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President's Comment / BY: Ahmer A. Karimuddin, MD, FRCSC May 2024
... British Columbia committed to reaching the OECD average of 4.3 hospital beds per 1000 people by 2035, doubling our ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jae Ford, MD, MPH May 2024
... (typically < 1%) of B. burgdorferi in BC ticks.[ 1 , 4 , 5 ] In comparison, highly endemic areas in central and ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Olivia Sampson, MD, CCFP, MPH, FRCPC, ABPM May 2024
... to Blood and Body Fluid/Laboratory Requisition form.[ 4 ] In this case, the emergency room physician would submit a ... at 1 888 922-2768, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You may also complete a Physician Registration ...
Editorials / BY: Caitlin Dunne, MD, FRCSC June 2024
... will spend more this year to service the growing $1.4 trillion national debt than on health care.[ 2 ] To help ... to bring in about $19.3 billion over the next 5 years.[ 4 ] The government’s plan to tax the “very wealthiest” ... in recent decades, reaching as high as 75% in the 1990s.[ 4 ] Many Canadians will not be affected by the tax increase, ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Kate Smolina, DPhil, CHE June 2024
... Nations and Métis Peoples in BC, see other reports.[ 4,5 ] People living with chronic conditions were ...
Editorials / BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC June 2024
... streets have been shown to decrease vehicle speeds.[ 4 ] Meanwhile, interventions such as raised crosswalks and ...
Council on Health Promotion / BY: William Liu, BHSc June 2024
... machine learning in management of acute kidney injury.[ 4 ] The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care noted ...
Premise / BY: Lauren Whitehead, MD, FRCSC June 2024
... (IUI) in Europe, 39 provide at least partial funding. [4] Across Canada, the approach to public funding is highly ... $60 to $80 million annually (equivalent to between $82.4 million and $109.9 million in 2024). [15-17] The program ... lower success rates with advancing maternal age. [4] For instance, when Quebec offered multiple cycles of IVF ...
Letters / BY: Thomas J. DeMarco, MD June 2024
... and a happy, healthy doctor. So far, I have accumulated 4 days of disability—1 day for a bad flu in 1986 (no flu ...
Editorials / BY: Maziar Badii, MD, FRCPC, MHSc June 2024
... adjunct therapies for additional support. Article 4 : Zentner addresses the challenges of assessing surgical ...