Do practice guidelines guide practice?

…, K Domnick-Pierre, E Vayda… - … England Journal of …, 1989 - Mass Medical Soc
Guidelines for medical practice can contribute to improved care only if they succeed in moving
actual practice closer to the behaviors the guidelines recommend. To assess the effect of …

Opinion leaders vs audit and feedback to implement practice guidelines: delivery after previous cesarean section

J Lomas, M Enkin, GM Anderson, WJ Hannah, E Vayda… - Jama, 1991 - jamanetwork.com
A randomized controlled trial with 76 physicians in 16 community hospitals evaluated audit
and feedback and local opinion leader education as methods of encouraging compliance …

Patient satisfaction and quality of care in walk-in clinics, family practices and emergency departments: the Ontario Walk-In Clinic Study

…, M Stewart, M Mathews, MK Campbell, E Vayda… - Cmaj, 2003 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Although walk-in clinics are an increasingly common feature of Ontario's health
care system, the quality of care they provide is the subject of continuing debate. In this study …

A comparison of surgical rates in Canada and in England and Wales

E Vayda - New England journal of medicine, 1973 - Mass Medical Soc
Abstract Comparison showed that surgical rates in Canada (1968) were 1.8 times greater
for men and 1.6 times greater for women than in England and Wales (1967). The age-…

Variations in surgery in Ontario

H Stockwell, E Vayda - Medical Care, 1979 - journals.lww.com
In 1974 there was five-to eight-fold variation in the frequency with which tonsillectomy,
colectomy, hysterectomy, cholecystectomy and appendectomy were performed in Ontario's 49 …

A randomized controlled trial of a multifaceted integrated complementary-alternative therapy for chronic herpes zoster-related pain.

F Hui, E Boyle, E Vayda… - Alternative Medicine …, 2012 - search.ebscohost.com
INTRODUCTION: Our objective was to determine whether a three-week complementary
and alternative medicine (CAM) approach integrating several therapies from Traditional …

The role of evidence in the consensus process: results from a Canadian consensus exercise

J Lomas, G Anderson, M Enkin, E Vayda, R Roberts… - Jama, 1988 - jamanetwork.com
As part of a consensus conference on cesarean birth, the ten-member consensus panel
rated 224 clinical scenarios on their appropriateness for a cesarean section. Ratings were …

Stability of the medical group in a new prepaid medical care program

E Vayda - Medical Care, 1970 - JSTOR
Setting The Community Health Foundation is a direct service prepaid group practice program
which is consumer sponsored. It provides comprehensive benefits on a prepayment basis …

A decade of surgery in Canada, England and Wales, and the United States

E Vayda, WR Mindell, IM Rutkow - Archives of Surgery, 1982 - jamanetwork.com
• Between 1966 and 1976, overall surgical rates in Canada remained relatively unchanged
and consistently 60% higher than those in England and Wales. Overall United States rates …

The Canadian health care system: An overview

E Vayda, RB Deber - Social Science & Medicine, 1984 - Elsevier
Although health care is a provincial responsibility in Canada, universal hospital insurance
was fully adopted by 1961; universal medical insurance followed 10 years later. Each …