Published in Can Fam Physician on January 01, 2005
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A systematic review of prevalence studies on multimorbidity: toward a more uniform methodology. Ann Fam Med (2012) 4.74
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Effect on health-related outcomes of interventions to alter the interaction between patients and practitioners: a systematic review of trials. Ann Fam Med (2004) 3.84
Inappropriate prescribing for elderly Americans in a large outpatient population. Arch Intern Med (2004) 3.64
Type 2 diabetes in family practice. Room for improvement. Can Fam Physician (2003) 3.47
The role of patient, physician and systemic factors in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Fam Pract (2002) 2.74
A framework for the dissemination and utilization of research for health-care policy and practice. Online J Knowl Synth Nurs (2002) 2.54
Implementing electronic health records: Key factors in primary care. Can Fam Physician (2008) 2.36
Spousal perspectives on factors influencing recruitment and retention of rural family physicians. Can J Rural Med (2006) 2.35
Using your electronic medical record for research: a primer for avoiding pitfalls. Fam Pract (2009) 2.32
Patient satisfaction and quality of care in walk-in clinics, family practices and emergency departments: the Ontario Walk-In Clinic Study. CMAJ (2003) 2.24
Pathogen inactivation: making decisions about new technologies. Report of a consensus conference. Transfusion (2007) 2.19
Stress, burnout, and strategies for reducing them: what's the situation among Canadian family physicians? Can Fam Physician (2008) 2.14
End-of-life care for lung cancer patients in the United States and Ontario. J Natl Cancer Inst (2011) 2.14
Integrating Physician Services in the Home: evaluation of an innovative program. Can Fam Physician (2010) 2.13
Mobile phone-based telemonitoring for heart failure management: a randomized controlled trial. J Med Internet Res (2012) 2.06
Family physicians as team leaders: "time" to share the care. Prev Chronic Dis (2009) 2.01
Urinary incontinence in Canada. National survey of family physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Can Fam Physician (2002) 1.96
What is important to continuity in home care?. Perspectives of key stakeholders. Soc Sci Med (2004) 1.93
Cost implications of testing strategy in patients with syncope: randomized assessment of syncope trial. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 1.84
The accuracy of Medicare claims as an epidemiological tool: the case of dementia revisited. J Alzheimers Dis (2009) 1.78
Sirolimus therapy after early cyclosporine withdrawal reduces the risk for cancer in adult renal transplantation. J Am Soc Nephrol (2006) 1.73
Greater risk of dementia when spouse has dementia? The Cache County study. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 1.73
Worse outcomes in patients undergoing urgent surgery for left-sided diverticulitis admitted on weekends vs weekdays: a population-based study of 31 832 patients. Arch Surg (2012) 1.71
Physician communication techniques and weight loss in adults: Project CHAT. Am J Prev Med (2010) 1.70
Visiting family physicians and naturopathic practitioners. Comparing patient-practitioner interactions. Can Fam Physician (2003) 1.69
Endometrioid epithelial ovarian cancer : 20 years of prospectively collected data from a single center. Cancer (2008) 1.66
Comparative operative outcomes of early and delayed cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis: a population-based propensity score analysis. Ann Surg (2014) 1.65
Health care costs associated with hepatocellular carcinoma: a population-based study. Hepatology (2013) 1.63
Hands on: is there an association between doing procedures and job satisfaction? Can Fam Physician (2007) 1.56
Allocation techniques for balance at baseline in cluster randomized trials: a methodological review. Trials (2012) 1.55
Evaluation of a research mentorship program in community care. Eval Program Plann (2007) 1.51
Antiestrogen therapy is active in selected ovarian cancer cases: the use of letrozole in estrogen receptor-positive patients. Clin Cancer Res (2007) 1.49
Perceptions and experiences of heart failure patients and clinicians on the use of mobile phone-based telemonitoring. J Med Internet Res (2012) 1.48
Comparison of multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry for assessment of percentage body fat in a large, healthy population. Am J Clin Nutr (2005) 1.47
Do the five A's work when physicians counsel about weight loss? Fam Med (2011) 1.46
Family physicians' roles in cancer care. Survey of patients on a provincial cancer registry. Can Fam Physician (2004) 1.46
Carcinosarcoma of the ovary: 19 years of prospective data from a single center. Cancer (2004) 1.45
Expression of the serine protease matriptase and its inhibitor HAI-1 in epithelial ovarian cancer: correlation with clinical outcome and tumor clinicopathological parameters. Clin Cancer Res (2002) 1.44
Adoption of electronic medical records in family practice: the providers' perspective. Fam Med (2009) 1.40
Managing under managed community care: the experiences of clients, providers and managers in Ontario's competitive home care sector. Health Policy (2004) 1.38
Regression methods for covariate adjustment and subgroup analysis for non-censored cost-effectiveness data. Health Econ (2004) 1.37
Implementation of electronic medical records: theory-informed qualitative study. Can Fam Physician (2011) 1.36
Emergency Department and Walk-in Clinic Use in Models of Primary Care Practice with Different After-Hours Accessibility in Ontario. Healthc Policy (2008) 1.36
Use of email in a family practice setting: opportunities and challenges in patient- and physician-initiated communication. BMC Med (2006) 1.35
Attitudes of heart failure patients and health care providers towards mobile phone-based remote monitoring. J Med Internet Res (2010) 1.34
Hospital costs and length of stay among homeless patients admitted to medical, surgical, and psychiatric services. Med Care (2011) 1.33
