Treatment with isoniazid or rifampin for latent tuberculosis infection: population-based study of hepatotoxicity, completion and costs

LA Ronald, JM FitzGerald… - European …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Clinical trials suggest less hepatotoxicity and better adherence with 4 months rifampin (4R)
versus 9 months isoniazid (9H) for treating latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Our objectives …

Staffing levels in not-for-profit and for-profit long-term care facilities: Does type of ownership matter?

…, AM Broemeling, RN Adler, M Schulzer, L Ronald… - Cmaj, 2005 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Currently there is a lot of debate about the advantages and disadvantages of
for-profit health care delivery. We examined staffing ratios for direct-care and support staff in …

observational evidence of for-profit delivery and inferior nursing home care: When is there enough evidence for policy change?

LA Ronald, MJ McGregor, C Harrington, A Pollock… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
… Copyright: © 2016 Ronald et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms
of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution …

Malaria and anaemia among children in two communities of Kumasi, Ghana: a cross-sectional survey

LA Ronald, SL Kenny, E Klinkenberg, AO Akoto… - Malaria Journal, 2006 - Springer
Lisa A RonaldLisa Ronald received funding support through the Gunther Foundation
and the Hesketh Leverhulme Fund, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. … Lisa A Ronald

Care outcomes in long-term care facilities in British Columbia, Canada: Does ownership matter?

MJ McGregor, RB Tate, KM McGrail, LA Ronald… - Medical care, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: This study investigated whether for-profit (FP) versus not-for-profit (NP) ownership
of long-term care facilities resulted in a difference in hospital admission and mortality rates …

Estimated impact of World Health Organization latent tuberculosis screening guidelines in a region with a low tuberculosis incidence: retrospective cohort study

LA Ronald, JR Campbell, C Rose… - Clinical Infectious …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening and treatment is a key component
of the World Health Organization (WHO) EndTB Strategy, but the impact of LTBI screening …

Demographic predictors of active tuberculosis in people migrating to British Columbia, Canada: a retrospective cohort study

LA Ronald, JR Campbell, RF Balshaw, K Romanowski… - Cmaj, 2018 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Canadian tuberculosis (TB) guidelines recommend targeting postlanding
screening for and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in people migrating to …

Hospitalization rates of nursing home residents and community-dwelling seniors in British Columbia

LA Ronald, MJ McGregor, KM McGrail… - Canadian Journal on …, 2008 - cambridge.org
The overall use of acute care services by nursing home (NH) residents in Canada has not
been well documented. Our objectives were to identify the major causes of hospitalization …

Nursing home characteristics associated with resident transfers to emergency departments

MJ McGregor, RB Abu-Laban, LA Ronald… - Canadian Journal on …, 2014 - cambridge.org
This study examined how nursing home facility ownership and organizational characteristics
relate to emergency department (ED) transfer rates. The sample included a retrospective …

Rising incidence of hospital-reported drug-facilitated sexual assault in a large urban community in Canada: Retrospective population-based study

MJ McGregor, J Ericksen, LA Ronald… - Canadian Journal of …, 2004 - Springer
Background Drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) occurs when an individual has been
sexually assaulted due to the surreptitious administration of drug(s) thereby rendering her/him …