Wait times and patterns of care in the colorectal cancer diagnostic interval by Colleen Webber, Jennifer Flemming, Richard Birtwhistle, Mark Rosenberg, Patti Groome

“…Approach This is a population-based, cross-sectional study of CRC patients diagnosed in Ontario, Canada between 2009 and 2012 using data from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). The diagnostic interval will be measured using physician billing, hospital discharge, emergency room and registry data. …”
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Methods for identifying health state transitions from administrative data: the case of metastasis in prostate cancer by Nicholas Mitsakakis, Karen Bremner, Ruth Croxford, Lusine Abrahamyan, Welson Ryan, Steven Carcone, Murray Krahn

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Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Model to Predict Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay After Cardiac Surgery by Louise Y. Sun, Anan Bader Eddeen, Marc Ruel, Erika MacPhee, Thierry G. Mesana

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Spatial epidemiology of premature mortality in Ontario, Canada by Emmalin Buajitti, Tristan Watson, Todd Norwood, Laura Rosella

“…Ontario’s 76 administrative Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) sub-regions, which vary in geographic and population size, were analyzed using linked population-level data from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Cancer Care Ontario. …”
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Mapping where patients access primary care providers. by Eliot Frymire, Peter Gozdyra, Michael Green, Imaan Bayoumi, Richard Glazier, Liisa Jaakkimainen, Shahriar Khan, Tara Kiran, Kamila Premji

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Can Molecular Biomarkers Help Reduce the Overtreatment of DCIS? by Ezra Hahn, Danielle Rodin, Rinku Sutradhar, Sharon Nofech-Mozes, Sabina Trebinjac, Lawrence Frank Paszat, Eileen Rakovitch

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Sex-Based Analysis of Quality Indicators of End-of-Life Care in Gastrointestinal Malignancies by Caitlin S. Lees, Hsien Seow, Kelvin K. W. Chan, Anastasia Gayowsky, Shaila J. Merchant, Aynharan Sinnarajah

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Public engagement can change your research, but how can it change your research institution? ICES Case Study by Jenine Paul, Randy Davidson, Cheryl Johnstone, Margaret Loong, John Matecsa, Astrid Guttmann, Michael J Schull

“…This article explores the approach that ICES (formerly the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences) uses to encourage public engagement at both the research study and corporate level. …”
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Validity of two weight prediction models for community-living patients participating in a weight loss program by Robert Dent, Neil Harris, Carl van Walraven

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KIdney aNd blooD prESsure ouTcomes in Childhood Cancer Survivors: Description of Clinical Research Protocol of the KINDEST-CCS Study by Adree Khondker, Michael Groff, Sophia Nunes, Carolyn Sun, Natasha Jawa, Jasmine Lee, Vedran Cockovski, Yasmine Hejri-Rad, Rahul Chanchlani, Adam Fleming, Amit Garg, Nivethika Jeyakumar, Abhijat Kitchlu, Asaf Lebel, Eric McArthur, Luc Mertens, Paul Nathan, Rulan Parekh, Serina Patel, Jason Pole, Raveena Ramphal, Tal Schechter, Mariana Silva, Samuel Silver, Lillian Sung, Ron Wald, Paul Gibson, Rachel Pearl, Laura Wheaton, Peter Wong, Kirby Kim, Michael Zappitelli

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Cross-Sectoral Data Linkage: Tracking Mental Health Service Utilization from Childhood into Adulthood by Kyleigh Schraeder, John Cairney, Jeffrey Carter, Evelyn Vingilis, Richard Neufeld, Melanie Barwick, Paul Kurdyak, Juliana Tobon

“…Patient-level administrative data from five MH agencies funded by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS) in Ontario, with population health sector datasets held at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). We expanded previous definitions of coding a MH visit by including codes specific to long-lasting childhood MH diagnoses (e.g., Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder). …”
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) at Diabetes Diagnosis in Children (0-18 years) in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study of Health Administrative Data by Oxana Mian, Elizabeth Wenghofer, Nancy Young, Liisa Jaakkimainen

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Organizational attributes of interprofessional primary care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in ontario, Canada: a multiple case study by Nicole Bobbette, Rosemary Lysaght, Hélène Ouellette-Kuntz, Joan Tranmer, Catherine Donnelly

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Using A Privacy Preserving Record Linkage to Facilitate an Ongoing Crosswalk Between Research and Health Administrative Databases by Brendan Behan, Tom Gee, Susan Gilbert Evans, Moyez Dharsee, Ken Evans, Mahmoud Azimaee, Kelley Ross, Rosario Cartagena, Charles Victor, Lindsay Green-Noble, Tom Mikkelsen, Kirk Nylen

“…A privacy preserving record linkage protocol, developed through the Indoc Consortium, has been used to facilitate such linkages between Brain-CODE and administrative data holdings at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES; e.g., emergency department use, inpatient records, prescription drug utilization) (Gee et al., 2018). …”
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Trends in Socioeconomic Inequalities in Ischemic Heart Disease, 2000-2012 by Brendan Smith, Chantel Ramraj, Peter Smith, Hong Chen, Jack Tu, Heather Manson, Laura Rosella

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Adverse Gastrointestinal Events With Sodium Polystyrene Sulfonate Use in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis: An International Cohort Study by Ana Cecilia Farfan Ruiz, Ranjeeta Malick, Emily Rhodes, Edward Clark, Greg Hundemer, Angelo Karaboyas, Bruce Robinson, Roberto Pecoits, Manish M. Sood

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Quality of End-of-Life Care in Gastrointestinal Cancers: A 13-Year Population-Based Retrospective Analysis in Ontario, Canada by Caitlin SR Lees, Hsien Seow, Kelvin KW Chan, Anastasia Gayowsky, Aynharan Sinnarajah

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Population survival impact of new targeted and immune based therapies for metastatic or unresectable melanoma by Paul Nguyen, Tara Baetz, Christopher Booth, Elizabeth Eisenhauer, Timothy Hanna

“…Administrative data sources from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) were utilized. Within ICES, cutaneous and non-cutaneous primaries were identified in the Ontario Cancer Registry. …”
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Examination of the British Columbia influenza prevention policy for healthcare workers: Phase 1 qualitative case study by Charmaine M. McPherson, Donna M. Halperin, Bonnie Henry, Antonia M. Di Castri, Jeffrey C. Kwong, for the Public Health Agency of Canada/Canadian Institutes of Health Research Influenza Research Network (PCIRN) Program Delivery and Evaluation Group

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Prevalence and predictors of involuntary psychiatric hospital admissions in Ontario, Canada: a population-based linked administrative database study by Michael Lebenbaum, Maria Chiu, Simone Vigod, Paul Kurdyak

“…The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) is funded by the Ontario MOHLTC. …”
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