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Development of the interRAI home care frailty scale. BMC Geriatr (2016) 0.75
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The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada. CMAJ (2004) 21.24
Increased cancer-related mortality for patients with type 2 diabetes who use sulfonylureas or insulin. Diabetes Care (2006) 7.99
A meta-analysis of the association between adherence to drug therapy and mortality. BMJ (2006) 7.79
Frailty in elderly people. Lancet (2013) 7.40
Improved clinical outcomes associated with metformin in patients with diabetes and heart failure. Diabetes Care (2005) 4.78
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Drug treatments for obesity: orlistat, sibutramine, and rimonabant. Lancet (2007) 4.47
A standard procedure for creating a frailty index. BMC Geriatr (2008) 4.40
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A randomized trial of the effect of community pharmacist and nurse care on improving blood pressure management in patients with diabetes mellitus: study of cardiovascular risk intervention by pharmacists-hypertension (SCRIP-HTN). Arch Intern Med (2008) 3.21
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Decreased mortality associated with the use of metformin compared with sulfonylurea monotherapy in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care (2002) 3.12
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Effect of fish oil on arrhythmias and mortality: systematic review. BMJ (2008) 2.76
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Angiotensin receptor blockers and risk of myocardial infarction: systematic review. BMJ (2005) 2.57
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Evidence of suboptimal management of cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and symptomatic atherosclerosis. CMAJ (2004) 2.55
Pharmacist care of patients with heart failure: a systematic review of randomized trials. Arch Intern Med (2008) 2.55
Costs and consequences of direct-to-consumer advertising for clopidogrel in Medicaid. Arch Intern Med (2009) 2.54
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Operationalizing a frailty index from a standardized comprehensive geriatric assessment. J Am Geriatr Soc (2004) 2.47
Development and initial validation of a risk score for predicting in-hospital and 1-year mortality in patients with hip fractures. J Bone Miner Res (2004) 2.47
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The relation between hyperglycemia and outcomes in 2,471 patients admitted to the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia. Diabetes Care (2005) 2.24
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The estimation of relative fitness and frailty in community-dwelling older adults using self-report data. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2004) 2.19
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Low frequency of treatment of osteoporosis among postmenopausal women following a fracture. Arch Intern Med (2003) 2.19
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A systematic review of drug therapy to delay or prevent type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care (2005) 2.01
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Type 2 diabetes does not increase risk of depression. CMAJ (2006) 1.51
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A systematic review of the evidence for pharmacist care of patients with dyslipidemia. Pharmacotherapy (2012) 1.42
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Ontario pharmacists' crisis over Bill 16: A missed opportunity? Can Pharm J (Ott) (2012) 1.40