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Clinical Articles / BY: John R. Graham, PhD October 2003
... classes, Pharmacare managers claim annualized savings of $5 million for angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors ... May 1999 were between $7.3 million and $8.7 million. [5]  There is no published independent estimate of financial ... Potashnik in the BC Ministry of Health stated savings of $5 million, presumably during the first year. [6] In the midst ...
Letters / BY: Ronald Cridland, MD March 2003
... [ BCMJ 2002;44(10):547-550 ]. After living in the US for 5 years, I purchased catastrophic health insurance for $2000 ...
Letters / BY: Erik T. Paterson, MD December 2003
... serve an area population of 15000 roughly, and we have 10.5 FTE doctors. The Interior Health Authority (IHA) states ... ratio ought to be 1000:1, which leaves Creston short 4.5 FTE family doctors (plus we have one very part-time ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Kathleen M.N. Lee, RDN April 2002
... on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of obesity. [ 5]  Behavior modification is emphasized as the key component ...
Letters / BY: Warren Bell, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP(LM) October 2002
... which appeared in the June 2002 issue [ BCMJ  2002;44(5):234], asking for feedback on the brochure entitled ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Charles S.B. Galasko, ChM, FRCS June 2002
... year, we saw 940 patients, of whom 193 had a WAD (20.5%). A number of other authors also reported a significant ... in the United Kingdom is approximately 250 000. [3-5] An extensive search of the literature did not reveal ...
Letters / BY: Robert Grist, MD January/February 2002
... not provide protection against MI were largely unheeded.[5] More recent information however, such as the latest review ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Elissa Press, BA September 2002
... and a viral load of 3320 copies/ml presented with a 5-month history of anal pain and rectal discharge. The ... was 2 cm and tender. He underwent a colonoscopy, and a 5 cm cauliflower-like, exophytic anorectal mass was noted. ... squamous cell carcinoma was treated with chemotherapy (5-FU) and radiation, which resulted in clinical improvement ...
College Library / BY: Jim Henderson May 2002
... for an MDConsult account) or both. This figure rose to 45.5% (20 of 44) in 2 weeks; five MDConsult articles were not ... articles from the Library stacks is approximately 3.5 minutes per article. Once a source is identified, time to ... establish that it was unavailable. The next day, it took 4.5 minutes to access, obtain and input passwords and credit ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Marcos Gobrial, MD, CCFP December 2002
... not only in British Columbia, but in all of Canada. [4,5]  In the provincial health officer’s annual report for ... Health Region* it was 39.8/10 000 standard population). [5]  The provincial health officer believes that these health ... due mainly to differences in socioeconomic conditions. [5]  Other factors may also play a role. Relative lack of ...