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Deirdre Weymann

Senior Health Economist, BC Cancer
Verified email at bccrc.ca
Cited by 931

Pan-cancer analysis of advanced patient tumors reveals interactions between therapy and genomic landscapes

…, S Yip, K Schrader, DA Regier, D Weymann… - Nature Cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Advanced and metastatic tumors with complex treatment histories drive cancer mortality.
Here we describe the POG570 cohort, a comprehensive whole-genome, transcriptome and …

Frequency and cost of potentially inappropriate prescribing for older adults: a cross-sectional study

…, J Hunt, J Rioux, J Proulx, D Weymann… - … Open Access Journal, 2016 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Many medications pose greater health risks when prescribed for older adults,
compared with available pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic alternatives. We sought to …

Sex differences in the risk of receiving potentially inappropriate prescriptions among older adults

SG Morgan, D Weymann, B Pratt, K Smolina… - Age and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objectives: to measure sex differences in the risk of receiving potentially inappropriate
prescription drugs and to examine what are the factors that contribute to these differences. Design…

Postmarket policy considerations for biosimilar oncology drugs

…, K Smolina, EJ Gladstone, D Weymann… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Oncology biological products are some of the most expensive drugs on the market and are
a growing financial burden on patients and health-care systems. By 2020, numerous major …

The cost and cost trajectory of whole‐genome analysis guiding treatment of patients with advanced cancers

D Weymann, J Laskin, R Roscoe… - Molecular genetics & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Limited data exist on the real‐world costs of applying whole‐genome analysis (
WGA ) in a clinical setting. We estimated the costs of applying WGA to guide treatments for …

[HTML][HTML] Valuation of health and nonhealth outcomes from next-generation sequencing: approaches, challenges, and solutions

DA Regier, D Weymann, J Buchanan, DA Marshall… - Value in Health, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have seen variable adoption
in the clinic. This is partly due to a lack of clinical and economic studies, with the latter …

[HTML][HTML] Toward the diagnosis of rare childhood genetic diseases: what do parents value most?

S Pollard, D Weymann, J Dunne, F Mayanloo… - European Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Genomic testing is becoming routine for diagnosing rare childhood genetic disease. Evidence
underlying sustainable implementation is limited, focusing on short-term endpoints such …

[HTML][HTML] A perspective on life-cycle health technology assessment and real-world evidence for precision oncology in Canada

…, HJ Lim, K Chan, SJ Peacock, D Weymann - NPJ Precision …, 2022 - nature.com
Health technology assessment (HTA) can be used to make healthcare systems more
equitable and efficient. Advances in precision oncology are challenging conventional thinking …

[HTML][HTML] Having our “omic” cake and eating it too?: evaluating user response to using Blockchain technology for private and secure health data management and …

…, I Costanzo, D Regier, S Pollard, D Weymann… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This paper reports on end users' perspectives on the use of a blockchain solution for private
and secure individual “omics” health data management and sharing. This solution is one …

Geographic variations in prescription opioid dispensations and deaths among women and men in British Columbia, Canada

EJ Gladstone, K Smolina, D Weymann… - Medical …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: We quantify patterns in prescription opioid dispensations to individuals who
suffered a prescription opioid-related death. In addition, we examine the relationship between …