Published in CMAJ on February 21, 2012
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Impact of physician continuity on death or urgent readmission after discharge among patients with heart failure. CMAJ (2013) 1.19
Into the abyss: diabetes process of care indicators and outcomes of defaulters from a Canadian tertiary care multidisciplinary diabetes clinic. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 0.89
Continuity in a VA patient-centered medical home reduces emergency department visits. PLoS One (2014) 0.89
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Effect of family medicine groups on visits to the emergency department among diabetic patients in Quebec between 2000 and 2011: a population-based segmented regression analysis. BMC Fam Pract (2016) 0.77
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Association of weekend continuity of care with hospital length of stay. Int J Qual Health Care (2014) 0.75
Mixed method exploration of the medical, service-related, and emotional reasons for emergency room visits of older cancer patients. Support Care Cancer (2015) 0.75
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Geographic clustering of emergency department presentations for acute coronary syndromes and heart failure in Alberta: a population-based study. CMAJ Open (2017) 0.75
Alternate Access to Care: A Cross Sectional Survey of Low Acuity Emergency Department Patients. Cureus (2017) 0.75
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Taking the pulse of health care systems: experiences of patients with health problems in six countries. Health Aff (Millwood) (2007) 3.44
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Primary health care in Canada: systems in motion. Milbank Q (2011) 3.29
Does having regular care by a family physician improve preventive care? Can Fam Physician (2001) 2.97
A deprivation index for health and welfare planning in Quebec. Chronic Dis Can (2000) 2.93
Rapid emergency department intervention for older people reduces risk of functional decline: results of a multicenter randomized trial. J Am Geriatr Soc (2001) 2.85
Continuity of primary care and emergency department utilization among elderly people. CMAJ (2007) 2.53
The association between continuity of care and outcomes: a systematic and critical review. J Eval Clin Pract (2010) 2.52
Conspicuous consumption: characterizing high users of physician services in one Canadian province. J Health Serv Res Policy (2003) 2.28
An evaluation of access to health care services along the rural-urban continuum in Canada. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 1.84
Nonurgent emergency department visits: the effect of having a regular doctor. Med Care (1998) 1.70
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Does continuity of care matter in a universally insured population? Health Serv Res (2005) 1.43
The effect of the doctor-patient relationship on emergency department use among the elderly. Am J Public Health (2000) 1.43
Features of primary healthcare clinics associated with patients' utilization of emergency rooms: urban-rural differences. Healthc Policy (2007) 1.37
Frequent users of emergency departments. Do they also use family physicians' services? Can Fam Physician (2002) 1.29
Do geriatric interventions reduce emergency department visits? A systematic review. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2006) 1.26
Factors related to emergency department use: results from the Ontario Health Survey 1990. Ann Emerg Med (1994) 1.20
Emergency department visits and primary care among adults with chronic conditions. Med Care (2010) 1.12
A global approach to evaluation of health services utilization: concepts and measures. Healthc Policy (2011) 0.92
The continuing saga of emergency room overcrowding: are we aiming at the right target? Healthc Policy (2010) 0.83
Visits to family physicians or specialists by elderly persons in Canada and the United States: an exploratory comparative study. Int J Health Serv (2010) 0.80
Operational definitions of attributes of primary health care: consensus among Canadian experts. Ann Fam Med (2007) 3.85
Recognition of depression by non-psychiatric physicians--a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 3.49
Effects of exposure measurement error when an exposure variable is constrained by a lower limit. Am J Epidemiol (2003) 2.65
[Taxonomy and typology: are they really synonymous?]. Sante Publique (2014) 2.63
Continuity of primary care and emergency department utilization among elderly people. CMAJ (2007) 2.53
Third- and fourth-degree perineal lacerations: defining high-risk clinical clusters. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2011) 2.42
Varicocele and male factor infertility treatment: a new meta-analysis and review of the role of varicocele repair. Eur Urol (2011) 2.41
A system of integrated care for older persons with disabilities in Canada: results from a randomized controlled trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2006) 2.25
Uses and limitations of statistical accounting for random error correlations, in the validation of dietary questionnaire assessments. Public Health Nutr (2002) 1.94
Sperm DNA damage is associated with an increased risk of pregnancy loss after IVF and ICSI: systematic review and meta-analysis. Hum Reprod (2008) 1.74
The research collective: a tool for producing timely, context-linked research syntheses. Healthc Policy (2006) 1.74
Persistent delirium in older hospital patients: a systematic review of frequency and prognosis. Age Ageing (2008) 1.70
