PURPOSE New approaches to chronic disease management emphasize the need to
improve the delivery of primary care services to meet the needs of chronically ill patients. This …

Rationale & Objective Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors are
evidence-based therapies that slow the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) but can cause …

Background Behaviours such as smoking, poor diet, physical inactivity, and unhealthy
alcohol consumption are leading risk factors for death. We assessed the Canadian burden …

Background Continuity is a fundamental tenet of primary care, and highly valued by patients;
it may also improve patient outcomes and lower cost of health care. It is thus important to …

Importance Over the last 2 decades, bronchiolitis guidelines and improvement efforts focused
on supportive care and reducing unnecessary tests, treatments, and hospitalization. There …

Importance Concussion may exacerbate existing mental health issues. Little evidence
exists on whether concussion is associated with the onset of new psychopathologies or long-term …

Background: Several jurisdictions attempting to reform primary care have focused on
changes in physician remuneration. The goals of this study were to compare the delivery of …

The POpulation HEalth Model (POHEM) is a health microsimulation model that was developed
at Statistics Canada in the early 1990s. POHEM draws together rich multivariate data …

Background Reductions in preventable risks associated with cardiovascular disease have
contributed to a steady decrease in its incidence over the past 50 years in most developed …

Background Lifestyle behaviours have significant health and economic consequences. Primary
care providers play an important role in promoting healthy behaviours. We compared the …