Cost-effectiveness analyses are required for therapies within Canada's universal healthcare system, leading to delays relative to U.S. healthcare.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Adoption of primary care interventions to reduce childhood obesity is limited. Progress in reducing obesity prevalence and eliminating disparities can be achieved by implementing effective childhood obesity management interventions in primary care settings.
Objective: To examine the extent to which implementation strategies supported the uptake of research evidence and implementation of the Connect for Health pediatric weight management program.
Introduction: There is an urgent need for scalable strategies for treating overweight and obesity in clinical settings. PROPS 2.0 (Partnerships for Reducing Overweight and Obesity with Patient-Centered Strategies 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Frailty is associated with mortality in older adults hospitalized with COVID-19, yet few studies have quantified healthcare utilization and spending following COVID-19 hospitalization.
Objective: To evaluate whether survival and follow-up healthcare utilization and expenditures varied as a function of claims-based frailty status for older adults hospitalized with COVID-19.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Objective: To investigate the prevalence of polypharmacy and characteristics associated with polypharmacy in older adults from seven European cities.
Design: Cross-sectional study of baseline data from DO-HEALTH.
Setting And Participants: DO-HEALTH enrolled 2157 community-dwelling adults age 70 and older from seven centres in Europe.