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  • Spittal PM, Schechter M, Oviedo-Joekes E: Factors Associated with Perceived Abuse in the Health Care System Among Long-Term Opioid Users: A Cross-Sectional Study

    April 25, 2016

    Paris H, Marchand K, Peng D, Fikowski J, Harrison S, Spittal PM, Schechter MT, Oviedo-Joekes E. Factors associated with perceived abuse in the health care system among long-term opioid users: A cross-sectional study. Substance Use and Misuse. Epub 20 Apr 2016. doi: 10.3109/10826084.2016.1155605.

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  • Oviedo-Joekes E, Krausz RM, Anis A: Hydromorphone compared with diacetylmorphine for long-term opioid dependence

    May 10, 2016

    Oviedo-Joekes E, Guh D, Brissette S, Marchand K, MacDonald S, Lock K, Harrison S, Janmohamed A, Anis AH, Krausz M, Marsh DC, Schechter MT. Hydromorphone compared with diacetylmorphine for long-term opioid dependence: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2016 Apr 6; 73(5):447–455. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.0109. PMID: 27049826.

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  • Gill JS: U.S. transplant policy should strengthen bridges, not build walls

    June 15, 2016

    Gordon EJ, Gill JS. U.S. transplant policy should strengthen bridges, not build walls. Am J Transplant. 2016 Jun;16(6): 1645–6. doi: 10.1111/ajt.13713. Epub 2016 Mar 9. PMID: 26752683.

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  • Bansback N, Harrison MJ: Attitude to health risk in the Canadian population: A cross-sectional survey

    June 6, 2016

    Bansback N, Harrison M, Sadatsafavi M, Stiggelbout A, Whitehorse D. Attitude to health risk in the Canadian population: A cross-sectional survey. CMAJ Open. 2016 Jun 2; 4(2):E284–E291. Doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20150071.

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  • Harrison M, Anis AH: Incentives in rheumatology: The potential contribution of physician responses to financial incentives, reporting, and treatment guidelines to health care sustainability

    June 6, 2016

    Harrison M, Milbers K, Mihic T, Anis AH. Incentives in rheumatology: The potential contribution of physician responses to financial incentives, reporting, and treatment guidelines to health care sustainability. Health Economics and Quality of Life. Epub ahead of print 2016 May 30.

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  • Koehoorn M: Measuring gender when you don’t have a gender measure: Constructing a gender index using survey data.

    June 10, 2016

    Smith PM, Koehoorn M. Measuring gender when you don’t have a gender measure: Constructing a gender index using survey dataInt J Equity Health. 2016 May 28; 15(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s12939-016-0370-4. PMID: 27233478.

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  • Bansback N, Anis A: Costs of early spondyloarthritis

    June 13, 2016

    Harvard S, Guh D, Bansback N, Richette P, Dougados M, Anis A, Fautrel B. Costs of early spondyloarthritis: Estimates from the first 3 years of the DESIR cohort. RMD Open. 2016 Apr 4; 2(1):e000230. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000230. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27099778.

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  • Lynd L, Anis A: The impact of price-cap regulations on exit by generic pharmaceutical firms

    June 13, 2016

    Zhang W, Guh D, Sun H, Marra CA, Lynd LD, Anis AH. The impact of price-cap regulations on exit by generic pharmaceutical firms. Med Care. Epub ahead of print 2016 May 20. PMID: 27213540.

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  • Wong H, Anis A: Distribution and drivers of average direct cost of osteoarthritis in Canada from 2003–2010

    June 13, 2016

    Sharif B, Kopec JA, Wong H, Anis AH. Distribution and drivers of average direct cost of osteoarthritis in Canada from 2003–2010. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Epub ahead of print. 2016 May 9. doi: 10.1002/acr.22933. PMID: 27159532.

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  • Ayas N: Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine Guideline on preoperative screening and assessment of patients with obstructive sleep apnea

    June 13, 2016

    Chung F, Memtsoudis S, Krishna Ramachandran S, Nagappa M, Opperer M, Cozowicz C, Patrawala S, Lam D, Kumar A, Joshi GP, Fleetham J, Ayas N, Collop N, Doufas A, Eikermann M, Englesakis M, Gali B, Gay P, Hernandes A, Kaw R, Kezirian E, Malhotra A, Mokhlesi B, Parthasarathy S, Stierer T, Wappler F, Hillman DR, Auckley D. Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine Guideline on preoperative screening and assessment of patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Anesth Analg. Epub ahead of print 2016 Jun 1. PMID: 27258078.

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  • Ayas N: Cognitive and other strategies to mitigate the effects of fatigue: Lessons from staff physicians working in intensive care units

    June 13, 2016

    Henrich N, Ayas NT, Stelfox HT, Peets AD. Cognitive and other strategies to mitigate the effects of fatigue: Lessons from staff physicians working in intensive care units. Ann Am Thorac Soc. Epub ahead of print 2016 Jun 1. PMID: 27249237.

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  • Rose C, Gill JS: Re-examining risk of repeated HLA mismatch in kidney transplantation

    February 22, 2017

    Tinckam KJ, Rose C, Hariharan S, Gill J. Re-examining risk of repeated HLA mismatch in kidney transplantation. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Sep;27(9):2833-41. doi:10.1681/ASN.2015060626. Epub 2016 Feb 17.

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