Background: Readmissions to hospital are common, costly and often preventable. An easy-to-use
index to quantify the risk of readmission or death after discharge from hospital would …

Background Opioids are widely prescribed for chronic nonmalignant pain, often at doses
exceeding those recommended in clinical practice guidelines. However, the risk-benefit ratio of …

Introduction: Opioid-related mortality appears to be increasing in Canada. We examined the
true extent of the problem and the impact of the introduction of long-acting oxycodone. …

Background: Many patients do not adhere to treatment because they cannot afford their
prescription medications, putting them at increased risk of adverse health outcomes. We …

Deaths resulting from prescription opioids tripled in the United States between 1999 and
2007 and are also increasing in many other countries, including the United Kingdom. Irfan A …

Background: The demographic and socioeconomic profile of medical school classes has
implications for where people choose to practise and whether they choose to treat certain …

A five-sentence letter published in the Journal in 1980 has been heavily cited as evidence
that long-term opioid therapy has seldom been associated with addiction. Of the 608 …

… Irfan A. Dhalla contributed substantially to the study conception and design, data analysis
and interpretation, and revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content. Carl …

… Dhalla serves in a voluntary capacity on the National Advisory Committee on Prescription …
Irfan A. Dhalla also serves in a voluntary capacity on the Board of Directors of Physicians for …

Columbia exhibited a number of potential strengths relevant to pandemic preparedness
compared with Ontario: there was better coordination between long-term care, public health and …