Population-wide peer comparison audit and feedback to reduce antibiotic initiation and duration in long-term care facilities with embedded randomized controlled trial

…, A Morris, C Mulhall, R Pinto, FE Saxena… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Antibiotic overprescribing in long-term care settings is driven by prescriber
preferences and is associated with preventable harms for residents. We aimed to determine …

Identifying children and youth with autism spectrum disorder in electronic medical records: examining health system utilization and comorbidities

JD Brooks, SE Bronskill, L Fu, FE Saxena… - Autism …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder requiring significant
health and educational resources for affected individuals. A reference standard for ASD was …

Metronidazole-associated neurologic events: a nested case-control study

…, J Guan, MM Mamdani, FE Saxena… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Case reports have described instances of peripheral and central nervous
system toxicity during treatment with metronidazole; however, no large-scale studies have …

Assessing the validity of administrative health data for the identification of children and youth with autism spectrum disorder in Ontario

…, FE Saxena, K Tu, VB Pinzaru, E Anagnostou… - Autism …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Population‐level identification of children and youth with ASD is essential for surveillance
and planning for required services. The objective of this study was to develop and validate an …

[HTML][HTML] Health system costs for cancer medications and radiation treatment in Ontario for the 4 most common cancers: a retrospective cohort study

…, N Liu, SY Cheng, SJ Seung, FE Saxena… - … Open Access Journal, 2020 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Previous costing and resource estimates for cancer have not been complete
owing to lack of comprehensive data on cancer-related medication and radiation treatment. …

Association of early physician follow-up with readmission among patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, or chronic obstructive …

FE Saxena, AS Bierman, RH Glazier, X Wang… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance A better understanding of the association between early physician follow-up
after discharge and adverse outcomes among hospitalized patients may inform interventions …

Incidence and prevalence of giant cell arteritis in Ontario, Canada

L Barra, JE Pope, P Pequeno, FE Saxena, M Bell… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objective To estimate trends in the incidence and prevalence of GCA over time in Canada.
Methods We performed a population-based study of Ontario health administrative data using …

Behavioral nudges to improve audit and feedback report opening among antibiotic prescribers: a randomized controlled trial

…, CL Mulhall, R Pinto, FE Saxena… - Open Forum …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Peer comparison audit and feedback has demonstrated effectiveness in improving
antibiotic prescribing practices, but only a minority of prescribers view their reports. We …

Demographic characteristics and cost of treatment among oncology patients in a publicly funded system, the Ontario Trillium Drug Program: a retrospective cohort …

SY Cheng, FE Saxena, SJ Seung, CC Earle… - … Open Access Journal, 2019 - cmajopen.ca
Background: The aim of this study was to characterize the demographic characteristics and
investigate the cost of a publicly funded system, the Ontario Trillium Drug Program (TDP), for …

Long-term macrolide therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a population-based time series analysis

M Yan, FE Saxena, A Calzavara, KA Brown… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Macrolides are recommended as an adjunctive treatment for patients with
moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who experience recurrent …