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Clinical Articles /
BY: Stephan F. van Eeden, MD, PhD, FRCP,
April 2008
... was addressed in 76.2% of subjects, compared with 57.5% in a general respiratory clinic setting.[ 5 ] Helping patients address this addiction, whether ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Peter Rothfels, MD
May 2008
... of the stay-at-work/return-to-work process. 5. Find a way to effectively address psychiatric ...
News /
BY: Sandie Braid, CEBS
May 2008
... at competitive rates. The travel plan provides up to $5 million per person insured per trip for emergency medical ...
Letters /
BY: H.C. George Wong, MD, FRCPC
May 2008
... medicines,[ 3 ] and Ayurvedic medicines,[ 4 ] and others.[ 5 ] The author reported in a patient with mercury poisoning ...
Family Practice Services Committee /
BY: Greg Dines,
May 2008
... through MC4BC and has started delivering babies after a 5-year break. “I used to do high volume obstetrics in ... you’re in and out of hospital all the time.” But 5 years ago, with the competing demands of a young family, Dr ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Helen Novak Lauscher, PhD
May 2008
... Development and Knowledge Translation. This survey[ 5 ] had three main objectives: • To assess the context in ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Borys Flak, MD, FRCPC,
May 2008
... patients age 50 to 59 determined that fewer than 20.5% had undergone any form of CRC screening during a 6-year ... and only 3% had undergone endoscopy within the past 5 years, despite the fact that screening for CRC is supported ... future less or no colonic preparation will be required.[ 5 ] The CTC procedure begins when a rectal tube is inserted ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Barbara Poole Lane, MPA
May 2008
... observed mortality decline between 1990 and 2000 was 23.5% for women age 30 to 79. The decline in mortality due to ... 2700 BC women are diagnosed with breast cancer annually.[ 5 ] Incident rates have been relatively stable over time.[ 6 ... the most recent information about these guidelines.[ 5 , 11-14 ] For many of the indicators used, including the ...
News&Notes
June 2008
... sample of medical charts representative of the previous 5 years of practice. This typically includes the detailed ... usually represent about 1000 individual claims over the 5-year period—the usual span of an audit. The medical ... reason) is then extrapolated for all claims paid for the 5-year audit period. This statistical process has been ...