BACKGROUND: the consequences of ageing populations for health care costs have become
a concern for governments and health care funders in most countries. However, there is …

Illness increases with age. All else being equal, an older population has greater needs for
health care. This logic has led to dire predictions of skyrocketing costs “apocalyptic …

Antibiotic use is a modifiable driver of antibiotic resistance. In many circumstances, antibiotic
use is overly broad or unnecessary. We systematically assessed factors associated with …

Background Virtual visits are clinical interactions in health care that do not involve the patient
and provider being in the same room at the same time. The use of virtual visits is growing …

Context. While an association between pediatric behavioral disorders and injuries is
generally acknowledged, no studies have measured the risk for injury in the context of a large, …

Objectives. We examined income-related inequalities in self-reported health in the United
States and Canada and the extent to which they are associated with individual-level risk …

There is a widespread perception that the increasing proportion of female physicians in most
developed countries is contributing to a primary care service shortage because females …

Background In the United States, mifepristone is available for medical abortion (for use with
misoprostol) only with Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) restrictions, despite …

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 …

Background Higher staffing levels in long-term care have been associated with better outcomes
for residents in several landmark studies. However previous systematic reviews found …