NOTE: PubMed abstracts of THETA staff publications can be accessed through a linked title.



Mendlowitz A, Croxford R, MacLagan L, Ritcey G, Isaranuwatchai W. Usage of primary and administrative data to measure the economic impact of quality improvement projects. BMJ Open Quality. 2020 Apr 9;9:e000712. doi: 10.1136/bmjoq-2019-000712

Mendlowitz A, Naimark D, Wong WWL, Capraru C, Feld JJ, Isaranuwatchai W, Krahn M. The emergency department as a setting‐specific opportunity for population‐based hepatitis C screening: an economic evaluation. Liver Int. 2020 Apr 8. doi:10.1111/liv.14458

Tang B, Xiao Y, Sander B, Kulkarni M, RADAM-LAC Research Team, Wu, J.Modelling the impact of antibody-dependent enhancement on disease severity of Zika virus and dengue virus sequential and co-infection.R Soc Open Sci. 2020 Apr; 7(4): 191749.

Holloway K, Miller FA. The Consultant's intermediary role in the regulation of molecular diagnostics in the US.Soc Sci Med. 2020 Mar 17:112929. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112929.

Araya LT, Fenta TG, Sander B, Gebremariam GT, Gebretekle GB. Health related quality of life and associated factors among cervical cancer patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2020 Mar 16;18(1):72. doi: 10.1186/s12955-020-01319-x.

Sawka AM, Ghai S, Yoannidis T, Rotstein L, Gullane PJ, Gilbert RW, Pasternak JD, Brown DH, Eskander A, de Almeida JR, Irish JC, Higgins KM, Enepekides DJ, Monteiro E, Banerjee A, Shah M, Gooden E, Zahedi A, Korman M, Ezzat S, Jones J, Rac V, Tomlinson G, Stanimirovic A, Gafni A, Baxter N, Goldstein DP.                          A prospective mixed-methods study of decision-making on surgery or active surveillance for low risk papillary thyroid cancer. Thyroid. 2020 Mar 4. doi:10.1089/thy.2019.0592. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32126932.

Papadopoulos E, Mina DS, Culos-Reed N, Durbano S, Ritvo P, Sabiston CM, Krahn M, Tomlinson G, O'Neill M, Iqbal A, Timilshina N, Matthew A, Warde P, Alibhai SMH. Effects of six months of aerobic and resistance training on metabolic markers and bone mineral density in older men on androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2020 Mar 3. pii: S1879-4068(19)30378-9. doi:10.1016/j.jgo.2020.02.013. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32143995.

Stanimirovic A, Francis T, Shahid N, Sutakovic O, Merritt R, Brent MH, Rac VE. Tele-retina screening of diabetic retinopathy among at-risk populations: an economic analysis. Can J Ophthalmol. 2020 Feb;55(1S1):8-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2019.06.008. Epub 2019 Aug 10.PMID: 31712029

Widjaja E, Jain P, Demoe L, Guttmann A, Tomlinson G, Sander B. Seizure outcome of pediatric epilepsy surgery: Systematic review and meta-analyses.Neurology.2020 Feb 18;94(7):311-321. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008966. Epub 2020 Jan 29. Review. PubMed PMID: 31996452.

Yarnell CJ, Granton JT, Tomlinson G.Bayesian Analysis in Critical Care Medicine. Am J Respir Crit Care Med.2020 Feb 15;201(4):396-398. doi:10.1164/rccm.201910-2019ED. PubMed PMID: 31899649; PubMed Central PMCID:PMC7049930.

Anyiwe K, Richardson M, Brophy J, Sander B.Assessing adolescent immunization options for pertussis in Canada: A cost-utility analysis.Vaccine. 2020 Feb 11;38(7): 1825-1833.

Sklar MC, Dres M, Fan E, Rubenfeld GD, Scales DC, Herridge MS, Rittayamai N,Harhay MO, Reid WD, Tomlinson G, Rozenberg D, McClelland W, Riegler S, Slutsky AS, Brochard L, Ferguson ND, Goligher EC.Association of Low Baseline Diaphragm Muscle Mass With Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation and Mortality Among Critically Ill Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Feb 5;3(2):e1921520. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.21520. PubMed PMID: 32074293.

Widjaja E, Jain P, Demoe L, Guttmann A, Tomlinson G, Sander B.Seizure outcome of pediatric epilepsy surgery: systematic review and meta-analysis.Neurology. 94(7): 311-321.

Haines A, Mendlowitz A, Wong WWL, Krahn M. Strategies to achieve population control of HCV infection: results of a multidisciplinary focus group Can Liv J. 2020 Jan 27. doi.org/10.3138/canlivj-2019-0017. 

Sussman MS, Ward R, Kuo KHM, Tomlinson G, Jhaveri KS. Impact of MRI technique on clinical decision-making in patients with liver iron overload: comparison of FerriScan- versus R2*-derived liver iron concentration.Eur Radiol. 2020 Jan 17. doi: 10.1007/s00330-019-06450-y. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31953658.

Hazlewood GS, Pokharel G, Deardon R, Marshall DA, Bombardier C, Tomlinson G, Ma C, Seow CH, Panaccione R, Kaplan GG.Patient preferences for maintenance therapy in Crohn's disease: A discrete-choice experiment.PLoS One. 2020 Jan 16;15(1):e0227635. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227635. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 31945089; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6964885.

