Disparities in Physician Compensation by Gender in Ontario, Canada.

Importance: Men and women should earn equal pay for equal work. An examination of the magnitude of pay disparities could inform strategies for remediation.

Objective: To examine gender-based differences in pay within a large, comprehensive physician population practicing within a variety of payment systems.

Trends in prevalence of chronic disease and multimorbidity in Ontario, Canada.

Background: New case-mix tools from the Canadian Institute for Health Information offer a novel way of exploring the prevalence of chronic disease and multimorbidity using diagnostic data. We took a comprehensive approach to determine whether the prevalence of chronic disease and multimorbidity has been rising in Ontario, Canada.

Methods: In this observational study, we applied case-mix methodology to a population-based cohort.

Use of the Population Grouping Methodology of the Canadian Institute for Health Information to predict high-cost health system users in Ontario.

Background: Prior research has consistently shown that the heaviest users account for a disproportionate share of health care costs. As such, predicting high-cost users may be a precondition for cost containment. We evaluated the ability of a new health risk predictive modelling tool, which was developed by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), to identify future high-cost cases.

Using Diagnoses to Estimate Health Care Cost Risk in Canada.

Objective: Until recently, the options for summarizing Canadian patient complexity were limited to health risk predictive modeling tools developed outside of Canada. This study aims to validate a new model created by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) for Canada's health care environment.

Research Design: This was a cohort study.