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The pharmaceutical industry’s willingness-to-sell targeted chemotherapy for incurable solid cancers
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How the costs of research and its associated risks contribute to a minimum price that would support continued private pharmaceutical investment is unclear. We employed a linear cost-volume-revenue breakeven analysis to equate initial capital investment and risk, and its associated...
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Community Health Centres: Board Governanace and Stakeholder Relations During Service Expansion
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Despite a significant amount of literature on primary health care, little is understood about primary health care expansion. The current study examines community health centre (CHC) board governance during a period of expansion. Participants (board members) were identified through the publically...
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Fall 2013
Telemedicine is a promising but unproven tool for improving the quality of chronic disease care. The aim of this research is to investigate the potential of telemedicine for the care of patients with chronic diseases in Canada. We did a systematic review and meta-analysis of telemedicine for...
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Attitudes and Opinions of Pediatric Physicians Regarding Decisions to Withdraw or Withhold Medically-Provided Hydration or Nutrition
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Deciding to forego intravenous hydration (IH) and medically-provided nutrition (MPN) in pediatric patients remains controversial. Minimal published research exists that explores the attitudes and approaches of pediatricians who are making these decisions. This survey explored attitudes and...
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Fall 2013
Rural residents face numerous barriers to health care access that have been postulated to result in decreased utilization and adherence to evidence-based medications. The objectives of this research were to examine cardiovascular medication use and adherence for rural versus urban patients with...
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Socioeconomic Disparities in Eye Care Services and Eye Complications Among Diabetic Patients in Canada
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Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major cause of visual impairment that ultimately impedes daily activities. Visual impairment caused by DR is manageable if diagnosed early. Despite comprehensive clinical guidelines, there is underuse of the recommended eye examinations among patients with diabetes...
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Evaluating food environment assessment methodologies: a multi-level examination of associations between food environments and individual outcomes
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Background: The food environment (FE) is being increasingly recognized as an important and modifiable determinant of diet quality and weight status. Hundreds of FE measures exist, resulting in a lack of comparability between studies. This is problematic given that evaluating FEs’ impact on...
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Work, Injury, and Depression: The influence of work status on depressive symptoms for those recovering from musculoskeletal injury
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Many individuals obtain a sense of personal identity from work as well as the resources necessary for basic living. Musculoskeletal injury is a common barrier to continued employment in developed countries and despite numerous compensation programs, work absences can significantly disrupt an...
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Cumulative Total Incidence for Estimating the Burden of Recurrent Events and Risk vs. Rate Concepts and Regression Models in Epidemiology
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In the first part of this thesis, a straightforward intuitive method for descriptive survival analysis, termed “cumulative total incidence”, is proposed to measure the total burden of recurrent events in a population by a given time. Using data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study,...
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Quality indicators for patients presenting to emergency departments with cerebrovascular events: A chart review and prospective study of transient ischemic attacks and stroke within the Alberta Health Services-Edmonton Zone
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This thesis presents the results from a retrospective chart review of medical records and a prospective patient interview of stroke patients within the AHS Edmonton-Zone emergency departments. Of 7330 charts reviewed, 17% had a diagnosis other than stroke/TIA (misclassified). Of the 336 patients...