Prenafeta Claramunt N, Hwang D, de Perrot M, Yasufuku K, Darling G, Pierre A, Donahoe L, Yeung J, Tomlinson G, Englesakis M, Keshavjee S, Waddell T, Cypel M.Incidence of Ipsilateral Side Recurrence After Open or VATS Resection of Colorectal Lung Metastases.Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jan 15. pii: S0003-4975(20)30010-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.11.031. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31953045.

Chauhan VS, Verma A, Nayyar S, Timmerman N, Tomlinson G, Porta-Sanchez A,Gizurarson S, Haldar S, Suszko A, Ragot D, Ha ACT. Focal source and trigger mapping in atrial fibrillation: Randomized controlled trial evaluating a novel adjunctive ablation strategy.Heart Rhythm. 2020 Jan 13. pii: S1547-5271(19)31103-8. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2019.12.011. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31991116.

Mitsakakis N, Bremner KE, Tomlinson G, Krahn M. Exploring the Benefits of Transformations in Health Utility Mapping.Med Decis Making. 2020 Jan 12:272989X19896567. doi: 10.1177/0272989X19896567. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31928302.

Besar Sa'aid H, Mathew S, Richardson M, Bielecki JM, Sander B. Mapping the evidence on health equity considerations in economic evaluations of health interventions: a scoping review protocol. Syst Rev. 2020 Jan 8;9(1):6. 

Mukerji A, Shafey A, Jain A, Cohen E, Shah PS, Sander B, Shah V. Pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart defects in Ontario, Canada: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Can J Public Health. 2020 Jan 6. 

de Oliveira C, Cheng J, Chan K, Earle G, Krahn M, Mittmann N.  High-Cost Patients and Preventable Spending:  A Population-Based Study.  J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2020;18(1):23-31. 

Erman A, Wong WWL, Feld J, Grootendorst P, Krahn M.  The health impact of delaying direct-acting antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C:  a decision-analytic approach.  Liver Int 2020 Jan:40(1):51-59.


MacDougall C, Johnstone J, Prematunge C, Adomako K, Nadolny E, Truong E, Saedi A, Garber G, Sander B. Economic evaluation of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) control practices: a systematic review. J Hosp Infect. 2019 Dec 17. pii: S0195-6701(19)30528-6.

Shing E, Wang J, Nelder MP, Parpia C, Gubbay JB, Loeb M, Kristjanson E, Marchand-Austin A, Moore S, Russell C, Sider D, Sander B. The direct healthcare costs attributable to West Nile virus illness in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study using laboratory and health administrative data. BMC Infect Dis. 2019 Dec 17;19(1):1059.

Tatangelo M, Tomlinson G, Paterson JM, Ahluwalia V, Kopp A, Gomes T, Bansback N, Bombardier C. Association of Patient, Prescriber, and Region With the Initiation of First Prescription of Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Among Older Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Identical Health Insurance Coverage. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Dec 2;2(12):e1917053. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.17053. PubMed PMID: 31808927; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6902765.

Singh M, Tuteja A, Wong DT, Goel A, Trivedi A, Tomlinson G, Chan V. Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening: Are We There Yet? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Anesth Analg. 2019 Dec;129(6):1673-1691. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004350. PubMed PMID: 31743189.

Saeed Y, Phoon A, Bielecki JM, Mitsakakis N, Bremner K, Abrahamyan L, Pechlivanoglou P, Feld J, Krahn M, Wong WWL A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Health Utilities in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C  Value in Health. 2019 Nov 28;23(1):127-137. 

Stephens R, Noel C, Su JS, Xu W, Krahn M, Monteiro E, Goldstein D, Giulani M, Hansen A, de Almeida J.  Mapping the University of Washington Quality of life questionnaire onto EQ-5D and HUI-3 indices in patients with head and neck cancer.  Head Neck. 2019 Nov 24. 

Hamadeh A, Feng Z, Krahn M, Wong WWL.  A model-based framework for chronic hepatitis C prevalence estimation.  PLoS One.  2019 Nov 21;14(11):e0225366.

Mac S, Bahia S, Simbulan F, Pullenayegum EM, Evans GA, Patel SN, Sander B. Long-term sequelae and health-related quality-of-life associated with Lyme disease: A systematic review. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Nov 27. pii: ciz1158.

Krahn M, Bremner K, de Oliveira C, Almeida N, Clement F, Lorenzetti D, O’Campo P, Pechlivanoglou P, Tricco A. Picturing ELSI+: a visual representation of ethical, legal, and social issues, and patient experiences in Health Technology Assessment in Canada. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2019 Nov 15:1-10.

Dryden-Palmer K, Moore G, McNeill C, Larson CP, strong>Tomlinson G, Roumeliotis N, Janvier A, Parshuram CS; practice and Resilience(POWER) Investigators.Program of Wellbeing, Ethical Moral Distress of Clinicians in Canadian Pediatric and Neonatal ICUs. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2019 Nov 14. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000002189. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31725530.

Widjaja E, Papastavros T, Sander B, Snead C, Pechlivanoglou P. Early economic evaluation of MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLITT) and epilepsy surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. PLoS One. 2019 Nov 20;14(11):e0224571.

Erman A, Krahn MD, Hansen T, Wong J, Bielecki JM, Feld JJ, Wong WWL, Grootendorst P, Thein HH. Estimation of fibrosis progression rates for chronic hepatitis C: a systematic review and meta-analysis update. BMJ Open. 2019 Nov 11;9(11):e027491. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027491.

