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Clinical Articles / BY: Hamish Hwang, MD, FRCSC, FACS March 2024
... brevity and clarity): “We don’t have too much of an issue with surgeons, but we do have trouble with shortages of ... consultations for malignancy (a specific fee created in 2013), according to MSP billing data [ Figure 3 ]. There was ... Pressure points: Acute care and cancer surgery  Our study may have failed to capture some surgeons who practise as ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Adrian Marcuzzi, BHSc Early online
... 2022 had a wait time of 51.4 weeks.[ 1 ] These reports may underrepresent the crisis because they do not account for ... increased from 41.2% to 55.0%.[ 4 ] In Alberta between 2013 and 2015, an estimated 31% of knee osteoarthritis ... step on its analgesic ladder.[ 28 ] Pain as a psychosocial issue Pain is a complex psychosocial issue, and an ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Samantha Pawer, BSc May 2021
... people were hospitalized due to self-poisoning during the 2013–14 fiscal year, which accounted for 87% of ... [ Figure 3 ]. Conclusions Self-poisoning is a considerable issue in BC, where high rates and increasing trends among ... 19,[ 17 ] mental health and antidepressant accessibility may have contributed to increased self-poisoning rates among ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Andy Jiang, BSc December 2018
... unstudied even though these are undoubtedly also an issue. Since a greater understanding of all-cause poisoning ... poisoning hospitalizations and deaths in BC from 2008 to 2013. Methods Data were obtained from the BC Discharge ... results that indicate the risk of unintentional poisonings may be intrinsically linked to a particular developmental ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Maureen Clement, MD, CCFP November 2018
... with predicted prevalence rates rising from 8.3% in 2013 to 10.3% in 2020.[ 1 ] The complications of diabetes ... other antihyperglycemic agents can confuse physicians and may result in widely variable quality of care as well as ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Christine E. Simmons, MD, MSc, FRCPC March 2018
... Vancouver Centre have been studied prospectively since 2013 using a clinical database of information on patient ... ] As further work is done to validate these outcomes we may move toward differential assessments of response based on ... additional chemotherapy is not the standard of care. The issue of what to do when pCR is not achieved has been the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Colin Mar, MD, FRCPC January/February 2018
... with screening of RR 0.80 to 0.82.[ 6-8 ] These studies may, however, underestimate the current effectiveness of ... clinically apparent before the patient’s death. The issue then is one of results that precipitate overtreatment. ... 2-D and 3-D mammography to screen over 7000 women in 2013 found an additional 2.7 cancers were detected per 1000 ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Keith G. Dawson, MD, PhD, FRCPC November 2018
... health care in BC First Nations populations in BC may receive different health care services based on whether ... less able to provide culturally appropriate assistance. In 2013 the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) assumed the ... for their part in supporting the publication of this theme issue. Competing interests This and the other articles in the ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Fahra Rajabali, MSc September 2018
... care system, and society at large. This public health issue directly affects the practice of physicians who must ... disability-adjusted life years were then translated into 2013 dollars using the gross national income per capita. [ 6 ... social marketing campaign.[ 16 ] One program that may have contributed to the decrease in self-harm costs from ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marilyn Thorpe, MD, FRCPC July/August 2018
... mental health concerns in students is vital.[ 13 ] The 2013 Canadian reference group data report for the American ... pit appointments. These 36 pit appointments were done in May 2014 and were deemed successful. Subsequently pit ... “Pit often helps me answer and move forward with an issue that I’m stuck on with a patient. Instead of waiting ...