Methods| This retrospective cohort study included all patients discharged with 2 acute
conditions (pneumonia and hip fracture) and exacerbations of 2 chronic conditions (chronic …

Individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) face barriers to safe and high-quality health
care. ‘Patient-experience’ is increasingly viewed as an important component of health care …

Importance Trauma of hospitalization refers to the depersonalizing and stressful experience
of a hospital admission and is hypothesized to increase the risk of readmission after …

BACKGROUND: Patient characteristics, clinical care, resource use and outcomes associated
with admission to hospital for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Canada are not …

Background: The precise scope of hospital care delivered under general internal medicine
services remains poorly quantified. The purpose of this study was to describe the …

Objective Large clinical databases are increasingly used for research and quality
improvement. We describe an approach to data quality assessment from the General Medicine …

Background Understanding the most common and costly conditions treated by inpatient
general medical services is important for implementing quality improvement, developing health …

Background Nine migrant agricultural workers died in Ontario, Canada, between January
2020 and June 2021. Methods To better understand the factors that contributed to the deaths …

Background: Disability-related considerations have largely been absent from the COVID-19
response, despite evidence that people with disabilities are at elevated risk for acquiring …

Background Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) experience poorer quality care
and more adverse events in hospital. Consequently, there is interest in understanding the role …