Background: Population-based surveillance of Alzheimer’s and related dementias (AD-RD)
incidence and prevalence is important for chronic disease management and health system …

Objectives: To examine the association between Helicobacter pylori infection and non-ulcer
dyspepsia, and to assess the effect of eradicating H pylori on dyspeptic symptoms in …

Background We have previously validated administrative data algorithms to identify patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using rheumatology clinic records as the reference standard. …

Background Goal setting is a recommended approach in clinical care that can help individuals
with multi-morbidities and their caregivers manage chronic conditions. In this paper, the …

Objective Previous validation studies assessing the use of administrative data to identify
patients with epilepsy have used targeted sampling or have used a reference standard of …

Women with diabetes have higher breast cancer incidence and mortality. The purpose of
this study was to examine the impact of diabetes on stage at breast cancer diagnosis, as a …

Background: The Wait Time Alliance recently established wait time benchmarks for
rheumatology consultations in Canada. Our aim was to quantify wait times to primary and …

Objectives Accurate data on the burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are scarce, but critical in
helping health care providers and decision makers to optimize clinical and public health …

Objective To examine how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted use of home care services for
individuals with dementia across service types and sociodemographic strata. Design …

Objective Our aim was to characterize referrals to rheumatologists, the early care management
of patients with rheumatic diseases, and timeliness of care and treatment. Methods We …