S, Djurdjev O, Bevilacqua M, Wong MMY, Levin A, Birks PC

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  • COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness Among Patients With Maintenance Dialysis; Observations From Population Level Cohort Studies in 2 Large Canadian Provinces

    Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease

    June 21, 2023

    Chronic Conditions
    COVID-19
    Nephrology
    Surgery & Procedures
    Vaccines

    Atiquzzaman M, Zheng Y, Er L, Djurdjev O, Singer J, Krajden M, Balamchi S, Thomas D, Hladunewich M, Oliver MJ, Levin A.

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  • Real-time virtual supports improving health equity and access in British Columbia.

    Healthc Manage Forum

    June 20, 2023

    COVID-19
    Indigenous Health
    Remote Care & Digital Tools

    Lauscher HN, Stewart K, Markham R, Pawlovich J, Mah J, Hunt M, Williams K, Christenson J, Graham S, Bepple K, Pritchard E, Rabeneck J, Yang M, Ho K. . Published online . doi:10.1177/08404704231183177

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  • Impact of the single site order in LTC: exacerbation of an overburdened system

    Havaei F, Sims-Gould J, Staempfli S, Franke T, Park M, Ma A, Kaulius M.

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  • What can publicly funded schools teach us about how to fix the family doctor shortage?

    McCracken RK, Hedden L.

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  • Dispensing mifepristone for medical abortion in Canada: Pharmacists’ experiences of the first year

    Zusman EZ, Munro S, Norman WV, Soon JA.

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  • Use of latent class analysis and patient reported outcome measures to identify distinct long COVID phenotypes: A longitudinal cohort study.

    PLoS One.

    June 2, 2023

    COVID-19

    Wong AW, Tran KC, Binka M, Janjua NZ, Sbihi H, Russell JA, Carlsten C, Levin A, Ryerson CJ.

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  • Medicare Beneficiaries’ Perspectives on the Quality of Hospital Care and Their Implications for Value-Based Payment

    JAMA Netw Open

    June 1, 2023

    Health Economics

    Trenaman L, Harrison M, Hoch JS

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  • Using videos and films with people with major cognitive disorder living in care settings: A scoping review.

    Gerontechnology

    May 2023

    Innovation & Technology
    Long-term Care

    Wong KLY, Bayani M, Mann J, Berndt A, Wong L, Wang C, Pan D, Hung L.

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    Journal

    July 10, 2029

    Access to Care
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