Published in Harm Reduct J on April 26, 2007
Association between mental health apprehensions by police and monthly income assistance (welfare) payments. Can J Psychiatry (2015) 1.34
Income level and drug related harm among people who use injection drugs in a Canadian setting. Int J Drug Policy (2013) 0.85
Social benefit payments and acute injury among low-income mothers. Open Med (2012) 0.80
Overview of special sub-section on money management articles: cross-disciplinary perspectives on money management by addicts. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse (2012) 0.76
Increased drug use and the timing of social assistance receipt among people who use illicit drugs. Soc Sci Med (2016) 0.75
Protocol of the impact of alternative social assistance disbursement on drug-related harm (TASA) study: a randomized controlled trial to evaluate changes to payment timing and frequency among people who use illicit drugs. BMC Public Health (2016) 0.75
Disability income, cocaine use, and repeated hospitalization among schizophrenic cocaine abusers--a government-sponsored revolving door? N Engl J Med (1995) 4.77
An increase in the number of deaths in the United States in the first week of the month--an association with substance abuse and other causes of death. N Engl J Med (1999) 3.16
Mortality and morbidity associated with the distribution of monthly welfare payments. Acad Emerg Med (1997) 2.93
Leaving hospital against medical advice among HIV-positive patients. CMAJ (2002) 2.24
Declining rate of substance abuse throughout the month. Am J Med (2001) 1.79
Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Disability Insurance (DI), and substance abusers. Community Ment Health J (1998) 1.45
Correlation of emergency health care use, 911 volume, and jail activity with welfare check distribution. Ann Emerg Med (1991) 1.05
Impact of representative payees on substance use by homeless persons with serious mental illness. Psychiatr Serv (1997) 0.98
Medical withdrawal management in Vancouver: service description and evaluation. Addict Behav (2006) 0.87
The incidence of co-morbidities related to obesity and overweight: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health (2009) 9.79
Castration resistance in human prostate cancer is conferred by a frequently occurring androgen receptor splice variant. J Clin Invest (2010) 5.77
Diacetylmorphine versus methadone for the treatment of opioid addiction. N Engl J Med (2009) 5.60
Therapies for active rheumatoid arthritis after methotrexate failure. N Engl J Med (2013) 3.51
Treatment of very early rheumatoid arthritis with symptomatic therapy, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, or biologic agents: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Ann Intern Med (2009) 3.03
Changes in public order after the opening of a medically supervised safer injecting facility for illicit injection drug users. CMAJ (2004) 2.62
Leaving hospital against medical advice among HIV-positive patients. CMAJ (2002) 2.24
Gaps in care for rheumatoid arthritis: a population study. Arthritis Rheum (2005) 2.20
Long-term (10-year) mortality of younger previously healthy patients with severe sepsis/septic shock is worse than that of patients with nonseptic critical illness and of the general population. Crit Care Med (2014) 2.19
Impact of supply-side policies for control of illicit drugs in the face of the AIDS and overdose epidemics: investigation of a massive heroin seizure. CMAJ (2003) 2.18
Safety and efficiency of emergency department assessment of chest discomfort. CMAJ (2004) 2.09
A call for evidence-based medical treatment of opioid dependence in the United States and Canada. Health Aff (Millwood) (2013) 2.09
A comparison of generic, indirect utility measures (the HUI2, HUI3, SF-6D, and the EQ-5D) and disease-specific instruments (the RAQoL and the HAQ) in rheumatoid arthritis. Soc Sci Med (2005) 2.07
Methodology for evaluating Insite: Canada's first medically supervised safer injection facility for injection drug users. Harm Reduct J (2004) 1.77
Intensive care unit admission has minimal impact on long-term mortality. Crit Care Med (2002) 1.73
Productivity loss due to presenteeism among patients with arthritis: estimates from 4 instruments. J Rheumatol (2010) 1.64
Cost-effectiveness of surgery plus radiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2006) 1.64
Defining dosing pattern characteristics of successful tapers following methadone maintenance treatment: results from a population-based retrospective cohort study. Addiction (2012) 1.62
Scientific and political challenges in North America's first randomized controlled trial of heroin-assisted treatment for severe heroin addiction: rationale and design of the NAOMI study. Clin Trials (2009) 1.58
