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…

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 …

Using multiple waves of large-scale administrative data sets, we compare student and
parent reports of serious peer victimization in rural and urban schools in British Columbia (BC), …

Substantial research illuminates many factors effecting the implementation of evidence-based
mental health promotion programs in schools; however, research on how schools plan for …

Objectives: We quantify patterns in prescription opioid dispensations to individuals who
suffered a prescription opioid-related death. In addition, we examine the relationship between …

Increasing rates of prescription opioid-related death are well documented in Ontario (ON) but
little is known about prescription opioid-related harms in other Canadian provinces. Using …

Background: Chronic use of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine-like sedatives (z-drugs)
presents substantial risks to people of all ages. We sought to assess trends in long-term …

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to calculate trends in incidence and prevalence rates of long-term
opioid use for non-cancer pain, as well as to describe the characteristics of long-term opioid …

Objective To examine variation in pharmaceutical spending and patient characteristics across
prescription drug user groups. Data Sources British Columbia's population‐based linked …

The chapter argues that implementation and process evaluations of school-based mental
health and related interventions need to move beyond simplistic notions of fidelity and …