RESEARCH PROJECTSThe following project listings include currently active and completed projects which use data from Population Data BC holdings. The health care services data currently held at Population Data BC were formerly available through the British Columbia Linked Health Database (BCLHD). Older research projects used linked data from the BCLHD. Social and emotional well-being and resilience early adolescence: the importance of supportive relationships in core ecological contexts aka 'MDI Resiliency project' project details Assisted living in British Columbia: an initial exploration project details Impact of glycemic control on cardiac outcomes following percutaneous translumincal coronary angioplasty: prospective cohort study project details Evaluation of the pharmacoepidemiological and policy implications of therapeutic substitution of proton pump inhibitors in British Columbia project details Chronic occlusion project project details Serious complications of colonoscopy among four Canadian provinces project details Effectiveness of Beta-blockers in preventing death for persons with heart failure project details Evaluation of subgroups of the BC general population susceptible to health effects from air pollution project details Investigating the Burden of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Canada project details Hand Metacarpal and Phalangeal Fractures in British Columbia: A Two Staged Epidemiological and Health Care Utilization Inquiry project details Airway obstruction and hypersensitivity among young industrial workers: A 15-year follow-up of apprentices project details Spatial Epidemiology: Entering in a new era of understanding injuries and associated risk factors project details Recent Trends in the Nursing Labour Market in Canada project details BC's Fair PharmaCare Evaluation Project project details Infants born into NICUs and their caregivers: A study of the relationship between their HRQL, NICU practices and outcomes and health care utilization. project details Development of a methodology to analyze variations in effective, preference-sensitive and supply-sensitive care project details Ethnic difference in access to invasive cardiovascular procedures in Canada project details Emerging cardiac and vascular morbidity and mortality in the context of highly active antiretroviral therapy project details BC breast cancer survivor study project details Ethnic differences in stroke prognosis and care project details Utilization of computed tomography imaging modalities in individuals with cerebrovascular disease in British Columbia project details Assessment of hypertension occurrence, management and outcomes in Canada project details Percutaneous coronary intervention versus surgery for unprotected left main stem disease: 10 year outcomes in British Columbia project details The MaMS study: malignancy and multiple sclerosis project details Return on investment from pharmaceutical care: measuring population-based causes and consequenses of prescription drug utlization and expenditure project details Measuring and reporting on the achievement of equity in health, health care and health care financing project details Anatomy of a doctor shortage -a population-based analysis of changing patterns of practice project details Investigating asthma among British Columbia workers: a pilot surveillance project project details Establishment of a childhood respiratory disease cohort using the BCLHD/Analysis of birth outcomes in the Greater Vancouver Regional District using the BC Perinatal Database Equity in the finance and delivery of health care services project details Establishment of a childhood respiratory disease cohort using the BCLHD/Analysis of birth outcomes in the Greater Vancouver Regional District using the BC Perinatal Database project details Health outcomes in long-term care facilities: Does type of ownership matter? project details Explaining Regional Variation in the Prescription of Stimulant Drugs to Children & Youth in BC project details An exploration of client classification for short-term home care project details A Study of Client Characteristics, Service Utilization and Costs for Homecare Clients project details Evaluation of the Preventative and Maintenance Model project details Comparative costs of home care and residential long-term care project details A study to track the movement of clients through the continuing care system project details Population based study of psychotropic medication use during pregnancy project details | case study Gender and ethnic differences in hypertension and diabetes mellitus project details | case study The BeAMS Study. Long-term benefits and adverse effects of beta-interferon for multiple sclerosis project details | case study Impact of policy guideline variation on outcomes of novel H1N1 influenza in aboriginal communities in BC, Manitoba, and Ontario project details Analysis of the determinants of place of death and temporal trends in place of death among adults in British Columbia project details Social and emotional well-being and resilience early adolescence: the importance of supportive relationships in core ecological contexts aka 'MDI Resiliency project' project details The population trend in fertility drug use and its impact on birth outcomes project details Physician-and region-level variations in health care services use (mortality measures) project details Who crashes onto dialysis? Social determinants of health of patients who seek dialysis treatment project details Health outcomes in long term care facilities: does type of ownership matter? project details BC Pharmacovigilance Project project details Water's role in helicobacter pylori transmission project details Incidence and type of malignancy among people infected with hepatitis B virus in British Columbia - Feasibility of inter- and intra-agency data linkage within Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) project details Determinants of outcomes for critically ill patients who are transported between hospitals project details Impact of general practitioner payment scheme on avoidable hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions project details Development of a model for the diagnosis of early knee osteoarthritis (MoDEKO) project details Using the BC Linked Health Database to understand whether depression changes the course of heart disease in AMI patients project details Predictors and utilization of services by those disabled by spinal cord injuries in BC project details Musculoskeletal surgeries among injured workers in BC: investigating outcomes by private versus public setting and expedited status project details | case study Pre and