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 […]

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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.

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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.

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Accumulation of Chronic Conditions at the Time of Death Increased in Ontario from 1994 to 2013

2018

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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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