Background Many studies conducted in health and social sciences collect individual level
data as outcome measures. Usually, such data have a hierarchical structure, with patients …

OBJECTIVE—To identify and synthesize evidence about the effectiveness of patient, provider,
and health system interventions to improve diabetes care among socially disadvantaged …

Objectives: Area-based measures of socio-economic status are increasingly used in population
health research. Based on previous research and theory, the Canadian Marginalization …

Using multilevel analysis we find that residents of “stressed” neighborhoods have higher
levels of depression than residents of less “stressed” neighborhoods. Data for individuals are …

Importance Rates of obesity and diabetes have increased substantially in recent decades;
however, the potential role of the built environment in mitigating these trends is unclear. …

Background: The majority of immigrants to Canada originate from the developing world,
where the most rapid increase in prevalence of diabetes mellitus is occurring. We undertook a …

Background Toronto was the site of North America's largest outbreak of the severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS). An understanding of the patterns of transmission and the effects …

BACKGROUND: Globally, primary care changed dramatically as a result of the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We aimed to understand the degree to which office and …

Background: The underuse of total joint arthroplasty in appropriate candidates is more than
3 times greater among women than among men. When surveyed, physicians report that the …

Objective: We sought to determine the accuracy of administrative data for identifying mental
health service provision in primary care. Study Design: This was a chart abstraction study …