Cook S, Vettese E, Tomlinson GA, Soman D, Schechter T, Kuczynski S, Gladstone B, Dupuis LL, Sung L. Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial of symptom screening and feedback to healthcare providers compared with standard of care using the SPARK platform. Support Care Cancer. 2019 Nov 9. doi:10.1007/s00520-019-05115-2. PubMed PMID: 31707500.

Sibhat, S.G., Fenta, T.G., Sander B., et al. Health-related quality of life and its predictors among patients with breast cancer at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2019 Nov;17:165 doi:10.1186/s12955-019-1239-1

Welie A, Gebretekle G, Stolk E, Mukuria C, Krahn M, Enquoselassie F, Fenta T. Valuing Health State: An EQ-5D-5L Value Set for Ethiopians. Value Health Reg Issues. 2019 Nov 1;22:7-14.

Sari I, Lee S, Tomlinson G, Johnson SR, Inman RD, Haroon N.Factors Predictive of Radiographic Progression in Ankylosing Spondylitis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 Nov 1. doi: 10.1002/acr.24104. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31675169.

Ximenes R, Ramsay LC, Miranda RN , Murphy K, Sander B., RADAM-LAC Research Team. Health outcomes associated with Zika virus infection in humans: a systematic review of systematic reviews. BMJ Open 2019 Nov;9:e032275. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032275

Abrahamyan L, Huszti E, Bremner K, Pechlivanoglou P, Mitsakakis N, Krahn M. New Insights into the Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer in Ontario. Cancer invest. 2019;37(10):513-523.

Mac S, Fitzpatrick T, Johnstone J, Sander B. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) screening and isolation in the general medicine ward: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2019 Oct 29; 8:168 doi:10.1186/s13756-019-0628-x

Sahakyan Y, Wong W, Yi Q, Thein HH, Tomlinson G, Krahn M. Long-term morbidity and mortality in a Canadian post-transfusion hepatitis C cohort: over 15 years of follow-up. J Viral Hepat. 2019 Oct 26. doi: 10.1111/jvh.13226. [Epub ahead of print]

Bremner K, Yabroff K, Coughlan D, Liu N, Zeruto C, Warren J, de Oliveira C, Mariotto A, Lam C, Barrett M, Chan K, Hoch J, Krahn M. Patterns of Care and Costs for Older Patients with Colorectal Cancer at the End of Life: Descriptive Studey of the United States and Canada. J Oncol Pract. 2019 Oct 24

Budhram DR, Mac S, Bielecki JM, Patel SN, Sander B. Health outcomes attributable to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Oct 22:1-7. doi: 10.1017/ice.2019.282. [Epub ahead of print]

Lapointe-Shaw L, Austin PC, Chung H, Sander B, Kwong JC, Feld JJ. Pitfalls in measuring temporal trends for late diagnosis of viral hepatitis. J Hepatol. 2019 Oct. doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2019.06.015 [In Press]

Krahn M, Bremner K, de Oliveira C, Dixon S, McFarlane P, Garg A, Mitsakakis N, Blake P, Harvey R, Pechlivanoglou P. Home dialysis is associated with lower costs and better survival than other modalities: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada. Perit Dial Int. 2019 Oct 3.doi: 10.3747/pdi.2018.00268.

Alves C, Lysenko M, Tomlinson GA, Donovan J, Narayanan UG, Feldman BM, Wright JG. Plantar flexion, dorsiflexion, range of movement and hindfoot deviation are important determinants of foot function in children.J Child Orthop. 2019 Oct 1;13(5):486-499. doi: 10.1302/1863-2548.13.190062. PubMed PMID: 31695816; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6808068.

Mendlowitz AB, Shanbour A, Downar J, Vila-Rodriguez F, Daskalakis ZJ, Isaranuwatchai W, et al. Implementation of intermittent theta burst stimulation compared to conventional repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with treatment resistant depression: A cost analysis. PLoS One. 2019 Sep 12;14(9):e0222546

Alexander LD, Tomlinson G, Feig DS.Predictors of Large-for-Gestational-Age Birthweight Among Pregnant Women With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Can J Diabetes. 2019 Dec;43(8):560-566. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2019.08.015. Epub 2019 Sep 4. PubMed PMID: 31677906.

Djalalov S, Djalalova D, Krahn M, Matveev N, Hoch JS. Review of Pharmacoeconomic Studies in Russia Cancer Research: An Outside View. Value Health Reg Issues. 2019 Aug 27;19:138-144. doi: 10.1016/j.vhri.2019.04.008.

Zoratti MJ, Zhou T, Chan K, Levine O, Krahn M, Husereau D, Clifford T, Schunemann H, Guyatt G, Xie F. Health Utility Book (HUB)-Cancer: Protocol for a Systematic Literature Review of Health State Utility Vaues in Cancer. MDM Policy Pract. 2019 Aug 13;4(2):23814683198525944.

Wong WWL, Pechivanoglou P, Wong J, Bielecki JM, Haines A, Erman A, Saeed Y, Phoon A; Tadrous M, Younis M, Rayad NZ, Rac V, Janssen HLA, Krahn MD. Antiviral treatment for treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis B: Systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Syst Rev. 2019 Aug 19;8(1):207.

