Walter P Wodchis

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1 Association of hospital spending intensity with mortality and readmission rates in Ontario hospitals. JAMA 2012 2.47
2 Variation in nursing home antipsychotic prescribing rates. Arch Intern Med 2007 2.30
3 Nursing home profit status and quality of care: is there any evidence of an association? Med Care Res Rev 2005 1.96
4 Atypical antipsychotic drugs and risk of ischaemic stroke: population based retrospective cohort study. BMJ 2005 1.84
5 Neuroleptic drug therapy in older adults newly admitted to nursing homes: incidence, dose, and specialist contact. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004 1.77
6 A qualitative descriptive study on the alignment of care goals between older persons with multi-morbidities, their family physicians and informal caregivers. BMC Fam Pract 2013 1.52
7 Using the Johns Hopkins Aggregated Diagnosis Groups (ADGs) to predict mortality in a general adult population cohort in Ontario, Canada. Med Care 2011 1.43
8 Incidence of delirium in older adults newly prescribed lithium or valproate: a population-based cohort study. J Clin Psychiatry 2005 1.42
9 Analysis of factors affecting demand for rehabilitation services in Ontario, Canada: a health-policy perspective. Disabil Rehabil 2008 1.36
10 Preventing pressure ulcers in long-term care: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Arch Intern Med 2011 1.25
11 High-cost health care users in Ontario, Canada: demographic, socio-economic, and health status characteristics. BMC Health Serv Res 2014 1.16
12 Rehabilitation services after total joint replacement in Ontario, Canada: can 'prehabilitation' programs mediate an increasing demand? Int J Rehabil Res 2007 1.14
13 Supervisory support, job stress, and job satisfaction among long-term care nursing staff. J Nurs Adm 2007 1.13
14 Incidence and economic burden of adverse drug reactions among elderly patients in Ontario emergency departments: a retrospective study. Drug Saf 2012 1.07
15 Initiation of benzodiazepines in the elderly after hospitalization. J Gen Intern Med 2007 1.05
16 The efficiency and effectiveness of utilizing diagrams in interviews: an assessment of participatory diagramming and graphic elicitation. BMC Med Res Methodol 2008 0.96
17 Longitudinal effects of Botox injections on voice-related quality of life (V-RQOL) for patients with adductory spasmodic dysphonia: part II. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2004 0.92
18 Do canadian researchers and the lay public prioritize biomedical research outcomes equally? A choice experiment. Acad Med 2013 0.91
19 The relationship of 60 disease diagnoses and 15 conditions to preference-based health-related quality of life in Ontario hospital-based long-term care residents. Med Care 2010 0.90
20 Representation of patients with dementia in clinical trials of donepezil. Can J Clin Pharmacol 2004 0.89
21 High mortality and low access to care following incident acute myocardial infarction in individuals with schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2012 0.89
22 Overlap in HMO physician networks. Health Aff (Millwood) 2004 0.88
23 Health status utilities and the impact of pressure ulcers in long-term care residents in Ontario. Qual Life Res 2009 0.88
24 Organizational performance impacting patient satisfaction in Ontario hospitals: a multilevel analysis. BMC Res Notes 2013 0.88
25 Under the same roof: co-location of practitioners within primary care is associated with specialized chronic care management. BMC Fam Pract 2014 0.87
26 Direct cost associated with acquired brain injury in Ontario. BMC Neurol 2012 0.86
27 Turnover of regulated nurses in long-term care facilities. J Nurs Manag 2013 0.83
28 Determinants of regulated nurses' intention to stay in long-term care homes. J Nurs Manag 2013 0.83
29 Measuring health status and decline in at-risk seniors residing in the community using the Health Utilities Index Mark 2. Qual Life Res 2006 0.81
30 Traumatic brain injury in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury: clinical and economic consequences. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2008 0.81
31 The relationship between health plan performance measures and physician network overlap: implications for measuring plan quality. Health Serv Res 2010 0.79
32 Do new and traditional models of primary care differ with regard to access?: Canadian QUALICOPC study. Can Fam Physician 2016 0.79
33 Supporting Goal-Oriented Primary Health Care for Seniors with Complex Care Needs Using Mobile Technology: Evaluation and Implementation of the Health System Performance Research Network, Bridgepoint Electronic Patient Reported Outcome Tool. JMIR Res Protoc 2016 0.77
34 The sensitivity of adverse event cost estimates to diagnostic coding error. Health Serv Res 2011 0.77
35 Sex differences in the relative contribution of social and clinical factors to the Health Utilities Index Mark 2 measure of health-related quality of life in older home care clients. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2009 0.76
36 A national study showed that diagnoses varied by age group in nursing home residents under age 65. J Clin Epidemiol 2005 0.75
37 "The potential is unlimited!" Nurse leader perspectives on the integration of HOBIC in Ontario. Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont) 2012 0.75
38 Changes in patient health outcomes from admission to discharge in acute care. J Nurs Care Qual 2012 0.75
39 New thyroxine treatment in older adults beginning lithium therapy: implications for clinical practice. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2005 0.75