Search Results - "Contandriopoulos, A"

Patient safety and systematic reviews: finding papers indexed in MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL by Tanon, A A, Champagne, F, Contandriopoulos, A-P, Pomey, M-P, Vadeboncoeur, A, Nguyen, H

“…To develop search strategies for identifying papers on patient safety in MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL. Six journals were electronically searched for papers on…”
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Care for Canada's frail elderly population: fragmentation or integration? by Bergman, H, Béland, F, Lebel, P, Contandriopoulos, A P, Tousignant, P, Brunelle, Y, Kaufman, T, Leibovich, E, Rodriguez, R, Clarfield, M

“…Budget constraints, technological advances and a growing elderly population have resulted in major reforms in health care systems across Canada. This has led…”
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Occurrence and risk factors of oral candidiasis treated with oral antifungals in seniors using inhaled steroids by Kennedy, Wendy A., Laurier, Claudine, Gautrin, Denyse, Ghezzo, Heberto, Paré, Michèle, Malo, Jean-Luc, Contandriopoulos, André-Pierre

“…Oral candidiasis (OC) is a frequent side effect of inhaled corticosteroids (iCSTs). This study estimated occurrence and significance of risk factors of OC…”
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Economic role of solidarity and social capital in accessing modern health care services in the Ivory Coast by Ayé, Marcellin, Champagne, François, Contandriopoulos, André-Pierre

“…At the beginning of the 1990s, health service reforms were implemented in public health institutions in most African countries South of the Sahara. In the…”
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A conceptual framework for the analysis of health care organizations' performance by Sicotte, C, Champagne, F, Contandriopoulos, A P, Barnsley, J, Béland, F, Leggat, S G, Denis, J L, Bilodeau, H, Langley, A, Brémond, M, Baker, G R

“…Organizational performance remains an elusive concept despite its importance to health care organizations' (HCOs') management and analysis. This paper uses…”
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Alzheimer's disease: a review of the disease, its epidemiology and economic impact by Alloul, K, Sauriol, L, Kennedy, W, Laurier, C, Tessier, G, Novosel, S, Contandriopoulos, A

“…This article consists of a critical review of Canadian, American and European studies published between 1976 and 1997 on the subject of Alzheimer's disease…”
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Psychiatric Deinstitutionalization: Lessons for Health Care Reform by Reinharz, Daniel, Contandriopoulos, André-Pierre, Lesage, Alain

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Economic impact of using an immunostimulating agent to prevent severe acute exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Collet, J P, Ducruet, T, Haider, S, Shapiro, S, Robinson, A, Renzi, P M, Contandriopoulos, A P, Ernst, P

“…OM-85 BV, an immunostimulant made from bacterial extracts, has been shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization for acute exacerbation in patients with chronic…”
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Is the institutionalization of evaluation sufficient to guarantee its practice? by Contandriopoulos, A P

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The role of protocols and professional judgement in emergency medical dispatching by Farand, L, Leprohon, J, Kalina, M, Champagne, F, Contandriopoulos, A P, Preker, A

“…The task of evaluating incoming calls to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems in order to determine the most appropriate response is performed in many…”
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The diluting effect of medical work groups on feedback efficacy in changing physician's practice by SICOTTE, C, PINEAULT, R, TILQUIN, C, CONTANDRIOPOULOS, A.-P

“…Feedback intervention has been advocated as a successful method to modify the way that physicians practice medicine. However, most studies concerned with…”
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Paradoxes of French accreditation by Pomey, M-P, François, P, Contandriopoulos, A-P, Tosh, A, Bertrand, D

“…The accreditation system introduced into the French healthcare system in 1996 has five particular characteristics: (1) it is mandatory for all healthcare…”
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Resource constraints and strategic change in a public hospital system by Champagne, F, Langley, A, Denis, J L, Contandriopoulos, A P, Cazale, L, Rivard, M

“…It has been suggested that strategic management in public services tends to be oriented towards preserving and perpetuating current patterns of service…”
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The role (or not) of economic evaluation at the micro level: Can Bourdieu’s theory provide a way forward for clinical decision-making? by Lessard, Chantale, Contandriopoulos, André-Pierre, Beaulieu, Marie-Dominique

“…Despite increasing interest in health economic evaluation, investigations have shown limited use by micro (clinical) level decision-makers. A considerable…”
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Convergence or Divergence of Male and Female Physicians' Hours of Work and Income by Dedobbeleer, Nicole, Contandriopoulos, André-Pierre, Desjardins, Sylvie

“…This article verifies if the increase in the percentage of women in the medical profession led to the convergence of male and female physicians' hours of work…”
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Quality of life of subjects with occupational asthma by Malo, J L, Boulet, L P, Dewitte, J D, Cartier, A, L'Archevêque, J, Côté, J, Bédard, G, Boucher, S, Champagne, F, Tessier, G

“…The aim of the study was to assess the quality of life in subjects with occupational asthma after removal from exposure to the offending agent by comparison…”
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Patient mobility for elective surgical interventions by Tessier, G, Contandriopoulos, A P, Dionne, G

“…In this study, we address the question of patient mobility by defining three types of mobility and testing them with a Probit model. First, we have forced…”
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Hospital performance: Competing or shared values? by Minvielle, Etienne, Sicotte, Claude, Champagne, François, Contandriopoulos, André-Pierre, Jeantet, Marine, Préaubert, Nathalie, Bourdil, Annie, Richard, Christian

“…Abstract Objective To find out which are the emerging views on hospital performance and to analyze how these views vary among hospital stakeholders. Methods…”
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Cost utility of chemotherapy and best supportive care in non-small cell lung cancer by Kennedy, W, Reinharz, D, Tessier, G, Contandriopoulos, A P, Trabut, I, Champagne, F, Ayoub, J

“…Polychemotherapy is the therapeutic option recommended for nonresectable, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the modest gains in survival, and the…”
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The economic effects of introducing vigabatrin, a new antiepileptic medication by Reinharz, D, Kennedy, W, Contandriopoulos, A P, Tessier, G, Champagne, F

“…Epilepsy is a common disorder, the prevalence of which is estimated at between 0.1 and 1% of the population. Although there are a number of medications…”
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