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Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Patricia M. Massel, MD June 2023
... environments, lack of continuity of care, and isolation.[ 2-8 ] However, most studies have focused on rural Australia ... of recommendations for improvement is provided in Table 2 . Travel delays The problem of travel delays was ... care travel. Visiting a specialist often took 1 to 2 days of travel, and dangerous winter travel conditions ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Hayley Wroot, BSc October 2023
... and social challenges encountered when accessing care.[ 2 , 3 , 7 ] Current systems in BC rely on parent/caregiver ... to generate a snapshot of the current state at BCCH, (2) a subsequent 2-month extended chart review to build on the initial scoping ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Kevin E. Liang, MD, CCFP May 2023
... is the third highest in the world on a per capita basis.[ 2 , 3 ] A group of medications called pressurized ... metered-dose inhalers ranged from 9720 to 36 500 gCO 2 e (grams of carbon dioxide equivalent) per inhaler; the ... dry powder inhalers/soft mist inhalers is 282 to 1700 gCO 2 e per inhaler. From 2016 to 2021, more than 3.56 million ...
Editorials / BY: Jennifer J. Telford, MD, MPH, FRCPC, CAGF, FACG July/August 2023
... have informed clinical practice guidelines in BC.[ 1 , 2 ] Our goal is to review the source literature and discuss ...
Letters / BY: Alister F. Frayne, MB ChB, MBA, CCFP, FCFP November 2023
... Primary Care model and Dr Barbara Starfield’s ideas)[ 2 ] suggests that by taking an organizational approach to ...
Clinical Articles, Original Research / BY: Nicola Y. Edwards, MHA January/February 2023
... by the largest number of deaths ever recorded in 2021.[ 2 ] Within BC, the highest number of paramedic-attended ... deaths have occurred in the Metro Vancouver region.[ 2 , 3 ] In downtown Vancouver, St. Paul’s Hospital in ... presentations occurred in March and June 2019 [ Figure 2 ]. Health care encounters for pain or surgery prior to ...
Editorials / BY: Yvonne Sin, MD May 2023
... from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine.[ 2 ] This was only 1 year before the Chinese Immigration Act ...
Premise / BY: R. Eric Demers, BSc, CCPA, CD September 2023
... what each health professional does. The Canada Health Act[ 2 ] guides Canada’s hospital-centric health care system. It ... BC has a land area of approximately 945 000 km 2 [ 12 ] and, as of 2021, a population of approximately 5.2 million.[ 13 ] Manitoba’s land area is approximately ...
Editorials / BY: Michael Schwandt, MD, MPH, FRCPC December 2023
... decriminalization of drug possession for personal use.[ 2 ] Further, the BC Coroners Service has recommended the ...
Beyond Medicine, Interviews / BY: Tara Lyon March 2023
... as opposed to a medical trade. I then spent the next 2 years at community colleges before being accepted into the ...