Published in West J Nurs Res on May 25, 2007
Cardiac medication prescribing and adherence after acute myocardial infarction in Chinese and South Asian Canadian patients. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2011) 0.88
Invasive cardiac procedure use and mortality among South Asian and Chinese Canadians with coronary artery disease. Can J Cardiol (2010) 0.81
Perceptions of risk factors of cardiovascular disease and cardiac rehabilitation: a cross-sectional study targeting the Chinese population in the Midlands, UK. Heart Asia (2012) 0.78
Secondary prevention treatment after acute stroke in older South Asian, Chinese and other Canadians: a retrospective data analysis. CMAJ Open (2017) 0.75
New ICD-10 version of the Charlson comorbidity index predicted in-hospital mortality. J Clin Epidemiol (2004) 7.20
A modification of the Elixhauser comorbidity measures into a point system for hospital death using administrative data. Med Care (2009) 5.13
Comparison of the Elixhauser and Charlson/Deyo methods of comorbidity measurement in administrative data. Med Care (2004) 5.12
The reporting of methodological factors in randomized controlled trials and the association with a journal policy to promote adherence to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist. Control Clin Trials (2002) 3.62
Adapting the Charlson Comorbidity Index for use in patients with ESRD. Am J Kidney Dis (2003) 3.60
Development of an online tool to determine appropriateness for an epilepsy surgery evaluation. Neurology (2012) 2.97
Dealing with missing data in a multi-question depression scale: a comparison of imputation methods. BMC Med Res Methodol (2006) 2.81
From a national, centrally planned health system to a system based on the market: lessons from China. Health Aff (Millwood) (2008) 2.79
Statins are associated with better outcomes after carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients. Stroke (2005) 2.50
Hospital and surgeon determinants of carotid endarterectomy outcomes. Arch Neurol (2002) 2.30
CKD and risk of hospitalization and death with pneumonia. Am J Kidney Dis (2009) 2.17
Cross-national comparative performance of three versions of the ICD-10 Charlson index. Med Care (2007) 2.14
Risk adjustment performance of Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidities in ICD-9 and ICD-10 administrative databases. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 2.12
Outcomes after aortic and mitral valve replacement surgery in Canada: 1994/95 to 1999/2000. Can J Cardiol (2004) 2.11
Rural and urban disparity in health services utilization in China. Med Care (2007) 1.98
The impact of the electronic medical record on structure, process, and outcomes within primary care: a systematic review of the evidence. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2011) 1.94
Access to health care among status Aboriginal people with chronic kidney disease. CMAJ (2008) 1.91
Measuring agreement of administrative data with chart data using prevalence unadjusted and adjusted kappa. BMC Med Res Methodol (2009) 1.62
Diagnosed hypertension in Canada: incidence, prevalence and associated mortality. CMAJ (2011) 1.62
Validating ICD coding algorithms for diabetes mellitus from administrative data. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2010) 1.60
Beta-blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/receptor blockers prescriptions after hospital discharge for heart failure are associated with decreased mortality in Alberta, Canada. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 1.56
How accurate is ICD coding for epilepsy? Epilepsia (2009) 1.54
Recommendations for optimal ICD codes to study neurologic conditions: a systematic review. Neurology (2012) 1.51
Follow-through after calling a nurse telephone advice line: a population-based study. Fam Pract (2010) 1.50
Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and survival among aboriginal people. J Am Soc Nephrol (2007) 1.47
Identifying priorities in methodological research using ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 administrative data: report from an international consortium. BMC Health Serv Res (2006) 1.45
ICD-10 coding algorithms for defining comorbidities of acute myocardial infarction. BMC Health Serv Res (2006) 1.44
Assessing record linkage between health care and Vital Statistics databases using deterministic methods. BMC Health Serv Res (2006) 1.44
Reduced health resource use after acupuncture for low-back pain. J Altern Complement Med (2011) 1.43
Trends in antihypertensive drug prescriptions and physician visits in Canada between 1996 and 2006. Can J Cardiol (2008) 1.43
