Background To evaluate screening and treatment strategies, large-scale real-world data on
liver disease-related outcomes are needed. We sought to validate health administrative data …

BACKGROUND: Emergency department visits as a first point of contact for people with
mental illness may reflect poor access to timely outpatient mental health care. We sought to …

Objective: We sought to determine the utility of health administrative databases for
population-based suicide surveillance, as these data are generally more accessible and more …

Importance Women who experience imprisonment have high morbidity and an increased risk
of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Antenatal care could modify pregnancy-related risks, but …

Background Inspite of common lifting advice to maintain a lordotic posture, there is debate
regarding optimal lumbar spine posture during lifting. To date, the influence of lumbar posture …

Importance Psychiatric emergency department (ED) visits may be avoidable if individuals
have access to adequate outpatient care, but the extent to which individuals use the ED itself …

Objective To describe the population-level risk of infant and maternal outcomes for women
who experience imprisonment and compare outcomes with the general population. Methods …

Objectives To identify the epidemiologic predictors and stratify the risk of critical care unit (CCU)
admission or death in bronchiolitis following emergency department discharge. This …

Background and Aims Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease, which
can progress to cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and death. A timely diagnosis allows …

Objectives High-cost users (HCUs) are known to disproportionally incur the majority of healthcare
utilization costs relative to their counterparts. A number of studies have highlighted the …