Epidemiology of dementia: prevalence and incidence estimates using validated electronic health records from primary care

A Ponjoan, J Garre-Olmo, J Blanch, E Fages… - Clinical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Updated estimates of incidence and prevalence of dementia are crucial to ensure
adequate public health policy. However, most of the epidemiological studies in the …

[HTML][HTML] Association of chronic pain with comorbidities and health care utilization: a retrospective cohort study using health administrative data

HE Foley, JC Knight, M Ploughman, S Asghari… - Pain, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Health administrative data provide a potentially robust information source regarding the
substantial burden chronic pain exerts on individuals and the health care system. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Real-world data in primary care: validation of diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in primary care electronic medical records and estimated prevalence among …

C de Burgos-Lunar, I del Cura-González… - BMC Primary …, 2023 - Springer
Background Primary care electronic medical records contain clinical-administrative
information on a high percentage of the population. Before this information can be used for …

[HTML][HTML] Scalable relevance ranking algorithm via semantic similarity assessment improves efficiency of medical chart review

T Cai, Z He, C Hong, Y Zhang, YL Ho… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Accurately assigning phenotype information to individual patients via
computational phenotyping using Electronic Health Records (EHRs) has been seen as the …

Identifying heart failure in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease through the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network in British Columbia: a case …

R Vijh, ST Wong, M Grandy, S Peterson… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Heart failure (HF) poses a substantial global health burden, particularly in
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The objective of this study was …

[HTML][HTML] First Nations Health: Antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infection across a national primary care network in 2019

S Wong, S Rajapakshe, D Barber, A Patey… - Canada …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Respiratory tract infection (RTI) is the leading reason for avoidable
antimicrobial use in primary care, yet provider-level feedback on its use is only available in …

Development and validation of a case definition to estimate the prevalence and incidence of cirrhosis in pan-Canadian primary care databases

N Faisal, L Kosowan, H Zafari… - Canadian Liver …, 2023 - canlivj.utpjournals.press
Aims: To develop and validate case definitions to identify patients with cirrhosis and alcohol-
related cirrhosis using primary care electronic medical records (EMRs) and to estimate …

Identifying cases of chronic pain using health administrative data: A validation study

HE Foley, JC Knight, M Ploughman… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Most prevalence estimates of chronic pain are derived from surveys and vary
widely, both globally (2%–54%) and in Canada (6.5%–44%). Health administrative data are …

[HTML][HTML] Validating a case definition for adult asthma in primary care electronic medical records

AJ Cave, B Soos, C Gillies, N Drummond… - NPJ Primary Care …, 2020 - nature.com
Although asthma is one of the most common chronic conditions affecting Canadians, its
epidemiologic characteristics and burden in primary care contexts are poorly understood …

Development of a case definition for hearing loss in community-based older adults: a cross-sectional validation study

R Miyagishima, T Hopper, B Hodgetts… - … Open Access Journal, 2021 - cmajopen.ca
Background: Research based in primary care suggests that hearing loss may be
underreported as well as inconsistently recorded in patient histories. In this study, we aimed …