Comparison and validity of procedures coded With ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CA/CCI. Med Care (2008) 1.42
Association of postoperative complications with hospital costs and length of stay in a tertiary care center. J Gen Intern Med (2006) 1.42
Importance of the imaging modality in decision making about carotid endarterectomy. Neurology (2004) 1.38
A systematic review of interventions to increase breast and cervical cancer screening uptake among Asian women. BMC Public Health (2012) 1.38
Variations in rates of appropriate and inappropriate carotid endarterectomy for stroke prevention in 4 Canadian provinces. CMAJ (2004) 1.36
Improved accuracy of co-morbidity coding over time after the introduction of ICD-10 administrative data. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 1.35
Patterns of care and outcomes differ for urban versus rural patients with newly diagnosed heart failure, even in a universal healthcare system. Circ Heart Fail (2011) 1.35
Trends in heart failure care: has the incident diagnosis of heart failure shifted from the hospital to the emergency department and outpatient clinics? Eur J Heart Fail (2010) 1.35
Administrative data have high variation in validity for recording heart failure. Can J Cardiol (2010) 1.32
Male and female adult population health status in China: a cross-sectional national survey. BMC Public Health (2008) 1.31
A comparison between the APACHE II and Charlson Index Score for predicting hospital mortality in critically ill patients. BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 1.30
The development, evolution, and modifications of ICD-10: challenges to the international comparability of morbidity data. Med Care (2010) 1.27
Application of patient safety indicators internationally: a pilot study among seven countries. Int J Qual Health Care (2009) 1.25
Mining administrative health databases to advance medical science: geographical considerations and untapped potential in Canada. Can J Cardiol (2012) 1.23
Resource use in the last 6 months of life among patients with heart failure in Canada. Arch Intern Med (2010) 1.23
Why many visible minority women in Canada do not participate in cervical cancer screening. Ethn Health (2009) 1.19
Predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with cirrhosis: results differ across risk adjustment methods. Hepatology (2009) 1.17
Characteristics of hypertensive Canadians not receiving drug therapy. Can J Cardiol (2008) 1.16
Ethnicity and sex affect diabetes incidence and outcomes. Diabetes Care (2010) 1.14
Development of an online tool to determine appropriateness for an epilepsy surgery evaluation. Neurology (2013) 1.13
ICD-11 for quality and safety: overview of the WHO Quality and Safety Topic Advisory Group. Int J Qual Health Care (2013) 1.11
Outcomes after acute myocardial infarction in South Asian, Chinese, and white patients. Circulation (2010) 1.11
Authors' opinions on publication in relation to annual performance assessment. BMC Med Educ (2010) 1.10
Development of an epilepsy-specific risk adjustment comorbidity index. Epilepsia (2011) 1.09
Sex differentials in the use of centres for voluntary counselling and testing for HIV in Cameroon. Afr J AIDS Res (2009) 1.09
Provincial carotid endarterectomy outcomes. Can J Neurol Sci (2002) 1.09
Development and validation of a case definition for epilepsy for use with administrative health data. Epilepsy Res (2012) 1.05
Comparing three measures of health status (perceived health with Likert-type scale, EQ-5D, and number of chronic conditions) in Chinese and white Canadians. Med Care (2007) 1.04
Validating a case definition for chronic kidney disease using administrative data. Nephrol Dial Transplant (2011) 1.03
Do coder characteristics influence validity of ICD-10 hospital discharge data? BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 1.03
Location of residence associated with the likelihood of patient visit to the preoperative assessment clinic. BMC Health Serv Res (2006) 1.02
Epidemiology and natural history of primary biliary cirrhosis in a Canadian health region: a population-based study. Hepatology (2009) 1.01
Case definitions for acute myocardial infarction in administrative databases and their impact on in-hospital mortality rates. Health Serv Res (2012) 1.00
Chinese and white Canadian satisfaction and compliance with physicians. BMC Fam Pract (2007) 1.00
Child health insurance coverage: a survey among temporary and permanent residents in Shanghai. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 1.00
Risk of comorbidities on postoperative outcomes in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Arch Surg (2011) 0.99
