Quality Indicators for Care of Depression in Primary Care Settings: A Systematic Review
2017
Background Despite the growing interest in assessing the quality of care for depression, there is little evidence to support measurement of the quality of primary care for depression. This study identified evidence-based quality indicators for monitoring, evaluating and improving the […]
Health Care Outcomes for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions in Ontario, Canada
2017
This presentation will summarize evidence arising from a multi-year population-based study of over 6 Million people in Ontario, Canada who have one of 17 common chronic conditions, and particularly the more than 2.5 Million individuals with multiple chronic conditions. Aside […]
Low Disability at Admission Predicts Faster Disablement in Long-Term Care Residents
2017
Disablement is when people lose their ability to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) like bathing and dressing over time. This study examines whether high versus low disability, balance impairment, cognitive impairment and pain at admission to long-term care are […]
Organizational Context Matters: A Research Toolkit for Conducting Standardized Case Studies of Integrated Care Initiatives
2017
Introduction: The variable success of integrated care initiatives has led experts to recommend tailoring design and implementation to the organizational context. Yet, organizational contexts are rarely described, understood, or measured with sufficient depth and breadth in empirical studies or in […]
Validation of Incident Long-Term Care Admissions in Ontario Using Administrative Data
2017
Establishing the Respresentativeness of Physician and Patient Respondents in the Ontario Qualicopc Study Using Administrative Data
2017
Post-Acute Rehabilitation and Medical Oversight of Hip Fracture Patients
2017
Operationalizing Patient-Centred Integrated Care: The Gap Between Discourse and Action in Ontario’s Health Links
2017
Evaluating Quality of Care Among Older Adults With Diabetes With Comorbid Chronic Conditions; A Retrospective Cohort Study
2017
“It’s a Fight to Get Anything You Need” — Accessing Care in the Community from the Perspectives of People with Multimorbidity
2017
Background There is a growing interest in redesigning health‐care systems to better manage the increasing numbers of people with multimorbidity. Knowing how patients experience health‐care delivery and what they need from the health‐care system are critical pieces of evidence that […]