Recent Publications

Determinants of Health & Health Inequities

Endometrial cancer presentation Is associated with social determinants of health in a public healthcare system: A population-based cohort study

Trajectories of physical activity, from young adulthood to older adulthood, and pancreatic cancer risk; a population-based case-control study in Ontario, Canada

Association between nursing home crowding and COVID-19 infection and mortality in Ontario, Canada

Associations between continuity of primary and specialty physician care and use of hospital-based care among community-dwelling older adults with complex care needs

Associations with rates of falls among home care clients in Ontario, Canada: a population-based, cross-sectional study

Characterizing health state utilities associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A systematic review

Chronic disease management models in nursing homes: a scoping review

Diet, physical activity, and behavioural interventions for the treatment of overweight or obesity in children and adolescents

Elder Abuse in the Out-of-Hospital and Emergency Department Settings: A Scoping Review

Evaluating a group-based Yoga of Stress Resilience Program: A pragmatic before-after interventional study protocol

Feasibility and implementation of a healthy lifestyles program in a community setting in Ontario, Canada: protocol for a pragmatic mixed methods pilot study

Frailty and risk of fractures in patients with Type 2 diabetes

Health-related quality of life changes associated with hearing loss

Integration of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for personalized symptom management in "real-world" oncology practices: a population-based cohort comparison study of impact on healthcare utilization

Members of minority and underserved communities set priorities for health research

Prediction of excess pregnancy weight gain using psychological, physical, and social predictors: A validated model in a prospective cohort study

The cost implication of primary prevention in the HOPE 3 trial

The dynamics of the gradient between child's health and family income: Evidence from Canada

Equity in Health Systems

Access to palliative care during a terminal hospitalization

An Exploratory Analysis of Predictors of Concordance Between Canadian Common Drug Review Reimbursement Recommendations and the Subsequent Decisions by Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta

Applying priority-setting frameworks: A review of public and vulnerable populations' participation in health-system priority setting

Association between nursing home crowding and COVID-19 infection and mortality in Ontario, Canada

Examining the relationship between triage acuity and frailty to inform the care of older emergency department patients: Findings from a large Canadian multisite cohort study

Inequality aversion in income, health, and income-related health

Life with HIV in a Canadian suburban community: A qualitative inquiry of health care and social services access

Members of minority and underserved communities set priorities for health research

Operationalizing Outpatient Palliative Care Referral Criteria in Lung Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Cohort Study Using Health Administrative Data

Power as a facilitator and constraint of motivation in the clinical learning environment

Socioeconomic differences in prescription drug supplemental coverage in Canada: A repeated cross-sectional study

Supporting women at average risk to make informed decisions about mammography when there is no “right” answer: A qualitative citizen deliberation study

The 2018 decision to establish an Advisory Council on adding pharmaceuticals to universal health coverage in Canada.

The dynamics of the gradient between child's health and family income: Evidence from Canada.

When are pharmaceuticals priced fairly? An alternative risk-sharing model for pharmaceutical pricing

Healthcare Financing & Funding

‘The problem is small enough, the problem is big enough’: Health technology assessment and public policy on drug funding decisions for children

Addressing the affordability of cancer drugs: using deliberative public engagement to inform health policy

An Exploratory Analysis of Predictors of Concordance Between Canadian Common Drug Review Reimbursement Recommendations and the Subsequent Decisions by Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta

Axe the fax: What users think of electronic referral

Barriers to implementing patient-centred care: An exploration of guidance provided by Ontario's health regulatory colleges

Contraband cigarette purchasing from First Nation reserves in Ontario and Quebec: Findings from the 2002–2014 ITC Canada Survey.

Defining and classifying public health systems: a critical interpretive synthesis

Delisting eye examinations from public health insurance: Empirical evidence from Canada regarding impacts on patients and providers

Inequality aversion in income, health, and income-related health

Simultaneous versus staged resection for synchronous colorectal liver metastases: A population-based cost analysis in Ontario, Canada - Health economic evaluation

Socioeconomic differences in prescription drug supplemental coverage in Canada: a repeated cross-sectional study

The 2018 decision to establish an Advisory Council on adding pharmaceuticals to universal health coverage in Canada

The case for public long-term care insurance

When are pharmaceuticals priced fairly? An alternative risk-sharing model for pharmaceutical pricing

Health Human Resources & Health Professionals

Delisting eye examinations from public health insurance: Empirical evidence from Canada regarding impacts on patients and providers

A roadmap to reopening a neurosurgical practice in the Age of COVID-19

Advice for junior faculty regarding academic promotion: What not to worry about, and what to worry about

Associations between continuity of primary and specialty physician care and use of hospital-based care among community-dwelling older adults with complex care needs

Building organizational compassion amongst teams delivering end-of-life care in the ICU: The Three Wishes Project

Clinician responses to legal requests for hastened death: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research

Guidelines should not recommend the type of decision-making for the medical encounter

Implementation considerations for an ethical introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing: A qualitative study of healthcare professionals’ views from Lebanon and Quebec

Physician home visit patterns and hospital use among older adults with functional impairments.