Fitzpatrick M, Rac VE, Mitsakakis N, Abrahamyan L, Pechlivanoglou P, Chung S, Carcone SM, Pham B’, Kendzerska T, Zwarenstein M, Gottschalk R, George C, Kashgari A, Krahn M. SIESTA - Home Sleep Study with BresoDx for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Sleep Medicine. In Press, 22 July 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2019.07.013

Krahn M, Bryan S, Lee K, Neumann PJ. Embracing the science of value in health. Can. Med. Assoc. J. 2019 July;191(26):e733-e736. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.181606

Dixon PR, Tomlinson G, Pasternak JD, Mete O, Bell CM, Sawka AM, Goldstein DP, Urbach DR. The Role of Disease Label in Patient Perceptions and Treatment Decisions in the Setting of Low-Risk Malignant Neoplasms. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Jun;5(6):817-823. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.0054

Nam A, Naimark D, Stanbrook M, Krahn M. Using a Health Economic Framework to Prioritize Quality Indicators: An Example With Smoking Cessation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. MDM Policy Pract. 2019 May 27;4(1):2381458319852358

Puts M, Hsu T, Mariano C, Monette J, Brennenstuhl S, Pitters E. Ray J, Wan-Chow-Wah D, Kozlowski N, Krzyzanowska M, Amir E, Elser C, Jang R, Prica A, Krahn M, Beland F, Bergman S, Koneru R, Lemonde M, Szumacher E, Zidulka J, Fung S, Li A, Emmenegger U, Mehta R, Flemming K, Breunis H, Alihai SMH. Clinical and Cost-effectiveness of a Comprehensive geriatric assessment and management for Canadian elders with Cancer – the 5C study: a study protocol for a randomized controlled phase III trial. BMJ Open. 2019 May 10;9(5):e024485

Yanev I, Dragomir A, Vaillancourt Z, Nablsi E, Primiani J, Bremner K, Carcone S, Mitsakakis N, Ryan W, Krahn M, Aprikian A. Disease-specific costs of nonmetastatic and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in Quebec. The Journal of Urology. 2019 Apr;201(4S):e604-605.

Mac S, Sumner A, Duchesne-Belanger S, Stirling R, Tunis M, Sander B. Cost-effectiveness of Palivizumab for Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics Apr 2019, e20184064; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-4064

Xie F, Zoratti M, Chan K, Husereau D, Krahn M, Levine O, Clifford T, Schunemann H, Guyatt G. Toward a Centralized, Systematic Approach to the Identification, Appraisal, and Use of Health State Utility Values for Reimbursement Decision Making: Introducing the Health Utility Book (HUB). Med Decis Making. 2019 Mar 22:272989X19837969.[Epub ahead of print]

Lee S, Lighvan NL, McCredie V, Pechlivanoglou P, Krahn M, Quiñonez C, Azarpazhooh A. Chlorhexidine-Related Mortality Rate in Critically Ill Subjects in Intensive Care Units: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Respir Care. 2019 Mar;64(3):337-349.

Francis T, Kabboul N, Rac V, Mitsakakis N, Pechlivanoglou P, Bielecki J, Alter D, Krahn M. The Effect of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-analysis. Can J Cardiol. 2019 Mar;35(3):352-364.

D'Souza R, Bonasia K, Shah PS, Murphy KE, Sander B Clinical decision analysis and model-based economic evaluation studies in perinatology: A systematic review. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2019 Feb 23 [Epub ahead of print].

Ramsay LC, Crowcroft NS, Thomas S, Aruffo E, Teslya A, Heffernan JM, Gournis E, Hiebert J, Jaeger V, Jiaravuthisan M, Sharron J, Severini A, Deeks SL, Gubbay J, Mazzulli T, Sander B. Cost-effectiveness of measles control during elimination in Ontario, Canada, 2015. Euro Surveill. 2019;24(11):pii=1800370.

Shahid N, Rappon T, Berta W. Applications of artificial neural networks in health care organizational decision-making: A scoping review. PLoS One. 2019 Feb 19;14(2):e0212356. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212356.

Ramsay LC, Anyiwe K, Li M, Macdonald L, Coyte PC, Sander B. Economic evaluation of a publicly funded hepatitis A travel vaccination program in Ontario, Canada. Vaccine, Available online 13 February 2019, in Press, doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.01.070.

Miller FA, Lehoux P, Peacock S, Rac VE, Neukomm J, Barg C, Bytautas JP, Krahn M. How Procurement Judges The Value of Medical Technologies: A Review of Healthcare Tenders. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2019 Feb 8:1-6. doi: 10.1017/S0266462318003756.

Slater M, Bielecki J, Alba AC, Abrahamyan L, Tomlinson G, Mak S, MacIver J, Zieroth S, Lee D, Wong W, Krahn M, Ross H, Rac VE. Comparative effectiveness of the different components of care provided in heart failure clinics-protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Syst Rev. 2019 Feb 2;8(1):40. doi: 10.1186/s13643-019-0953-4.

Shing E, Wang J, Khoo E, Evans GA, Moore S, Nelder MP, Patel SN, Russell C, Sider D, Sander B. Estimating direct healthcare costs attributable to laboratory-confirmed Lyme disease in Ontario, Canada: A population-based matched cohort study using health administrative data. Zoonoses Public Health. 2019 Jan 21. doi: 10.1111/zph.12560.

Jayasundara K, Hollis A, Krahn M, Mamdani M, Hoch JS, Grootendorst P. Estimating the clinical cost of drug development for orphan versus non-orphan drugs. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2019 Jan 10;14(1):12.

Tshilolo L, Tomlinson G, Williams TN, Santos B, Olupot-Olupot P, Lane A, Aygun B, Stuber SE, Latham TS, McGann PT, WareRE; REACH Investigators. Hydroxyurea for Children with Sickle Cell Anemia in Sub-Saharan Africa. N Engl J Med. 2019 Jan 10;380(2):121-131. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1813598

Mac S, da Silva SR, Sander B. The economic burden of Lyme disease and the cost-effectiveness of Lyme disease interventions: A scoping review. PLoS One. 2019 Jan 4;14(1):e0210280. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210280.

