Search Results - "Kalia, Sumeet"
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Trends in diabetes medications in Canada, England, Scotland and Australia: a repeated cross-sectional analysis (2012-2017)
Published in International journal of population data science (07-12-2020)“…BackgroundWe studied the uptake of new classes of glucose lowering medications, such as Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP4s) and Sodium-glucose…”
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Estimation of marginal structural models under irregular visits and unmeasured confounder: calibrated inverse probability weights
Published in BMC medical research methodology (07-01-2023)“…Clinical information collected in electronic health records (EHRs) is becoming an essential source to emulate randomized experiments. Since patients do not…”
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The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Place of Death Among Patients Receiving Home Palliative Care in Toronto, Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Published in Journal of palliative care (01-07-2020)“…Background: Socioeconomic disparities in home death have been noted in the literature. Home-based palliative care increases access to home death and has been…”
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Patient visits and prescriptions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder from 2017-2021: Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in primary care
Published in PloS one (13-03-2023)“…To determine whether more patients presented with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-related visits and/or sought care from family physicians more…”
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On the estimation of intracluster correlation for time-to-event outcomes in cluster randomized trials
Published in Statistics in medicine (30-12-2016)“…Cluster randomized trials (CRTs) involve the random assignment of intact social units rather than independent subjects to intervention groups. Time‐to‐event…”
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Predicting hospital readmission risk: A prospective observational study to compare primary care providers' assessments with the LACE readmission risk index
Published in PloS one (15-12-2021)“…This study aims to determine if the primary care provider (PCP) assessment of readmission risk is comparable to the validated LACE tool at predicting…”
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Socioeconomic and immigration status and COVID-19 testing in Toronto, Ontario: retrospective cross-sectional study
Published in BMC public health (29-05-2022)“…Preliminary evidence suggests that individuals living in lower income neighbourhoods are at higher risk of COVID-19 infection. The relationship between…”
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Health system use among patients with mental health conditions in a community based sample in Toronto, Canada: A retrospective cohort study
Published in PloS one (10-05-2022)“…To identify hospital and primary care health service use among people with mental health conditions or addictions in an integrated primary-secondary care…”
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Trends in diabetes medication use in Australia, Canada, England, and Scotland: a repeated cross-sectional analysis in primary care
Published in British journal of general practice (01-03-2021)“…Several new classes of glucose-lowering medications have been introduced in the past two decades. Some, such as sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors…”
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Impact of the diabetes Canada guideline dissemination strategy on dispensed vascular protective medications for older patients in Ontario, Canada: a linked EMR and administrative data study
Published in BMC health services research (01-05-2020)“…The 2013 Diabetes Canada guidelines recommended routinely using vascular protective medications for most patients with diabetes. These medications included…”
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Agreement between primary care and hospital diagnosis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: A cross-sectional, observational study using record linkage
Published in PloS one (07-01-2019)“…People with serious mental illness die 10-25 years sooner than people without these conditions. Multiple challenges to accessing and benefitting from…”
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Using Primary Care Clinical Text Data and Natural Language Processing to Identify Indicators of COVID-19 in Toronto, Canada
Published in PLOS digital health (01-12-2022)“…The objective of this study was to investigate whether a rule-based natural language processing (NLP) system, applied to primary care clinical text data, could…”
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Data on Patient Record Trajectory for Linkage (DataPRinT Linkage)
Published in International journal of population data science (25-08-2022)“…The linkage of Electronic Medical Records, Administrative and other data sources is highly valuable for research and health system monitoring. Once linked,…”
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Using ICD-9 diagnostic codes for external validation of topic models derived from primary care electronic medical record clinical text data
Published in Health informatics journal (01-01-2023)“…Background/Objectives: Unsupervised topic models are often used to facilitate improved understanding of large unstructured clinical text datasets. In this…”
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Cardiovascular risk factor documentation and management in primary care electronic medical records among people with schizophrenia in Ontario, Canada: retrospective cohort study
Published in BMJ open (16-10-2020)“…ObjectivesIn order to address the substantial increased risk of cardiovascular disease among people with schizophrenia, it is necessary to identify the factors…”
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Trends in systematic recording errors of blood pressure and association with outcomes in Canadian and UK primary care data: a retrospective observational study
Published in International journal of population data science (23-08-2018)“…IntroductionEnd digit preference (EDP) or systematic bias in the recording of blood pressure (BP) measurement is prevalent in primary care: up to 60% of BP…”
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Multimorbidity and Blood Pressure Control in Patients Attending Primary Care in Canada
Published in Journal of primary care & community health (01-01-2023)“…Background: There has been conflicting evidence on the association between multimorbidity and blood pressure (BP) control. This study aimed to investigate this…”
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Marginal structural models using calibrated weights with SuperLearner: application to longitudinal diabetes cohort
Published in International journal of population data science (25-08-2022)“…Although machine learning has permeated many disciplines, the convergence of causal methods and machine learning remains sparse in the existing literature. Our…”
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Implementation of targeted screening for poverty in a large primary care team in Toronto, Canada: a feasibility study
Published in BMC family practice (30-09-2021)“…Abstract Background Poverty has a significant influence on health. Efforts to optimize income and reduce poverty could make a difference to the lives of…”
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Causal Inference Using Electronic Health Records in Primary Care
Published 01-01-2024“…Prospective randomized experiments are conducted to evaluate the efficacy (or safety) of a treatment (or an intervention). However, clinical trials are…”
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