Comparing public and private hospitals in China: evidence from Guangdong. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 0.99
Coding of obesity in administrative hospital discharge abstract data: accuracy and impact for future research studies. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.99
Incidence of gestational hypertension in the Calgary Health Region from 1995 to 2004. Can J Cardiol (2009) 0.98
Ethnic differences in the use of prescription drugs: a cross-sectional analysis of linked survey and administrative data. Open Med (2011) 0.98
Incidence of primary sclerosing cholangitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Hepatology (2011) 0.97
Surveillance of ischemic heart disease should include physician billing claims: population-based evidence from administrative health data across seven Canadian provinces. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2013) 0.97
A home study-based spirituality education program decreases emotional distress and increases quality of life--a randomized, controlled trial. Altern Ther Health Med (2006) 0.97
Ethnic and sex differences in the incidence of hospitalized acute myocardial infarction: British Columbia, Canada 1995-2002. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2010) 0.97
Utilization of a preoperative assessment clinic in a tertiary care centre. Clin Invest Med (2002) 0.97
Impact of liver disease, alcohol abuse, and unintentional ingestions on the outcomes of acetaminophen overdose. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol (2008) 0.97
Validity of administrative data for the diagnosis of primary sclerosing cholangitis: a population-based study. Liver Int (2011) 0.96
Outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Canada: 1992/93 to 2000/01. Can J Cardiol (2003) 0.96
Postoperative complications following colectomy for ulcerative colitis: a validation study. BMC Gastroenterol (2012) 0.96
Implementation of ICD-10 in Canada: how has it impacted coded hospital discharge data? BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 0.96
Incidence of heart failure and mortality after acute coronary syndromes. Am Heart J (2013) 0.95
Cardiovascular risk factors in ethnic populations within Canada: results from national cross-sectional surveys. Open Med (2010) 0.95
Hospitalizations for acetaminophen overdose: a Canadian population-based study from 1995 to 2004. BMC Public Health (2007) 0.95
Ethnic variation in acute myocardial infarction presentation and access to care. Am J Cardiol (2009) 0.94
Patient expectations of emergency department care: phase II--a cross-sectional survey. CJEM (2006) 0.94
Men and women managing coronary artery disease risk: urban-rural contrasts. Soc Sci Med (2005) 0.93
An administrative data merging solution for dealing with missing data in a clinical registry: adaptation from ICD-9 to ICD-10. BMC Med Res Methodol (2008) 0.92
Administrative data outperformed single-day chart review for comorbidity measure. Int J Qual Health Care (2007) 0.92
Systematic review and assessment of validated case definitions for depression in administrative data. BMC Psychiatry (2014) 0.92
Outcomes in a diabetic population of South Asians and whites following hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction: a retrospective cohort study. Cardiovasc Diabetol (2010) 0.91
Health resource use in epilepsy: Significant disparities by age, gender, and aboriginal status. Epilepsia (2007) 0.91
Quality of care for First Nations and non-First Nations People with diabetes. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol (2013) 0.90
Monitoring and evaluating efforts to control hypertension in Canada: why, how, and what it tells us needs to be done about current care gaps. Can J Cardiol (2012) 0.90
Rural and urban outcomes after hospitalization for congestive heart failure in Alberta, Canada. J Card Fail (2003) 0.89
Changes in heart failure outcomes after a province-wide change in health service provision a natural experiment in Alberta, Canada. Circ Heart Fail (2012) 0.89
Cardiac medication prescribing and adherence after acute myocardial infarction in Chinese and South Asian Canadian patients. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2011) 0.88
Real-world replication of randomized controlled trial results for carotid endarterectomy. Arch Neurol (2007) 0.88
Using social exchange theory to guide successful study recruitment and retention. Nurse Res (2010) 0.88
Association between GFR, proteinuria, and adverse outcomes among White, Chinese, and South Asian individuals in Canada. Am J Kidney Dis (2011) 0.88