Alibhai SMH, Santa Mina D, Ritvo P, Tomlinson G, Sabiston C, Krahn M, Durbano S, Matthew A, Warde P, O'Neill M, Timilshina N, Segal R, Culos-Reed N. A phase II randomized controlled trial of three exercise delivery methods in men with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy. BMC Cancer. 2019 Jan 3;19(1):2.


Mendlowitz AB, Widjaja E, Phan C, Sun Z, Moretti ME, Schuh S, Coyte PC, Hancock-Howard R, Freedman SB, Ungar WJ. A Cost Analysis of Pulse Oximetry as a Determinant in the Decision to Admit Infants With Mild to Moderate Bronchiolitis. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018 Dec 27. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001664.

Zangneh HF, Wong WW, Sander B, Bell CM, Mumtaz K, Kowgier M, van der Meer AJ, Cleary SP, Janssen HLA, Chan KK, Feld JJ. Cost-effectiveness of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Surveillance After a Sustained Virologic Response to Therapy in Patients With HCV Infection and Advanced Fibrosis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Dec 20. pii: S1542-3565(18)31394-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.12.018.

Gupta K, Nagappa M, Prasad A, Abrahamyan L, Wong J, Weingarten TN, Chung F. Risk factors for opioid-induced respiratory depression in surgical patients: a systematic review and meta-analyses. BMJ Open. 2018 Dec 14;8(12):e024086. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024086.

Kabboul NN, Tomlinson G, Francis TA, Grace SL, Chaves G, Valeria Rac V, Daou-Kabboul T, Bielecki JM, Alter DA, Krahn M. Comparative Effectiveness of the Core Components of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Mortality and Morbidity: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. J. Clin. Med. 2018 Dec 4; 7(12): 514 doi.org/10.3390/jcm7120514

Francis TA, Kabboul NN, Valeria Rac V, Mitsakakis N, Pechlivanoglou P, Bielecki JM, Alter DA, Krahn M. The Effect of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Health Related Quality of Life in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis. Can J Cardiol, 2018 Nov 24. [Epub ahead of print].doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2018.11.013

Erman A, Masucci L, Krahn MD, Elterman DS. Pharmacotherapy vs surgery as initial therapy for patients with moderate-to-severe benign prostate hyperplasia: a cost-effectiveness analysis. BJU Int. 2018 Nov;122(5):879-888. doi: 10.1111/bju.14520.

Neumann PJ, Kim DD, Trikalinos TA, Sculpher MJ, Salomon JA, Prosser LA, Owens DK, Meltzer DO, Kuntz KM, Krahn M, Feeny D, Basu A, Russell LB, Siegel JE, Ganiats TG, Sanders GD. Future Directions for Cost-effectiveness Analyses in Health and Medicine. Med Decis Making. 2018 Oct;38(7):767-777. doi: 10.1177/0272989X18798833.

Alibhai SMH, Ritvo P, Santa Mina D, Sabiston C, Krahn M, Tomlinson G, Matthew A, Lukka H, Warde P, Durbano S, O'Neill M, Culos-Reed SN. Protocol for a phase III RCT and economic analysis of two exercise delivery methods in men with PC on ADT. BMC Cancer. 2018 Oct 23;18(1):1031. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4937-x.

Suen C, Ryan CM, Mubashir T, Ayas NT, Abrahamyan L, Wong J, Mokhlesi B, Chung F. Sleep Study and Oximetry Parameters for Predicting Postoperative Complications in Patients With OSA. Chest. 2018 Oct 22. pii: S0012-3692(18)32581-9. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.09.030.

Lapointe-Shaw L, Georgie F, Carlone D, Cerocchi O, Chung H, Dewit Y, Feld JJ, Holder L, Kwong JC, Sander B, Flemming JA. Identifying cirrhosis, decompensated cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in health administrative data: A validation study. PLoS One. 2018 Aug 22;13(8):e0201120

Sahakyan Y, Abrahamyan L, Shahid N, Stanimirovic A, Pechlivanoglou P, Mitsakakis N, Ryan W, Krahn M, Rac VE. Changes in blood pressure among patients in the Ontario Telehomecare programme: An observational longitudinal cohort study. Telemed Telecare. 2018 Jul;24(6):420-427. doi: 10.1177/1357633X17706286.

Nathan PC, Bremner KE , Liu N, Gupta S, Greenberg ML, McBride ML, Krahn MD , de Oliveira C. Resource Utilization and Costs in Adolescents Treated for Cancer in Pediatric vs Adult Institutions. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2018 Jul 19. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djy119. [Epub ahead of print].

Krahn M, Miller F, Bayoumi A, Brooker AS, Wagner F, Winsor S, Giacomini M, Goeree R, Schünemann H, van der Velde G, Petersen S, Sikich N, Dhalla I. Development of the Ontario Decision Framework: A Values Based Framework for Health Technology Assessment. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2018 Jul;34(3):290-299.

Masucci L, Erman A, Krahn MD, Elterman D. Cost analysis of Greenlight photoselective vaporization of the prostate compared to transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic hyperplasia. Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Jun 19. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.5267.