Effect of sociodemographic factors on surgical consultations and hip or knee replacements among patients with osteoarthritis in British Columbia, Canada. J Rheumatol (2010) 1.57
The relationship between osteoarthritis and cardiovascular disease in a population health survey: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open (2013) 1.55
Managing arthritis and employment: making arthritis-related work changes as a means of adaptation. Arthritis Rheum (2004) 1.54
Workplace, psychosocial factors, and depressive symptoms among working people with arthritis: a longitudinal study. J Rheumatol (2006) 1.54
Measuring and valuing productivity loss due to poor health: A critical review. Soc Sci Med (2010) 1.52
Evaluating health-related quality-of-life studies in paediatric populations: some conceptual, methodological and developmental considerations and recent applications. Pharmacoeconomics (2005) 1.50
Putting Communities in the Driver's Seat: The Realities of Community-Engaged Medical Education. Acad Med (2015) 1.46
Trends in methadone maintenance treatment participation, retention, and compliance to dosing guidelines in British Columbia, Canada: 1996-2006. J Subst Abuse Treat (2010) 1.44
Cost-effectiveness: cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine in vascular dementia. Can J Neurol Sci (2009) 1.41
Cost-effectiveness of diacetylmorphine versus methadone for chronic opioid dependence refractory to treatment. CMAJ (2012) 1.37
Use of nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and risk of infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum (2008) 1.33
A comparison of four indirect methods of assessing utility values in rheumatoid arthritis. Med Care (2004) 1.27
Descriptive epidemiology of osteoarthritis in British Columbia, Canada. J Rheumatol (2006) 1.27
HIV-positive injection drug users who leave the hospital against medical advice: the mitigating role of methadone and social support. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2004) 1.27
Factors predicting 2-year retention in methadone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence. Addict Behav (2005) 1.27
Validity of the work productivity and activity impairment questionnaire--general health version in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Res Ther (2010) 1.26
Proportional hazards frailty models for recurrent methadone maintenance treatment. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 1.26
The validity and responsiveness of generic utility measures in rheumatoid arthritis: a review. J Rheumatol (2008) 1.20
Quality of life of patients with advanced HIV/AIDS: measuring the impact of both AIDS-defining events and non-AIDS serious adverse events. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2009) 1.19
The indirect costs of arthritis resulting from unemployment, reduced performance, and occupational changes while at work. Med Care (2006) 1.17
The impact of benzodiazepine use on methadone maintenance treatment outcomes. J Addict Dis (2008) 1.16
Approval process and access to prescription drugs in Canada. Arthritis Rheum (2006) 1.15
Sociodemographic disparities in access to addiction treatment among a cohort of Vancouver injection drug users. Subst Use Misuse (2005) 1.10
Risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with osteoarthritis: a prospective longitudinal study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) (2013) 1.10
Infliximab treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease. Ann Pharmacother (2003) 1.10
Trends in physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis incidence in an administrative database in British Columbia, Canada, 1996-1997 through 2003-2004. Arthritis Rheum (2008) 1.10
Health related quality of life trajectories of patients in opioid substitution treatment. Drug Alcohol Depend (2011) 1.09
Are indirect utility measures reliable and responsive in rheumatoid arthritis patients? Qual Life Res (2005) 1.08
Arthritis-related work transitions: a prospective analysis of reported productivity losses, work changes, and leaving the labor force. Arthritis Rheum (2008) 1.05
Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of five at-work productivity measures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) (2010) 1.02
The activity of the androgen receptor variant AR-V7 is regulated by FOXO1 in a PTEN-PI3K-AKT-dependent way. Prostate (2012) 1.01
Potential uptake and correlates of willingness to use a supervised smoking facility for noninjection illicit drug use. J Urban Health (2005) 1.01
Practical pharmacogenetics: the cost effectiveness of screening for thiopurine s-methyltransferase polymorphisms in patients with rheumatological conditions treated with azathioprine. J Rheumatol (2002) 1.01