post injury health care utilization by injured workers project details Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Hospital Length of Stay in an Era of Decreasing Availability of Acute Care Hospital Beds project details An analysis of home health service use in British Columbia project details Does a biological marker for mood states improve diagnostic accuracy? project details The value of the tuberculin skin test size in predicting the development of tuberculosis in contacts of active cases project details Quantifying persistence with anti-obesity medications (orlistat and sibutramine) and substudy: sibutramine and cardiovascular risk project details Socioeconomic status, stress, and asthma in childhood project details The epidemiology of cerebral palsy in BC project details Traumatic head injury in British Columbia project details The epidemiology of head trauma in seniors project details Falls and fractures in seniors project details Predicting mortality using large administrative databases project details Alternate measures of aggregate drug price and quantity for BC pharmacies project details A comparison of methods for constructing price indexes: Do economic measures relate to average costs per day of maintenance? project details Placebos and Pseudos: The comparability of generic and brand name drugs project details Determinants of excessive waiting for cardiac catheterization and revascularization in British Columbia project details Intra-national drug price differences project details Arthritis in Canada project details Population-based pharmaceutical sector productivity measurement: The determinants of prescription drug utilization and expenditures project details Economic price and productivity measurement in a pharmaceutical sub-sector – Treating hypertension project details Twenty-first century ecology of medical care project details Health status and health services utilization: Predictive validity of the Health Utilities Index project details Effects of provincial drug plan eligibility on drug utilization among the elderly project details Methylphenidate therapy among children in British Columbia project details BC - CCORT - Diagnostic Coronary Angiography project details Determinants of health care utilization changes over time: an analysis of two cohorts in the British Columbia long-term care program project details High users of physician services: A framework and exploratory empirical analysis project details Patient focused care over time project details Health Outcomes with Reference-based Pricing project details Predictors of hospitalization during the last year of life project details Reliability and validity of self-reported utilization of health care services project details CSHA Cohort linkage database project project details The economic costs and resource impacts of HIV/AIDS in BC based on anonymous data project details Does health care support independence or threaten it: A population based person specific analysis of patterns of use by seniors project details Establishment of a childhood respiratory disease cohort using the BCLHD/Analysis of birth outcomes in the Greater Vancouver Regional District using the BC Perinatal Database Social and emotional well-being and resilience early adolescence: the importance of supportive relationships in core ecological contexts aka 'MDI Resiliency project' project details Education, health and well being outcomes of children born to immigrant and refugee families in British Columbia project details Socioeconomic status, stress, and asthma in childhood project details PERSONAL HEALTH PRACTICES AND COPING SKILLS SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS Exposure to air pollution and middle ear infection in children project details Establishment of a childhood respiratory disease cohort using the BCLHD/Analysis of birth outcomes in the Greater Vancouver Regional District using the BC Perinatal Database Social and emotional well-being and resilience early adolescence: the importance of supportive relationships in core ecological contexts aka 'MDI Resiliency project' project details Spatial assessment of forest fire smoke exposure and its health effects in the southern interior of British Columbia project details The impact of water quality risk factors on endemic gastrointestinal illness in a rural-urban setting project details | case study Environmental justice in Vancouver, 1996: A spatial analysis of the relationship between air pollution and individual and ecologic data project details Sawmill industry employment and layoff: implications for training and health project details Socio-economic status, stress, and asthma in childhood project details Social and Economic Consequences of Workplace Injury: A Study of Workers and their Families in British Columbia project details Surveillance of Cancer Related to Occupational Wood Dust Exposure project details Asbestosis, sillicosis and related diseases in British Columbia project details | case study Incidence and correlates of lost-time claims among adolescents and young adults in Ontario and British Columbia project details Studying the Health of Health Care Workers project details Investigating the consequences of work-related injuries among young workers in British Columbia project details Examining trends in the incidence and cost of workers' compensation claims in the Ontario and British Columbia long-term care sectors 1998-2007 project details Is sarcoidosis present among BC workers potentially exposed to beryllium - a preliminary study to guide future surveillance project details A comparative analysis of the occupational health and safety incentives of workers’ compensation premium setting in British Columbia and Ontario project details Back injuries in heavy industries, phase 1: health care history and risk factor exposures assessment project details Who works where? Building occupational research capacity in the British Columbia Linked Health Database (BCLHD) project details Investigating asthma among British Columbia workers: a pilot surveillance project project details Mining and community health project details Sleep disorders and workplace injury project details Sawmill industry employment and layoff: implications for training and health project details The Canadian Agricultural Industry Injury Surveillance Program project details Work-Related Asthma in British Columbia project details Work-Related Injury Trends in British Columbia project details |
Project listings are grouped according to the following broad subject areas: Personal health practices and coping skills Social and physical environments Socio-economic
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