Power as a facilitator and constraint of motivation in the clinical learning environment

Professional, practical and political opportunities: optimizing the role of Ontario physician assistants in Family Medicine

Protection of digital health information: Examining guidance from the physician regulatory colleges in Canada

The transition to clinical practice for new registrant midwives in Ontario, Canada. Starting Life as a Midwife: An international review of transition from student to practitioner

Understanding health professional role integration in complex adaptive systems: A multiple-case study of Physician Assistants in Ontario, Canada

Where are we now? A content analysis of Canadian Master of Public Health course descriptions and the Public Health Agency of Canada's core competencies

Health Technology Assessment

Integrated Management Program Advancing Community Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (IMPACT-AF): A cluster randomized trial of a computerized clinical decision support tool

‘The problem is small enough, the problem is big enough’: Health technology assessment and public policy on drug funding decisions for children

Development and validation of a prognostic survival model with patient-reported outcomes for patients with cancer

Development of a Toileting and Containment Decision Support Tool

DIVERT-Collaboration Action Research and Evaluation (CARE) Trial Protocol: a multiprovincial pragmatic cluster randomised trial of cardiorespiratory management in home care

Economic evaluation of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy compared to open radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer treatment in Ontario, Canada

Ethical issues in competing clinical trials

Protection of digital health information: Examining guidance from the physician regulatory colleges in Canada

Simultaneous versus staged resection for synchronous colorectal liver metastases: A population-based cost analysis in Ontario, Canada - Health economic evaluation

The evolution of GRADE (part 1): Is there a theoretical and/or empirical basis for the GRADE framework

The evolution of GRADE (part 2): Still searching for a theoretical and/or empirical basis for the GRADE framework

The evolution of GRADE (part 3): A framework built on science or faith?

Knowledge Transfer & Exchange

Endometrial cancer presentation Is associated with social determinants of health in a public healthcare system: A population-based cohort study

Integrated Management Program Advancing Community Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (IMPACT-AF): A cluster randomized trial of a computerized clinical decision support tool

Is the whole larger than the sum of its parts? Impact of missing data imputation in economic evaluation conducted alongside randomized controlled trials

“Potential quality indicators for seriously ill home care clients: a cross-sectional analysis using Resident Assessment Instrument for Home Care (RAI-HC) data for Ontario

Associations with rates of falls among home care clients in Ontario, Canada: a population-based, cross-sectional study

Body mass index and all‐cause mortality in older adults: A scoping review of observational studies

Characterizing health state utilities associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A systematic review

Compassionate end-of-life care: Mixed-methods multisite evaluation of the 3 Wishes Project.

Development and validation of a prognostic survival model with patient-reported outcomes for patients with cancer

DIVERT-Collaboration Action Research and Evaluation (CARE) Trial Protocol: a multiprovincial pragmatic cluster randomised trial of cardiorespiratory management in home care

Effect of patient-centered transitional care services on clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure: The PACT-HF Randomized Clinical Trial

Examining the relationship between triage acuity and frailty to inform the care of older emergency department patients: Findings from a large Canadian multisite cohort study

FHIRForm: An open-source framework for the management of electronic forms in healthcare

Frailty and risk of fractures in patients with Type 2 diabetes

Impact of psychoactive drug use on developing obesity among children and adolescents with autism spectrum diagnosis: A nested case–control study

Impact of standardized Edmonton Symptom Assessment System use on emergency department visits and hospitalization: Results of a population-based retrospective matched cohort analysis

Integration of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for personalized symptom management in "real-world" oncology practices: a population-based cohort comparison study of impact on healthcare utilization

Interventions to address sedentary behaviour for older adults: a scoping review

Organ donation at the end of life: Experiences from the 3 Wishes Project

Physical distancing policies and their effect on the epidemiology of COVID-19: A multi-national comparative study

Predicting hospital admission for older emergency department patients: Insights from machine learning

Prediction of excess pregnancy weight gain using psychological, physical, and social predictors: A validated model in a prospective cohort study

Protection of digital health information: Examining guidance from the physician regulatory colleges in Canada