Johnson K, Nelder MP, Russell C, Li Y; Badiani T, Sander B, Sider D, Patel S. Clinical manifestations of reported Lyme disease cases in Ontario, Canada: 2005–2014. PLoS One. 2018 Jun 1;13(6):e0198509.

Chan BC, Cadarette SM, Wodchis WP, Krahn MD, Mittmann N. The lifetime cost of spinal cord injury in Ontario, Canada: A population-based study from the perspective of the public health care payer. J Spinal Cord Med. 2018 Jun 20:1-10. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2018.1486622.

Jain P, Tomlinson G, Snead C, Sander B, Widjaja E. Systematic review and network meta-analysis of resective surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2018 May 16. [Epub ahead of print]

Raphael J, Sun Z, Bjarnason G, Helou J, Sander B, Naimark D. Nivolumab in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a cost-utility analysis. American Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2018 May 4.[Epub ahead of print]

Abrahamyan L, Sahakyan Y, Wijeysundera HC, Krahn M, Rac VE. Gender Differences in Utilization of Specialized Heart Failure Clinics. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2018 May;27(5):623-629. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2017.6461.

Retrouvey H, Krahn M, Baltzer HL. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Management in Breast Cancer Survivors at Risk for Lymphedema: A Markov Model. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 May;141(5):689e-696e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004318.

Pechlivanoglou P, Paulden M, Pham B, Wong J, Horn SD, Krahn M. Turning High-Risk Individuals: An Economic Evaluation of Repositioning Frequency in Long-Term Care. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Jul;66(7):1409-1414. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15387

D’Souza R, Shah P, Sander B. Clinical Decision Analysis in Perinatology. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2018 Apr;97(4):491-499. doi: 10.1111/aogs.13264.

Patton SJ, Miller FA, Abrahamyan L, Rac VE. Expanding the clinical role of community pharmacy: A qualitative ethnographic study of medication reviews in Ontario, Canada. Health Policy. 2018 Mar;122(3):256-262. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.10.007.

Mallya S, Sander B, Roy-Gagnon MH, Taljaard M, Jolly A, Kulkarni M. Factors associated with Human West Nile Virus Infection in Ontario: A Generalized Linear Mixed Modeling Approach. BMC Infectious Diseases, BMC Infect Dis. 2018 Mar 27;18(1):141

Perlis N, Krahn MD, Boehme KE, Alibhai SMH, Jamal M, Finelli A, Sridhar SS, Chung P, Gandhi R, Jones J, Tomlinson G, Bremner KE,  Kulkarni G.The Bladder Utility Symptom Scale (BUSS): A Novel Patient-Reported Outcome Instrument in Bladder Cancer. J Urol. 2018 Aug;200(2):283-291. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2018.03.006.

Luca D, Kwong J, Chu A, Sander B, O’Reilly R, McGeer A, Bloom D. Impact of pneumococcal vaccination on pneumonia hospitalizations and related costs in Ontario: A population-based ecological study. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2018 Feb, 66(4):541-547.

Erman A, Sathya A, Nam A, Bielecki JM, Feld JJ, Thein HH, Wong WWL, Grootendorst P, Krahn MD. Estimating chronic hepatitis C prognosis using transient elastography-based liver stiffness: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Viral Hepat. 2018 Jan, (00):1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12846

Abrahamyan L, Sahakyan Y, Chung S, Pechlivanoglou P, Bielecki J, Carcone SM, Rac VE, Fitzpatrick M, Krahn M. Diagnostic accuracy of level IV portable sleep monitors versus polysomnography for obstructive sleep apnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sleep Breath. 2018 Sep;22(3):593-611. doi: 10.1007/s11325-017-1615-1.

de Oliveira C, Weir S, Rangrej J, Krahn MD, Mittmann N, Hoch JS, Chan KKW, Peacock S. The economic burden of cancer care in Canada: a population-based cost study. CMAJ Open. 2018 Jan 4;6(1):E1-E10. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20170144.

Ali S, Moghei M, Krahn MD, Chessex C, Grace SL. Health Care Use and Associated Time and Out of Pocket Expenditures for Patients With Cardiovascular Disease in a Publicly Funded Health Care System. Can J Cardiol. 2018 Jan;34(1):52-60. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2017.10.005.

Poon Y, Pechlivanoglou P, Alibhai SMH, Naimark D, Hoch JS, Papadimitropoulos E, Hogan ME, Krahn M. Systematic review and network meta-analysis on the relative efficacy of osteoporotic medications: men with prostate cancer on continuous androgen-deprivation therapy to reduce risk of fragility fractures. BJU Int. 2018 Jan;121(1):17-28. doi: 10.1111/bju.14015.


Miller AF, Patton S, Nam A, Bielecki JM, Krahn MD. Addressing Patient Needs and Public Commitments in Health Technology Innovation: A Review of Patient and Public Engagement in Technology Development and Assessment. Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Dec 2017.

Helou J, Torres S, Musunuru HB, Raphael J, Cheung P, Vesprini D, Chung HT, D'Alimonte L, Krahn M, Morton G, Loblaw A. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy versus Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Localised Prostate Cancer: a Cost-Utility Analysis. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2017 Nov;29(11):718-731. doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2017.08.002.

Candia R, Naimark D, Sander B. Nguyen GC. Cost-utility Analysis: Thiopurines plus biologics guided by endoscopic recurrence is the most cost-effective strategy for the management of postoperative Crohn’s disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2017 Nov,23 (11):1930-1940.

de Oliveira C, Bremner KE, Liu N, Greenberg ML, Nathan PC, McBride ML, Krahn MD. Costs of cancer care in children and adolescents in Ontario, Canada. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Nov;64(11). doi: 10.1002/pbc.26628.

