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  • Lynd LD: Societal preferences in the treatment of pediatric medulloblastoma

    January 20, 2017

    Khakban A, Mohammadi T, Lynd LD, Mabbott D, Bouffet E, Gastonguay L, Zafari Z, Malkin D, Taylor M, Marra CA. Societal preferences in the treatment of pediatric medulloblastoma: Balancing risk of death and quality of life. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 Dec 4. Epub ahead of print. doi:10.1002/pbc.26340.

     

     

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  • Bansback N: Do Women Have a Choice?

    March 31, 2017

    Munro S, Kornelsen J, Corbett K, Wilcox E, Bansback N, Janssen PA. Do women have a choice? Care providers’ and decision makers’ perspectives on barriers to access of health services for birth after a previous cesarean. Birth. 2016 Dec 5 epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1111/birt.12270

     

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  • Schechter MT, Ruan Y, Spittal PM: Religion and HIV Sexual Risk

    January 20, 2017

    Pan SW, Zhang Z, Li D, Carpiano RM, Schechter MT, Ruan Y, Spittal PM. Religion and HIV Sexual Risk Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Dec 1;73(4):463-474. doi:10.1097/QAI.0000000000001127.

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  • Geoffrion R: Balancing the needs of patients and learners

    January 21, 2017

    Cundiff GW, Geoffrion R. Balancing the needs of patients and learners in surgery. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2016 Dec;38(12):1124-1126. doi:10.1016/j.jogc.2016.08.017. Epub 2016 Sep 28.

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  • Gill JS: What Clinical Changes Can We Expect

    January 31, 2017

    Gill JS. What clinical changes can we expect in the next 5 years? A review of the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society. Transplantation. 2016 Dec;100(12):2511-15. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000001526.

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  • Levin A: Management of patients with diabetes and CKD

    January 21, 2017

    Perkovic V, Agarwal R, Fioretto P, Hemmelgarn BR, Levin A, Thomas MC, Wanner C, Kasiske BL, Wheeler DC, Groop P-H, Conference Participants. Management of patients with diabetes and CKD: conclusions from a “Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes” (KDIGO) Controversies Conference. Kidney Int. 2016 Dec;90(6):1175-83. doi:10.1016/j.kint.2016.09.010.

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  • Bansback: Moving from outcomes to values to deliver high-quality health care

    January 23, 2017

    Trenaman L, Bansback N. Moving from outcomes to values to deliver high quality health care. J Clin Epidemiol. 2017 Jan 16 epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.11.020.

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  • Sutherland: Comparative analysis of waiting lists

    January 23, 2017

    Breton M, Green M, Kreindler S, Sutherland J, Jbilou J, Wong ST, Shaw J, Crooks VA, Contandriopoulos D, Smithman MA, Brousselle A. A comparative analysis of centralized waiting lists for patients without a primary care provider implemented in six Canadian provinces: study protocol. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Jan 21;17(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2007-8.

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  • A Anis: Valuing productivity due to absenteeism

    January 23, 2017

    Zhang W, Sun H, Woodcock S, Anis AH. Valuing productivity loss due to absenteeism: firm-level evidence from a Canadian linked employer-employee survey. Health Econ Rev. 2017 Dec;7(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s13561-016-0138-y. Epub 2017 Jan 19.

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  • Koehoorn M: Physical activity and exercise interventions in the workplace impacting work outcomes

    June 14, 2016

    White MI, Dionne CE, Warje O, Koehoorn M, Wagner SL, Schultz IZ, Koehn C, Williams-Whitt K, Harder HG, Pasca R, Hsu V, McGuire L, Schulz W, Kube D, Wright MD. Physical activity and exercise interventions in the workplace impacting work outcomes: A stakeholder-centered best evidence synthesis of systematic reviews. Int J Occup Environ Med. 2016 Apr; 7(2):61–74. PMID: 27112715.

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  • Krausz M: Evaluation of medication-assisted treatment of opioid dependence—The physicians’ perspective

    October 27, 2016

    Vogel M, Nordt C, Dursteler KM, Lang UE, Seifritz E, Krausz M, Herdener M. Evaluation of medication-assisted treatment of opioid dependence—The physicians’ perspective. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Jul 1; 164:106–12. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.04.039. Epub 2016 May 11. PMID: 27215674.

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  • Krausz M: The unique needs of homeless youths with mental illness: Baseline findings from a Housing First trial

    June 14, 2016

    Kozloff N, Stergiopoulos V, Adair CE, Cheung AH, Misir V, Townley G, Bourque J, Krausz M, Goering P. The unique needs of homeless youths with mental illness: Baseline findings from a Housing First trial. Psychiatr Serv. Epub ahead of print 2016 Jun 1: appips201500461. PMID: 27247178.

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