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Michael Hillmer

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Verified email at ontario.ca
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Nursing home profit status and quality of care: is there any evidence of an association?

MP Hillmer, WP Wodchis, SS Gill… - … care research and …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
This article critically reviews the association between the profit status of North American
nursing homes and the quality of care. Studies were identified by searching MEDLINE (January …

Atypical antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: systematic review

PE Lee, SS Gill, M Freedman, SE Bronskill, MP Hillmer… - Bmj, 2004 - bmj.com
Objective To review the role of oral atypical antipsychotic drugs in the management of the
behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Data sources Medline, Embase…

[HTML][HTML] Barriers and facilitators to uptake of systematic reviews by policy makers and health care managers: a scoping review

…, B Hemmelgarn, M Ouimet, MP Hillmer… - Implementation …, 2015 - Springer
Background We completed a scoping review on the barriers and facilitators to use of systematic
reviews by health care managers and policy makers, including consideration of format …

Assessment of psychotropic drug prescribing among nursing home residents in Ontario, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic

…, J Rangrej, A Jones, AP Costa, MP Hillmer… - JAMA internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| In this cross-sectional study, we examined the monthly proportion of nursing home
residents who were prescribed psychotropic drugs as a proportion of the monthly number of …

COVID‐19 and Ontario's long‐term care homes

…, SK Sinha, K Smith, AR Tuite, MP Hillmer - Journal of Elder …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ontario long‐term care (LTC) home residents have experienced disproportionately high
morbidity and mortality, both from COVID‐19 and from the conditions associated with the COVID…

Sex-specific differences in COVID-19 testing, cases and outcomes: a population-wide study in Ontario, Canada

…, W Wu, L Lapointe-Shaw, DN Fisman, MP Hillmer… - medRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
In this population-wide study in Ontario, Canada we report on all 194,372 unique residents
who received testing for SARS-CoV-2 between January 23, 2020 and April 28, 2020. We …

Alcohol sales and alcohol-related emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic

…, Q Huang, J Chau, MP Hillmer… - Annals of Internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, many regions
across the world recommended stay-at-home orders, closure of public spaces, and physical …

Risk factors for outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 infection at retirement homes in Ontario, Canada: a population-level cohort study

…, A Castellino, GA Heckman, MP Hillmer, C Ma, P Pham… - Cmaj, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in retirement homes (also
known as assisted living facilities) is largely unknown. We examined the association between …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal associations between community incidence of COVID-19 and nursing home outbreaks in Ontario, Canada

…, S Shi, NM Stall, AR Tuite, MP Hillmer - Journal of the …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Nursing homes have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, with residents
of these homes incurring extreme morbidity and mortality. 1 The risk of nursing home COVID…

[HTML][HTML] Representation of patients with dementia in clinical trials of donepezil

…, P Li, KI Shulman, GM Anderson, MP Hillmer… - Journal of Population …, 2004 - jptcp.com
Objectives To evaluate the representation of frail older adults in randomized controlled trials
(RCTs), and to assess consequences of under representation by analyzing drug …