Yeung MW, Tomlinson G, Loeb M, Sander B. Health-related quality of life in persons with West Nile infection: a longitudinal cohort study. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2017 Oct; 15:210

Jahn B, Rochau U, Kurzthaler C, Hubalek M, Miksad R, Sroczynski G, Paulden M, Bundo M, Stenehjem D, Brixner D, Krahn M, Siebert U. Personalized treatment of women with early breast cancer: a risk-group specific cost-effectiveness analysis of adjuvant chemotherapy accounting for companion prognostic tests OncotypeDX and Adjuvant!Online. BMC Cancer. 2017 Oct 16;17(1):685. doi: 10.1186/s12885-017-3603-z.

Haines A, Wong WWL, Krahn M. Canadian hepatitis C virus screening guideline: a disconnect between evidence and recommendations. CMAJ. 2017 Sep 11;189(36):E1150. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.733330.

Yeung MW, Shing E, Nelder M, Sander B. Epidemiologic and clinical parameters of West Nile virus infections in humans: A scoping review. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2017 Sept,17(1):609. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2637-9.

Jayasundara K, Krahn M, Mamdani M, Hoch JS, Grootendorst P. Differences in Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios for Common Versus Rare Conditions: A Case from Oncology. Pharmacoecon Open. 2017 Sep;1(3):167-173. doi: 10.1007/s41669-017-0022-7.

Wong WWL, Erman A, Feld JJ, Krahn M. Model-based projection of health and economic effects of screening for hepatitis C in Canada. CMAJ Open. 2017 Aug 25;5(3):E662-E672. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20170048.

Fasterholdt I, Krahn MD, Kidholm K, Bonnet Yderstrædeb K, Møller Pedersen K. Review of early assessment models of innovative medical technologies. Health Policy. 2017 Aug;121(8):870-879. doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.06.006

Sahakyan Y, Abrahamyan L, Shahid N, Stanimirovic A, Pechlivanoglou P, Mitsakakis N, Ryan W, Krahn M, Rac VE Changes in blood pressure among patients in the Ontario Telehomecare programme: An observational longitudinal cohort study. J Telemed Telecare. 2018 Jul;24(6):420-427. doi: 10.1177/1357633X17706286.

Thomas S, Hiebert J, Gubbay, J, Gournis E, Sharron, J, Severini A, Jiaravuthisan M, Shane A, Jaeger V, Crowcroft N, Fediurek J, Sander B. Mazzulli T, Schulz H, Deeks S. Measles outbreak in Ontario with unique genotyping. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2017 July,23(7):1063-1069. doi: 10.3201/eid2307.161145

IJzerman MJ, Koffijberg H, Fenwick E, Krahn M. Emerging Use of Early Health Technology Assessment in Medical Product Development: A Scoping Review of the Literature.Pharmacoeconomics. 2017 Jul;35(7):727-740. doi: 10.1007/s40273-017-0509-1.

Woo KY, Wong J, Rice K, Coelho S, Haratsidis E, Teague L, Rac VE, Krahn MD. Patients' and clinicians' experiences of wound care in Canada: a descriptive qualitative study. Health Policy. 2017 Jul 1;26(Sup7):S4-S13. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2017.26.Sup7.S4.

Mühlberger N, Boskovic K, Krahn MD, Bremner KE, Oberaigner W, Klocker H, Horninger W, Sroczynski G, Siebert U. Benefits and harms of prostate cancer screening - predictions of the ONCOTYROL prostate cancer outcome and policy model. BMC Public Health. 2017 Jun 26;17(1):596.

Mitsakakis N, , Tomlinson G. Bayesian regression models for the estimation of net cost of disease using aggregate data. Stat Methods Med Res. 2017 Jun;26(3):1110-1129. doi: 10.1177/0962280214568110.

Chan B, Cadarette S, Wodchis W, Wong J, Mittmann N, Krahn M.. Cost-of-illness studies in chronic ulcers: a systematic review. J Wound Care. 2017 Apr 1;26(sup4):S4-S14.

de Oliveira C, Bremner KE, Liu N, Greenberg ML, Nathan PC, McBride ML, Krahn MD. Costs for Childhood and Adolescent Cancer, 90 Days Prediagnosis and 1 Year Postdiagnosis: A Population-Based Study in Ontario, Canada. Value in Health, Mar2017;20(3):345

Nanwa N, Sander B, Krahn M, Daneman N, Lu H, Austin PC, Govindarajan A, Rosella LC, Cadarette SM, Kwong JC. A population-based matched cohort study examining the mortality and costs of patients with community-onset Clostridium difficile infection identified using emergency department visits and hospital admissions. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 3;12(3):e0172410. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172410.

Hogan ME, Taddio A, Katz J, Shah V, Krahn M. Health utilities in people with chronic pain using a population-level survey and linked healthcare administrative data. Pain. 2017 Mar;158(3):408-416.

Wong WWL, Lee KM, Singh S, Wells G, Feld JJ, Krahn MD. Drug therapies for chronic hepatitis C infection: a cost-effectiveness analysis. CMAJ Open. 2017 Feb; 5(1):E97-E108.

