Approximately 49% reported not using their inhalers every day, which is termed nonerratic nonadherence. Statistical analysis examining both erratic and nonerratic nonadherence showed that current inhaled reliever used was the only significant predictor of poor adherence. The predictors of poor adherence ...
Locke, an orthoptist/instructor and team lead in the visual electrophysiology lab at IWK Health in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, discussed the issue of finessing the pediatric eye examination. “We can streamline things and make the examination 1% better by being more competent in assessing visual...
We sought to evaluate long-term trends in hours worked by physicians in Canada, overall and by subgroup. Methods: We used Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey to identify physicians via occupation and industry coding information. We estimated descriptive statistics and performed graph...
FZ Chu,RG Day 摘要: Family physicians have an essential, unique, and vital role to play in preventive health care. However, the actual practice of and emphasis upon preventive medicine varies widely. Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of illness and high medical costs in the ...
Five Democratic state Treasurers called for an end to the trade war with Canada and Mexico and warned impending tariffs will have detrimental impacts on everyday Americans. Aneeta Mathur-Ashton March 6, 2025 Chaotic Tariffs Rollout Roils Economy The president’s ...
Prior to the pandemic, Canada lagged behind other Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries in the uptake of virtual care. The onset of COVID-19, however, resulted in a near-universal shift to virtual primary care to minimise exposu
Sweden has one of the lowest physician-to-population ratios among comparable Western countries [70], with 0.62 physicians in primary healthcare per 1000 population; the Netherlands and Canada have 0.9 and 1.33 physicians per 1000 population, respectively. This is problematic because primary healthcare...
As we await larger scale, population-based studies of decision aids and facilitated relay for statins, several provinces in Canada already use laboratory-based, facilitated relay for surveillance and screening for cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer.45 There are several strengths of this study. ...
A multivariate analysis involving patients with COPD in 29 EDs in the United States and Canada showed that hospital admission was more likely in patients with older age, female sex, more pack-years of smoking, recent use of ICS, self-reported activity limitation in the past 24 h, higher ...
Primary care is the foundation of our health system and covers the everyday needs of patients. Primary care providers prevent, detect and treat illnesses; give advice regarding healthy living; and manage chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension and asthma. They have trusted, long-term ...