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Comparison of costs and associated outcomes between women choosing newly integrated autonomous midwifery care and matched controls: a pilot study.
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Newburn-Cook, C., Sommerfeldt, S., Schopflocher, D., Harvey, S., O'Brien, B., Beischel, S.
OBJECTIVE: In response to consumer demand and a critical shortage of Canadian maternity care providers, provinces have integrated or are in the process of integrating midwives into their health care systems. We compared the costs and outcomes of newly integrated, autonomous midwifery care with...
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2007
Mitton, C., Beck, C., Esposito, E., Patten, S. B., Dobson, K., Schopflocher, D., Jian, L. W., Newman, S., Williams, J. V. A., Barbui, C., Adair, C. E.
Objective: Population-based data about depression treatment are largely restricted to estimates of the frequency of antidepressant (AD) use. Such frequencies are difficult to interpret in the absence of information about dosages, reasons for taking the medications, and participation in...
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Outcomes of maternity care services in Alberta, 1999 and 2000: A population-based analysis.
Download2005
Bunnah, T., Ellehoj, E., Iglesias, S., Yee, J., Bott, N., Jennissen, B., Schopflocher, D.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the maternal and perinatal outcomes of Alberta's regionalized system of care. In particular, to compare the outcomes of communities with limited or no local intrapartum care with those of regional and tertiary care centres. METHODS: We conducted a population-based...
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2014
Vanspronsen, E., Nykiforuk, C., Schopflocher, D.
The Irvine-Minnesota Inventory (IMI) is an audit tool used to record properties of built environments. It was designed to explore the relationships between environmental features and physical activity. As published, the IMI does not provide scoring to support this use. Two papers have since been...
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Retrospective and prospectively assessed childhood adversity in association with major depression, alcohol consumption and painful conditions.
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Wilkes, T., Wild, C., El-Guebaly, N., Williams, J., Schopflocher, D., Lavorato, D., Colman, I., Bulloch, A., Patten, S.
Background. Considerable evidence now links childhood adversity to a variety of adult health problems. Unfortunately, almost all of these studies have relied upon retrospective assessment of childhood events, creating a vulnerability to bias. In this study, we sought to examine three associations...
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The alberta ambassador program: Delivering health technology assessment results to rural practitioners.
Download2006
Taenzer, P., Schopflocher, D., Barton, P., Harstall, C., Rashiq, S.
Background: The purpose of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is to make the best possible summary of the evidence regarding specific health interventions in order to influence health care and policy decisions. The need for decision makers to find relevant HTA data when it is needed is a barrier...
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2003
Schopflocher, D., Voaklander, D. C., Rowe, B. H., May, L. A., Saunders, L. D., Svenson, L. W., Dryden, D. M., Yiannakoulias, N.
Objectives: To describe the incidence and pattern of traumatic spinal cord injury and cauda equina injury (SCI) in a geographically defined region of Canada. Methods: The study period was April 1, 1997 to March 31, 2000. Data were gathered from three provincial sources: administrative data from...
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The pot calling the kettle black: The extent and type of errors in a computerized immunization registry and by parent report.
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MacDonald, S., Golonka, R., Schopflocher, D.
Background Accurate classification of children’s immunization status is essential for clinical care, administration and evaluation of immunization programs, and vaccine program research. Computerized immunization registries have been proposed as a valuable alternative to provider paper records or...
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2008
Newman, S. C., Schopflocher, D.
Objective: To analyze trends in antidepressant (AD) prescription rates among the elderly (aged 65 years and older) in Alberta during 1997 to 2004. Method: Numerical data on AD prescriptions were obtained from Alberta Blue Cross. Age-standardized prescription rates were calculated according to...
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2014
Pleson, E., Nykiforuk, C., Lee, K., Nieuwendyk, L., Chaddah, A., Schopflocher, D.
As the world’s population ages, there is an increasing need for community environments to support physical activity and social connections for older adults. This exploratory study sought to better understand older adults’ usage and perceptions of community green spaces in Taipei, Taiwan, through...