Improving Surveillance for Surgical Site Infections Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Using Diagnosis and Procedure Codes in a Provincial Surveillance Network
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate hospital administrative data to identify potential surgical site infections (SSIs) following primary elective total hip or knee arthroplasty. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. SETTING All acute care facilities in Alberta, Canada. METHODS Diagnosis and procedure codes for 6 months following total hip or knee arthroplasty were used to identify potential SSI cases. […]
Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Sustainability Plan: Transforming Quality into Sustainable Access
Economic impact study: neuromuscular training reduces the burden of injuries and costs compared to standard warm-up in youth soccer
Development of System-level Performance Measures for Evaluation of Models of Care for Inflammatory Arthritis in Canada
Complex intervention modelling should capture the dynamics of adaptation
Catch a Break: Preliminary (1 Year) Report
In Catch a Break’s first year of operation, Health Link staff identified 7,323 Albertans at high risk of osteoporosis out of a screened list of 10,093 Albertans that suffered a sentinel fracture. Another 3,282 subjects were unable to be contacted and a further 2,422 subjects declined to participate in the provincial screening program. At the […]
Association of body mass index (BMI) and percent body fat among BMI-defined non-obese middle-aged individuals: Insights from a population-based Canadian sample
Assessing the Comparability of Hip Arthroplasty Registries in Order to Improve the Recording and Monitoring of Outcomes
Transforming Healthcare Delivery: Integrating Dynamic Simulation Modelling and Big Data in Health Economics and Outcomes Research
In the era of the Information Age and personalized medicine, healthcare delivery systems need to be efficient and patient-centred. The health system must be responsive to individual patient choices and preferences about their care, while considering the system consequences. While dynamic simulation modelling (DSM) and big data share characteristics, they present distinct and complementary value […]
Selecting a Dynamic Simulation Modeling Method for Health Care Delivery Research—Part 2: Report of the ISPOR Dynamic Simulation Modeling Emerging Good Practices Task Force
In a previous report, the ISPOR Task Force on Dynamic Simulation Modeling Applications in Health Care Delivery Research Emerging Good Practices introduced the fundamentals of dynamic simulation modeling and identified the types of health care delivery problems for which dynamic simulation modeling can be used more effectively than other modeling methods. The hierarchical relationship between […]