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Sasseville M, Supper W, Gartner JB, Layani G, Amil S, Sheffield P, Gagnon MP, Hudon C, Lambert S, Attisso E, Ouellet S, Breton M, Poitras ME, Roux-Lévy PH, Plaisimond J, Bergeron F, Ashcroft R, Wong ST, Groulx A, Paquette JS, D'Anjou N, Langlois S, LeBlanc A. Electronic Implementation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Primary Health Care: Mixed Methods Systematic Review. J Med Internet Res. 2025 May 5;27:e63639. doi: 10.2196/63639. Read more

Singal D, Dahl L, Brownell M, Dormuth C, Bolton JM, Enns JE, Hanlon-Dearman A, Katz A, Katz LY, Kelly LE, Leong C, McGrail K, Nickel NC, Ruth C, Dahl M, Kim J, Chateau D. Use of prescription opioids and other psychotropic drugs during pregnancy and their impact on the mother and developing child: protocol for a cohort study using linked administrative data from Manitoba and British Columbia, Canada. BMJ Open. 2025 May 2;15(5):e097657. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097657. Read more

Trenaman L, Guh D, McGrail K, Karim ME, Sawatzky R, Bryan S, Li LC, Parker M, Wheeler K, Harrison M. Longitudinal trajectories of healthcare costs among high-need high-cost patients: a population-based retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada. BMJ Open. 2025 Apr 25;15(4):e089693. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089693. Read more

Farmer JR, Sutherland JM, Field TS, McIsaac DI, Gelb AW, Zhou LW, Sun T, Schwarz SKW, Flexman AM. Outcomes Following Perioperative Stroke in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Apr 10:S1053-0770(25)00314-3. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2025.04.010. Online ahead of print. Read more

Bond M, Beresford A, Noonan V, Rotem-Kohavi N, Dvorak M, Kwon B, Liu G, Sutherland JM. Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury in British Columbia, Canada: 20 Years of Population-Based Administrative Data. Neurotrauma Rep. 2025 Apr 9;6(1):311-321. doi: 10.1089/neur.2025.0012. Read more

Schummers L, Law MR, McGrail K, Darling EK, Zusman EZ, Dunn S, Kaczorowski J, Gayowsky A, Gozdyra P, Norman WV. Changes in local access to mifepristone dispensed by community pharmacies for medication abortion in Ontario: a population-based repeated cross-sectional study. CMAJ. 2025 Apr 6;197(13):E345-E354. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.241505. Read more

King C, Lavergne MR, McGrail K, Strumpf E; QC-BC Patient Enrolment Project Team. The effect of enrolment policies on patient affiliation to a family physician: A quasi-experimental evaluation in Canada. Health Policy. 2025 Apr 2;156:105313. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105313. Online ahead of print. Read more

Aaltonen M, McGrail K, Raitanen J, Martin-Matthews A. Satisfaction with Life of Older Men and Women in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) and its Association with Formal and Informal Home Care. Can J Aging. 2025 Mar 28:1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0714980825000066. Online ahead of print. Read more

Li SS, McGrail K, Rosychuk RJ, Law MR, Hohl CM; Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers. Outcomes for people experiencing homelessness with COVID-19 presenting to emergency departments in Canada, compared with housed patients. CMAJ. 2025 Mar 10;197(9):E236-E243. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.241282. Read more

Sriram V, Rakasi M, Sharma K, Law MR, Brophy SA. Health Worker Protests in Canada: A Descriptive Analysis of Protest Events From 2021-2022. Healthc Policy. 2025 Feb;20(2):66-82. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2025.27564. Read more

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