Assessing the evolution of primary healthcare organizations and their performance (2005-2010) in two regions of Québec province: Montréal and Montérégie. BMC Fam Pract (2010) 1.53
Validation of instruments to evaluate primary healthcare from the patient perspective: overview of the method. Healthc Policy (2011) 1.51
Project Ice Storm: prenatal maternal stress affects cognitive and linguistic functioning in 5 1/2-year-old children. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry (2008) 1.49
Antisperm antibodies are not associated with pregnancy rates after IVF and ICSI: systematic review and meta-analysis. Hum Reprod (2011) 1.47
Does depression in older medical inpatients predict mortality? J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2006) 1.42
Increases in emergency department occupancy are associated with adverse 30-day outcomes. Acad Emerg Med (2014) 1.41
Rapid two-stage emergency department intervention for seniors: impact on continuity of care. Acad Emerg Med (2003) 1.35
Adjusted sequence kernel association test for rare variants controlling for cryptic and family relatedness. Genet Epidemiol (2013) 1.32
Adherence to colorectal cancer screening guidelines in Canada. BMC Gastroenterol (2007) 1.24
An overview of confirmatory factor analysis and item response analysis applied to instruments to evaluate primary healthcare. Healthc Policy (2011) 1.21
Relational continuity from the patient perspective: comparison of primary healthcare evaluation instruments. Healthc Policy (2011) 1.21
Accessibility from the patient perspective: comparison of primary healthcare evaluation instruments. Healthc Policy (2011) 1.20
A pilot study: the Noninvasive Surface Cooling Thermoregulatory System for Mild Hypothermia Induction in Acute Myocardial Infarction (the NICAMI Study). Am Heart J (2005) 1.20
Patients' anxiety and expectations: how they influence family physicians' decisions to order cancer screening tests. Can Fam Physician (2005) 1.17
Hospital characteristics and emergency department care of older patients are associated with return visits. Acad Emerg Med (2007) 1.16
Primary Care Reform: Can Quebec's Family Medicine Group Model Benefit from the Experience of Ontario's Family Health Teams? Healthc Policy (2011) 1.15
Interpersonal communication from the patient perspective: comparison of primary healthcare evaluation instruments. Healthc Policy (2011) 1.15
Delay in consultation with specialists for persons with suspected new-onset rheumatoid arthritis: a population-based study. Arthritis Rheum (2007) 1.12
Emergency department visits and primary care among adults with chronic conditions. Med Care (2010) 1.12
What influences family physicians' cancer screening decisions when practice guidelines are unclear or conflicting? J Fam Pract (2002) 1.11
Determinants of discontinuation of new courses of antihypertensive medications. J Clin Epidemiol (2002) 1.09
Integrated services for frail elders (SIPA): a trial of a model for Canada. Can J Aging (2006) 1.08
Characteristics of primary care practices associated with high quality of care. CMAJ (2013) 1.07
Comprehensiveness of care from the patient perspective: comparison of primary healthcare evaluation instruments. Healthc Policy (2011) 1.05
Estimating genome-wide significance for whole-genome sequencing studies. Genet Epidemiol (2014) 1.04
Portrait of rural emergency departments in Quebec and utilisation of the Quebec Emergency Department Management Guide: a study protocol. BMJ Open (2013) 1.03
Safety of discharge of seniors from the emergency department to the community. Healthc Q (2009) 1.02
Involving decision-makers in producing research syntheses: the case of the research collective on primary healthcare in quebec. Healthc Policy (2007) 1.02
Prenatal exposure to a natural disaster increases risk for obesity in 5½-year-old children. Pediatr Res (2012) 1.00
Subsyndromal delirium in older people: a systematic review of frequency, risk factors, course and outcomes. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry (2012) 0.96
Multiple regression methods show great potential for rare variant association tests. PLoS One (2012) 0.95
Efficacy of black cohosh-containing preparations on menopausal symptoms: a meta-analysis. Altern Ther Health Med (2010) 0.94
Consultation with cardiologists for persons with new-onset chronic heart failure: a population-based study. Can J Cardiol (2009) 0.92
Optimal care for rheumatoid arthritis: a focus group study. Clin Rheumatol (2010) 0.92
A global approach to evaluation of health services utilization: concepts and measures. Healthc Policy (2011) 0.92
Measurement of health preferences among patients with tuberculous infection and disease. Med Decis Making (2002) 0.91
Recognition of depression in older medical inpatients. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 0.91
Integrating public health into local healthcare governance in quebec: challenges in combining population and organization perspectives. Healthc Policy (2009) 0.91
Access to health-care in Canadian immigrants: a longitudinal study of the National Population Health Survey. Health Soc Care Community (2010) 0.91
The prognosis of major and minor depression in older medical inpatients. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2006) 0.90
Trauma reactivation under the influence of propranolol: an examination of clinical predictors. Eur J Psychotraumatol (2012) 0.90
Management continuity from the patient perspective: comparison of primary healthcare evaluation instruments. Healthc Policy (2011) 0.90
