Background: For patients dying of cancer, a visit to the emergency department can be
disruptive, distressing and exhausting. Such visits made near the end of life are considered an …

Objectives. We explored differences in health and education outcomes between children
living in social housing and not, and effects of social housing’s neighborhood socioeconomic …

PURPOSE In primary care, there is increasing recognition of the difficulty of treating patients’
immediate health concerns when their overall well-being is shaped by underlying social …

METHODS: This study included all mother–newborn pairs (2003–2010) in Manitoba, Canada,
where the mother received prenatal social assistance, the infant was born in the hospital, …

The PATHS Data Resource is a unique database comprising data that follow individuals
from the prenatal period to adulthood. The PATHS Resource was developed for conducting …

Background: Lack of patient access to family physicians in Canada is a concern. The role of
recent physician graduates in this problem of supply of primary care services has not been …

While home visiting programs are among the most widespread interventions to support at-risk
families, there is a paucity of research investigating these programs under real-world …

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a non-invasive breast cancer, is usually treated by breast-conserving
surgery (BCS). Randomized trials prove that the addition of radiotherapy (XRT) …

Pressure ulcer reduction is a healthcare priority. Good clinical guidelines have the potential
to transform pressure ulcer prevention and management practices. However, evidence …

In the first longitudinal, population-based study of full-day kindergarten (FDK) outcomes
beyond primary school in Canada, we used linked administrative data to follow 15 kindergarten …