Transforming health professional education through social accountability: Canada's Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Med Teach (2013) 1.00
Cost-effectiveness of hip protectors in the prevention of osteoporosis related hip fractures in elderly nursing home residents. J Rheumatol (2004) 1.00
The impact of cost sharing of prescription drug expenditures on health care utilization by the elderly: own- and cross-price elasticities. Health Policy (2006) 0.99
The North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI): profile of participants in North America's first trial of heroin-assisted treatment. J Urban Health (2008) 0.99
Efficacy of systemic treatments for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis: systematic review and meta-analysis. Dermatology (2009) 0.99
Predictors of early hospital readmission in HIV-infected patients with pneumonia. J Gen Intern Med (2003) 0.97
Policy changes and the methadone maintenance treatment system for opioid dependence in Ontario, 1996 to 2001. J Addict Dis (2005) 0.97
The economic burden of rheumatoid arthritis: beyond health care costs. Clin Rheumatol (2011) 0.97
Determinants of the cost of health services used by veterans with HIV. Med Care (2011) 0.95
The validity of generic and condition-specific preference-based instruments: the ability to discriminate asthma control status. Qual Life Res (2008) 0.94
Assessment of health-related quality of life in arthritis: conceptualization and development of five item banks using item response theory. Health Qual Life Outcomes (2006) 0.94
An overview of economic evaluations for drugs used in rheumatoid arthritis : focus on tumour necrosis factor-alpha antagonists. Drugs (2005) 0.93
Reconcilable differences: a cross-sectional study of the relationship between socioeconomic status and the magnitude of short-acting beta-agonist use in asthma. Chest (2004) 0.93
Measuring worker productivity: frameworks and measures. J Rheumatol (2009) 0.93
Short-term influence of adalimumab on work productivity outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol (2008) 0.93
The effect of motivational status on treatment outcome in the North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) study. Drug Alcohol Depend (2010) 0.92
Development of a composite questionnaire, the valuation of lost productivity, to value productivity losses: application in rheumatoid arthritis. Value Health (2011) 0.92
Measuring time input loss among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: validity and reliability of the Valuation of Lost Productivity questionnaire. J Occup Environ Med (2011) 0.91
A cancer/testis antigen microarray to screen autoantibody biomarkers of non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Lett (2012) 0.91
Health-related quality of life in a randomized trial of antiretroviral therapy for advanced HIV disease. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2009) 0.91
Do visual analogue scale (VAS) derived standard gamble (SG) utilities agree with Health Utilities Index utilities? A comparison of patient and community preferences for health status in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Health Qual Life Outcomes (2006) 0.90
The effectiveness of opioid substitution treatments for patients with opioid dependence: a systematic review and multiple treatment comparison protocol. Syst Rev (2014) 0.89
The quality of eight health status measures were compared for chronic opioid dependence. J Clin Epidemiol (2010) 0.89
Rationale to evaluate medically supervised safer smoking facilities for non-injection illicit drug users. Can J Public Health (2005) 0.88
The effect of etanercept on work productivity in patients with early active rheumatoid arthritis: results from the COMET study. Rheumatology (Oxford) (2009) 0.87
Double-blind injectable hydromorphone versus diacetylmorphine for the treatment of opioid dependence: a pilot study. J Subst Abuse Treat (2010) 0.87
Androgen receptor mutations associated with androgen insensitivity syndrome: a high content analysis approach leading to personalized medicine. PLoS One (2009) 0.87
History of reported sexual or physical abuse among long-term heroin users and their response to substitution treatment. Addict Behav (2010) 0.87
Patterns of inhaled asthma medication use: a 3-year longitudinal analysis of prescription claims data from British Columbia, Canada. Chest (2002) 0.87
Medical withdrawal management in Vancouver: service description and evaluation. Addict Behav (2006) 0.87
Client satisfaction among participants in a randomized trial comparing oral methadone and injectable diacetylmorphine for long-term opioid-dependency. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 0.87
Highly active antiretroviral therapy and hospital readmission: comparison of a matched cohort. BMC Infect Dis (2006) 0.86