Implementation of electronic medical records: effect on the provision of preventive services in a pay-for-performance environment. Can Fam Physician (2011) 1.33
Obesity and sexual quality of life. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2006) 1.32
Empathy goes a long way in weight loss discussions. J Fam Pract (2007) 1.29
Prescription of QT-prolonging drugs in a cohort of about 5 million outpatients. Am J Med (2003) 1.28
Predicting the scope of practice of family physicians. Can Fam Physician (2010) 1.28
Human β-defensin 3 affects the activity of pro-inflammatory pathways associated with MyD88 and TRIF. Eur J Immunol (2011) 1.27
Prevention of tunneled hemodialysis catheter-related infections using catheter-restricted filling with gentamicin and citrate: a randomized controlled study. J Am Soc Nephrol (2002) 1.26
Use of complementary/alternative medicine by men diagnosed with prostate cancer: prevalence and characteristics. Urology (2003) 1.26
CA125 response is associated with estrogen receptor expression in a phase II trial of letrozole in ovarian cancer: identification of an endocrine-sensitive subgroup. Clin Cancer Res (2002) 1.24
Estimated time spent on preventive services by primary care physicians. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 1.23
Population-based study of medical comorbidity in early dementia and "cognitive impairment, no dementia (CIND)": association with functional and cognitive impairment: The Cache County Study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2005) 1.23
History of foot ulcer increases mortality among individuals with diabetes: ten-year follow-up of the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study, Norway. Diabetes Care (2009) 1.22
Continuity, care, and commitment: the course of patient-clinician relationships. Ann Fam Med (2004) 1.21
Prescription drug benefits and Canada's uninsured. Int J Law Psychiatry (2005) 1.21
Correlates of sedentary time and physical activity among preschool-aged children. Prev Chronic Dis (2011) 1.19
Improving chronic disease prevention and screening in primary care: results of the BETTER pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Fam Pract (2013) 1.17
What are wait times to see a specialist? an analysis of 26,942 referrals in southwestern Ontario. Healthc Policy (2012) 1.16
Factors associated with prenatal folic acid and iron supplementation among 21,889 pregnant women in Northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional hospital-based study. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.16
Cost-effectiveness of positron emission tomography for non-small cell lung carcinoma in Canada. Med Sci Monit (2004) 1.16
Patients seeking care during acute illness. Why do they not see their regular physicians? Can Fam Physician (2003) 1.12
Sirolimus-based therapy following early cyclosporine withdrawal provides significantly improved renal histology and function at 3 years. Am J Transplant (2004) 1.12
Measuring data reliability for preventive services in electronic medical records. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 1.11
Nutritional risk predicts quality of life in elderly community-living Canadians. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2004) 1.11
Effectiveness of case-based on-line learning of evidence-based practice guidelines. Fam Med (2005) 1.11
In the eyes of the beholder: population perspectives on performance priorities for primary care in Canada. Healthc Policy (2008) 1.11
Increased virulence of a fibronectin-binding protein mutant of Staphylococcus aureus in a rat model of pneumonia. Infect Immun (2002) 1.10
A cognitive perspective on health systems integration: results of a Canadian Delphi study. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 1.09
Accountability: unpacking the suitcase. Healthc Q (2006) 1.07
Identifying trajectories of depressive symptoms for women caring for their husbands with dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc (2007) 1.07
Patient satisfaction with care for urgent health problems: a survey of family practice patients. Ann Fam Med (2007) 1.06
Is ambulatory monitoring for "community-acquired" syncope economically attractive? A cost-effectiveness analysis of a randomized trial of external loop recorders versus Holter monitoring. Am Heart J (2005) 1.05
Access to cancer drugs in Canada: looking beyond coverage decisions. Healthc Policy (2011) 1.05
Teen CHAT: Development and utilization of a web-based intervention to improve physician communication with adolescents about healthy weight. Patient Educ Couns (2013) 1.05
Innovative and diverse strategies toward primary health care reform: lessons learned from the Canadian experience. J Am Board Fam Med (2012) 1.05
Feedback GAP: study protocol for a cluster-randomized trial of goal setting and action plans to increase the effectiveness of audit and feedback interventions in primary care. Implement Sci (2010) 1.05
Partial deletion of chromosome 8 β-defensin cluster confers sperm dysfunction and infertility in male mice. PLoS Genet (2013) 1.04
Neurodevelopment of children exposed in utero to lamotrigine, sodium valproate and carbamazepine. Arch Dis Child (2011) 1.04
Retention of provisionally licensed international medical graduates: a historical cohort study of general and family physicians in Newfoundland and Labrador. Open Med (2008) 1.04
The difference between integration and collaboration in patient care: results from key informant interviews working in multiprofessional health care teams. J Manipulative Physiol Ther (2009) 1.03
Walk-in clinics in Ontario. An atmosphere of tension. Can Fam Physician (2002) 1.03
Introducing PACS to the late majority. A longitudinal study. J Digit Imaging (2008) 1.03
The evaluation and use of economic evidence to inform cancer drug reimbursement decisions in Canada. Pharmacoeconomics (2013) 1.03
Designing a framework for the delivery of collaborative musculoskeletal care involving chiropractors and physicians in community-based primary care. J Interprof Care (2010) 1.02
Conflict on interprofessional primary health care teams--can it be resolved? J Interprof Care (2010) 1.02
Does binge eating disorder impact weight-related quality of life? Obes Res (2004) 1.02