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Clinical Articles / BY: Norman Phillips MSc July/August 2003
... sufficiently cost-effective to be considered for public health programs. Which method is most cost-effective depends ...
Clinical Articles / BY: P. Terry Phang, MD September 2003
... guidelines published by the National Institutes of Health. [5]  Adjuvant postoperative radiation and ... the 1990 consensus statement by the National Institutes of Health. [5]  That consensus statement was guided by results ...
Clinical Articles / BY: John R. Graham, PhD October 2003
... NSAIDs, but Maclure and Potashnik in the BC Ministry of Health stated savings of $5 million, presumably during the ... patches eventually reduced prices. This happened because Health Canada granted approval to 3M Pharmaceuticals in ... up to 16% of costs, from almost zero before the RDP. [5] Health consequences of the Reference Drug Program ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Daniel W.L. Lai, PhD October 2003
... was even higher at 47.2%. These figures suggest that health practitioners are serving more Chinese-Canadians and need to pay additional attention to the health status of this large ethnic community. Despite the size of the Chinese-Canadian population, limited health research has been done on this ethnic group, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Brian McGowan, MD October 2003
... implementation, hospitals in the former Simon Fraser Health Region (SFHR) found the doctor-of-the-day system ... objectives, the framework, and costs were presented to the health board, and with subsequent approval, a pilot project ... utilization, increased communication with nurses, allied health professionals, and other hospital physicians. Because ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Gillian A. Willis, MPS October 2003
... according to guidelines developed by DPIC and the health care treatment facilities. Data on Digibind use in BC ...
Clinical Articles / BY: M. Ryan, MSc November 2003
... a running program for reasons related to improving health and fitness. The program incorporates walk/run ... of explanatory variables at baseline (including general health, patellar angle, knee alignment, rear foot angle, ...
Clinical Articles / BY: J. Rezmovitz, MSc November 2003
... in self-confidence and coordination, overall health, quality of life, and general well-being have all been ... and quantified, the responses indicated improved health, less aching, and improved function. The open-ended ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Judith Isaac-Renton, MD, DPH, FRCPC November 2003
... resource and an important determinant of population health, it is also a national concern following waterborne ... challenges to the drinking water industry and to public health. In British Columbia there have been 29 confirmed ... be due to waterborne disease transmission. Current public health surveillance contributes to identification of ...
Editorials / BY: James A. Wilson, MD November 2003
... and we were making an investment in our future good health. Now I’m sure she didn’t believe one word of my ...