Stakeholders’ experiences with the Evidence Aid website to support ‘real-time’ use of research evidence to inform decision-making in crisis zones: A user testing study

The cost implication of primary prevention in the HOPE 3 trial

Treatment Modality and Trends in Survival for Gallbladder Cancer: A Population-Based Study

Trends in survival based on treatment modality in patients with pancreatic cancer: a population-based study

Organization & Delivery of Care

Understanding health professional role integration in complex adaptive systems: A multiple-case study of physician assistants in Ontario, Canada

A Fresh Approach to Reform? A Policy Analysis of the Development and Implementation of Ontario’s Mental Health and Addictions Strategy

Access to palliative care during a terminal hospitalization

Association between nursing home crowding and COVID-19 infection and mortality in Ontario, Canada

Associations with rates of falls among home care clients in Ontario, Canada: a population-based, cross-sectional study

Barriers to Implementing Patient-Centred Care: An Exploration of Guidance Provided by Ontario’s Health Regulatory Colleges

Chronic disease management models in nursing homes: a scoping review

Compassionate End-of-Life Care: Mixed-Methods Multisite Evaluation of the 3 Wishes Project

Defining and classifying public health systems: a critical interpretive synthesis

Development and validation of a prognostic survival model with patient-reported outcomes for patients with cancer

Development of a Toileting and Containment Decision Support Tool

DIVERT-Collaboration Action Research and Evaluation (CARE) Trial Protocol: a multiprovincial pragmatic cluster randomised trial of cardiorespiratory management in home care

Effect of patient-centered transitional care services on clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure: The PACT-HF Randomized Clinical Trial

Elder Abuse in the Out-of-Hospital and Emergency Department Settings: A Scoping Review

Finding Harmony within Dissonance: Engaging patients, family/caregivers and service providers in research to fundamentally restructure relationships through integrative dynamics

Impact of standardized Edmonton Symptom Assessment System use on emergency department visits and hospitalization: Results of a population-based retrospective matched cohort analysis

Integration of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) for personalized symptom management in "real-world" oncology practices: a population-based cohort comparison study of impact on healthcare utilization

Keepsakes at the end of life

Operationalizing Outpatient Palliative Care Referral Criteria in Lung Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Cohort Study Using Health Administrative Data

Physician home visit patterns and hospital use among older adults with functional impairments

Practical tips for paediatricians: Baby-led weaning

Professional, practical and political opportunities: optimizing the role of Ontario physician assistants in Family Medicine

Protection of digital health information: Examining guidance from the physician regulatory colleges in Canada

Supporting home care cardiorespiratory patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

The transition to clinical practice for new registrant midwives in Ontario, Canada.

Treatment Modality and Trends in Survival for Gallbladder Cancer: A Population-Based Study

Trends in survival based on treatment modality in patients with pancreatic cancer: a population-based study

Patient, Public & Community Engagement

Addressing the affordability of cancer drugs: using deliberative public engagement to inform health policy

Applying priority-setting frameworks: A review of public and vulnerable populations' participation in health-system priority setting

Does moral reasoning influence public values for health care priority setting?: A population-based randomized stated preference survey

Effect of patient-centered transitional care services on clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure: The PACT-HF Randomized Clinical Trial

Finding Harmony within Dissonance: Engaging patients, family/caregivers and service providers in research to fundamentally restructure relationships through integrative dynamics

Members of minority and underserved communities set priorities for health research

Stakeholders' feedback on the proposed recommendations for updating the patented medicine prices review board (pmprb) budget impact analysis guidelines

Values & Ethics in Health Policy

Access to palliative care during a terminal hospitalization

Applying priority-setting frameworks: A review of public and vulnerable populations’ participation in health-system priority setting

Building organizational compassion amongst teams delivering end-of-life care in the ICU: The Three Wishes Project

Clinician responses to legal requests for hastened death: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research

Compassionate End-of-Life Care: Mixed-Methods Multisite Evaluation of the 3 Wishes Project

Elder Abuse in the Out-of-Hospital and Emergency Department Settings: A Scoping Review

Ethical issues in competing clinical trials

Implementation considerations for an ethical introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing: A qualitative study of healthcare professionals’ views from Lebanon and Quebec

Members of minority and underserved communities set priorities for health research

Organ donation at the end of life: Experiences from the 3 Wishes Project

Policy agenda-setting and causal stories: Examining how organized interests redefined the problem of refugee health policy in Canada

The dynamics of the gradient between child's health and family income: Evidence from Canada

What does It mean to be made vulnerable in the era of COVID-19?

When are pharmaceuticals priced fairly? An alternative risk-sharing model for pharmaceutical pricing

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