A Patient-Centered Transitions Framework for Persons With Complex Chronic Conditions
2015
Hospitals are under increasing pressures by governing bodies to meet mandated performance standards and fiscal targets. As a result, hospitals are incentivized by funders to discharge patients efficiently and effectively. Being discharged from hospital is a vulnerable process for patients. […]
Resource Utilization Among Young and Midlife Ontarians Following Discharge From Complex Continuing Care
2015
Perceived Value of Support for Older Adults Coping With Multimorbidity: Patient, Informal Care-Giver and Family Physician Perspectives
2015
In Ontario, Canada, Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) organize government-funded home-care services including professional care, home-making and personal support services. Over time, CCACs have increasingly provided more medicalized, post-acute care rather than chronic disease management due to budget constraints. Informal […]
Ontario’s Health Links: Measuring Success
2015
Effects of Community-Based Primary Care Visits and Medication Reconciliation After Discharge on Risk of 30-Day Hospital Readmissions in Ontario
2015
Healthcare Costs for 17 Chronic Conditions in Ontario
2015
Projection of Health Care Costs in the Last Year of Life Among Canadians From 2015 to 2030
2015
How Much Palliative Care is Delivered at the End-of-Life? : A Population-Level Observational Study in Ontario
2015
Population-Based Studies on Health Care at the End-of-Life
2015
The Increasing Burden and Complexity of Multimorbidity
2015
Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, is common among older adults. In Canada, 74% of individuals aged 65+ reported having one or more of 11 chronic conditions in 2008. Multimorbidity has been associated with lower health related […]