Outputs
The Incremental Health Care Costs of Frailty Among Home Care Recipients with and Without Dementia in Ontario, Canada: A Cohort Study
2019
Objective: In this study, we investigated the incremental 1-year direct costs of health care associated with frailty among home care recipients in Ontario with and without dementia. Methods: We conducted a cohort study of 159,570 home care clients aged 50 […]
Journal Article
Smoking, Drinking, Diet and Physical Activity—Modifiable Lifestyle Risk Factors and Their Associations with Age to First Chronic Disease
2019
This study examined the incidence of a person’s first diagnosis of a selected chronic disease, and the relationships between modifiable lifestyle risk factors and age to first of six chronic diseases.
Journal Article
Quality Indicators for Ambulatory Care for Older Adults with Diabetes and Comorbid Conditions: A Delphi Study
2018
An increasing number of people are living with multiple chronic conditions and it is unclear which quality indicators should be used to guide care for this population.
Journal Article
Measuring the Extent and Drivers of Integration Within Primary Care Teams
2018
Given its core attributes as the gateway to the health system, the primary care sector is increasingly emphasized as a key player in the integration of care across providers and settings. Ontario’s primary care sector has evolved considerably with the […]
Abstracts Presentation
Chronic Disease Population Risk Tool (CDPoRT): A Study Protocol for a Prediction Model That Assesses Population-Based Chronic Disease Incidence
2018
Population-based risk prediction tools exist for individual chronic diseases. From a population health perspective, studying chronic diseases together provides a comprehensive view of the burden of disease in the population. Thus, public health officials and health policymakers would benefit from […]
Journal Article
Identifying and Understanding the Health and Social Care Needs of Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions and Their Caregivers: A Scoping Review
2018
As the population is aging, the number of persons living with multiple chronic conditions (MCC) is expected to increase. This review seeks to answer two research questions from the perspectives of older adults with MCC, their caregivers and their health […]
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Income Inequalities in Multimorbidity Prevalence in Ontario, Canada: A Decomposition Analysis of Linked Survey and Health Administrative Data
2018
Background The burden of multimorbidity is a growing clinical and health system problem that is known to be associated with socioeconomic status, yet our understanding of the underlying determinants of inequalities in multimorbidity and longitudinal trends in measured disparities remains […]
Journal Article
Accumulation of Chronic Conditions at the Time of Death Increased in Ontario from 1994 to 2013
2018
Journal Article
The Current Application of the Royston-Parmar Model for Prognostic Modeling in Health Research: A Scoping Review
2018
Background Prognostic models incorporating survival analysis predict the risk (i.e., probability) of experiencing a future event over a specific time period. In 2002, Royston and Parmar described a type of flexible parametric survival model called the Royston-Parmar model in Statistics […]
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Identifying and Understanding the Health and Social Care Needs of Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions and Their Caregivers: A Protocol for a Scoping Review
2017
Abstract Introduction People are living longer; however, they are not necessarily experiencing good health and well-being as they age. Many older adults live with multiple chronic conditions (MCC), and complex health issues, which adversely affect their day-to-day functioning and overall […]
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