Convergence of body mass index of immigrants to the Canadian-born population: evidence from the National Population Health Survey (1994-2006). Eur J Epidemiol (2009) 0.90
Temporary work and depressive symptoms: a propensity score analysis. Soc Sci Med (2010) 0.90
The elder-friendly emergency department assessment tool: development of a quality assessment tool for emergency department-based geriatric care. J Am Geriatr Soc (2012) 0.89
Marginal structural models for skewed outcomes: identifying causal relationships in health care utilization. Stat Med (2013) 0.89
Dietary patterns and risk of cancer of various sites in the Norwegian European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort: the Norwegian Women and Cancer study. Eur J Cancer Prev (2009) 0.89
Self-reported risks for multiple-drug resistance among new tuberculosis cases: implications for drug susceptibility screening and treatment. PLoS One (2011) 0.88
A psychometric evaluation of the French Canadian version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in a large primary care population. J Affect Disord (2012) 0.87
Major depression in older medical inpatients predicts poor physical and mental health status over 12 months. Gen Hosp Psychiatry (2007) 0.86
Use of nurse-observed symptoms of delirium in long-term care: effects on prevalence and outcomes of delirium. Int Psychogeriatr (2010) 0.86
Major depression among medically ill elders contributes to sustained poor mental health in their informal caregivers. Age Ageing (2007) 0.86
Are primary healthcare organizational attributes associated with patient self-efficacy for managing chronic disease? Healthc Policy (2011) 0.86
Childhood trauma and dissociation in first-episode psychosis, chronic schizophrenia and community controls. Psychiatry Res (2013) 0.86
Principal components of heritability for high dimension quantitative traits and general pedigrees. Stat Appl Genet Mol Biol (2012) 0.85
Predictors of self-reported noncompliance with antihypertensive drug treatment: a prospective cohort study. Can J Cardiol (2006) 0.85
Detection of delirium and its symptoms by nurses working in a long term care facility. J Am Med Dir Assoc (2010) 0.85
Cost-effectiveness of a brief two-stage emergency department intervention for high-risk elders: results of a quasi-randomized controlled trial. Ann Emerg Med (2003) 0.84
Evaluation of the implementation of an integrated primary care network for prevention and management of cardiometabolic risk in Montréal. BMC Fam Pract (2011) 0.84
Care pathways in early rheumatoid arthritis. Can Fam Physician (2006) 0.84
Health services use for mental health problems by community-living seniors with depression. Int Psychogeriatr (2007) 0.84
Variations in patients' assessment of chronic illness care across organizational models of primary health care: a multilevel cohort analysis. Healthc Policy (2012) 0.84
An exploratory study of diagnostic criteria for delirium in older medical inpatients. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci (2007) 0.84
Prenatal maternal stress affects motor function in 5½-year-old children: project ice storm. Dev Psychobiol (2012) 0.83
Impact of Québec's healthcare reforms on the organization of primary healthcare (PHC): a 2003-2010 follow-up. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.83
Different outcomes for different health measures in immigrants: evidence from a longitudinal analysis of the National Population Health Survey (1994-2006). J Immigr Minor Health (2012) 0.83
Risk factors for major depression in older medical inpatients: a prospective study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry (2008) 0.83
Prevalence and incidence of delirium in long-term care. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry (2011) 0.82
Helping family doctors detect vulnerable caregivers after an emergency department visit for an elderly relative: results of a longitudinal study. BMC Fam Pract (2006) 0.82
Validation of the English and French versions of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE) with a Montreal community sample. Schizophr Res (2007) 0.82
Use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients at a Montreal hospital. Integr Cancer Ther (2011) 0.82
Return on investment in electronic health records in primary care practices: a mixed-methods study. JMIR Med Inform (2014) 0.81
Primary Healthcare Organization and Quality-of-Life Outcomes for Persons with Chronic Disease. Healthc Policy (2012) 0.81
The research on endothelial function in women and men at risk for cardiovascular disease (REWARD) study: methodology. BMC Cardiovasc Disord (2011) 0.81
Subsyndromal delirium in older long-term care residents: incidence, risk factors, and outcomes. J Am Geriatr Soc (2011) 0.81
Symptoms of delirium predict incident delirium in older long-term care residents. Int Psychogeriatr (2013) 0.81
Self-rated health in Canadian immigrants: analysis of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada. Health Place (2011) 0.81
Treatment of panic in chest pain patients from emergency departments: efficacy of different interventions focusing on panic management. Gen Hosp Psychiatry (2012) 0.81
Comparing two brief psychological interventions to usual care in panic disorder patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain. Behav Cogn Psychother (2011) 0.80
Twelve-month course of depressive symptoms in older medical inpatients. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry (2007) 0.80