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Editorials / BY: Brian Day, MB July/August 2022
... costs in BC’s system were 16%, representing 6 to 7 times what was claimed, and over 3 times that of US public ...
News / BY: Chris Bankonin July/August 2022
... you can access and amend the services as required 24/7. Our friendly team is also here to assist along the way. ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elizabeth Purssell, MD, MSc September 2022
... critical organs, including the heart and brain.[ 2 , 3 , 7-10 ] Although REBOA is less invasive than resuscitative ... approximately 4 to 12 minutes in the conventional models,[ 7 , 20 ] but newer models have recently entered the market ... REBOA candidates (3.3% of trauma team activations; 1.7% of total trauma consults) and 14 were classified as likely ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Mira Keyes, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... threat to the viability of Canada’s health care system,[ 7 ] we conducted a survey of BC Cancer physicians to ... the country: 71.6% of BC Cancer physicians versus 33.7% of radiation oncologists from other provinces felt that ... and 93% of Quebec radiation oncologists agreed [ Figure 7 ]. The difference between groups was statically significant ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Braedon Aujla, BSc September 2022
... densities all influence collision occurrence.[ 2 , 7 ] Many roads in north-central British Columbia wind through ... need of other medical specialties, while the remaining 7% required orthopaedic surgery. Most moose–vehicle ... than those involved in moose–vehicle collisions, only 7% needed additional medical specialty treatment. This could ...
Letters / BY: Joanne Sinai, MD, MEd, FRCPC September 2022
... terms of their sexual functioning. Levine and colleagues[ 7 ] provide a good review of the issues regarding informed ...
Letters / BY: Gail Knudson, MD, MEd, FRCPC September 2022
... health care providers in BC ( Standards of Care Version 7 )[ 4 ] and the approach taken by the team at BC ... BC was the first jurisdiction in Canada to follow version 7, we are confident the Ministry of Health will follow suit ... standards of care. The current Standards of Care (version 7) do not mandate “treatment on demand.” On the contrary, ...
Premise / BY: Julie Leising, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care Version 7 (SOC 7). Standards of Care Version 8 is being developed using an ... be released this year.[ 2 ] This is in contrast to the SOC 7, published in 2012, which was “based on the best ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: Jennifer Balfour, MD, FRCPC September 2022
... real dangers to previous generations. In fact, only 69% of 7-year-olds in BC were up-to-date with routine immunizations ... below 90% provincially in 2020 for the first time in 7 years. In contrast, grade 9 pertussis immunization rates ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Sarah Dunn, MPH Practicum Student September 2022
... $1500 per patient or $2.3 million over a 90-day period.[ 7 ] Small investments can return substantial cost savings; ...