Rac VE, Sahakyan Y, Fan I, Ieraci L, Hall R, Kelloway L, van der Velde G, Kapral MK, Bayley M, Krahn MD.The characteristics of stroke units in Ontario: a pan-provincial survey. BMC Health Services Research 2017 Feb;17:154. DOI 10.1186/s12913-017-2099-1

Morrison LJ, Devlin SM, Kontos MC, Cheskes S, Aufderheide TP, Christenson J, Ornato JP, Stiell IG, Rac VE, Thomas AJ, Wigginton JG, Dorian P; Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. The association of maximum Troponin values post out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with electrocardiographic findings, cardiac reperfusion procedures and survival to discharge: A sub-study of ROC PRIMED. Resuscitation. 2017 Feb;111:82-89.

Abelyan G, Abrahamyan L, Yenokyan G.A case-control study of risk factors of chronic venous ulceration in patients with varicose veins. Phlebology. 2018 Feb;33(1):60-67. doi: 10.1177/0268355516687677.

Sahakyan Y, Abrahamyan L, Shahid N, Stanimirovic A, Pechlivanoglou P, Mitsakakis N, Ryan W, Krahn M, Rac VE. Changes in blood pressure among patients in the Ontario Telehomecare programme: An observational longitudinal cohort study. J Telemed Telecare. 2018 Jul;24(6):420-427. doi: 10.1177/1357633X17706286.


Pechlivanoglou P, Abrahamyan L, MacKeigan L, Consiglio GP, Dolovich L, Li P, Cadarette SM, Rac VE, Shin J, Krahn M. Factors affecting the delivery of community pharmacist-led medication reviews: evidence from the MedsCheck annual service in Ontario. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Nov 21;16(1):666.

Abrahamyan L, Feldman BM, Tomlinson G, Faughnan ME, Johnson SR, Diamond IR, Gupta S. Alternative designs for clinical trials in rare diseases. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet. 2016 Dec;172(4):313-331. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31533.

Krahn, M.D., K.E. Bremner, J. Luo, G. Tomlinson, & S.M.H. Alibhai. Long-term health care costs for prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy. Current Oncology [Online],2016 Oct 28; (23)5:e443-e453. http://dx.doi.org/10.3747/co.23.2953

de Oliveira C, Pataky R, Bremner KE, Rangrej J, Chan KK, Cheung WY, Hoch JS, Peacock S, Krahn MD. Phase-specific and lifetime costs of cancer care in Ontario, Canada. BMC Cancer. 2016 Oct 18;16(1):809.

Sanders GD, Neumann PJ, Basu A, Brock DW, Feeny D, Krahn M, Kuntz KM, Meltzer DO, Owens DK, Prosser LA, Salomon JA, Sculpher MJ, Trikalinos TA, Russell LB, Siegel JE, Ganiats TG. Recommendations for Conduct, Methodological Practices, and Reporting of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses: Second Panel on Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine. JAMA. 2016;316(10):1093-1103

Nanwa N, Kwong JC, Krahn M, Daneman N, Lu H, Austin PC, Govindarajan A, Rosella LC, Cadarette SM, Sander B.The Economic Burden of Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile Infection: A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Sep;37(9):1068-78. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.122.

Alibhai SM, Timilshina N, Duff-Canning S, Breunis H, Tannock IF, Naglie G, Fleshner NE, Krahn MD, Warde P, Marzouk S, Tomlinson GA. Effects of long-term androgen deprivation therapy on cognitive function over 36 months in men with prostate cancer. Cancer. 2016 Sep 1. doi: 10.1002/cncr.30320. [Epub ahead of print]

Dolovich L, Consiglio G, MacKeigan L, Abrahamyan L, Pechlivanoglou P, Rac VE, Pojskic N, Bojarski EA, Su J, Krahn M, Cadarette SM. Uptake of the MedsCheck annual medication review service in Ontario community pharmacies between 2007 and 2013. Can Pharm J (Ott). 2016 Sep;149(5):293-302.

Tawfik A, Bielecki JM, Krahn M, Dorian P, Hoch JS, Boon H, Husereau D, Pechlivanoglou P. Systematic review and network meta-analysis of stroke prevention treatments in patients with atrial fibrillation. Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Aug 11;8:93-107. doi: 10.2147/CPAA.S105165

Gong IY, Verma S, Yan AT, Ko DT, Earle CC, Tomlinson GA, Trudeau ME, Krahn MD, Krzyzanowska MK, Brezden-Masley CB, Gavura S, Peacock S, Chan KK.Long-term cardiovascular outcomes and overall survival of early-stage breast cancer patients with early discontinuation of trastuzumab: a population-based study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2016 Jun;157(3):535-44. doi: 10.1007/s10549-016-3823-y.

Bielecki JM, Wong J, Mitsakakis N, Shah PS, Krahn MD, Rac VE. Disparities in a provision of in-hospital post-arrest interventions for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the elderly population-protocol for a systematic review. Syst Rev. 2016 Apr 7;5(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s13643-016-0234-4.

Morrison LJ, Schmicker RH, Weisfeldt ML, Bigham BL, Berg RA, Topjian AA, Abramson BL, Atkins DL, Egan D, Sopko G, Rac VE; Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. Effect of gender on outcome of out of hospital cardiac arrest in the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. Resuscitation. 2016 Mar;100:76-81.

Hogan ME, Taddio A, Katz J, Shah V, Krahn M. Incremental healthcare costs for chronic pain in Ontario, Canada - a population-based matched cohort study of adolescents and adults using administrative data. Pain. 2016 Aug;157(8):1626-33. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000561.

Azarpazhooh A, Dao T, Ungar WJ, Da Costa J, Figueiredo R, Krahn M, Friedman S. Patients' Values Related to Treatment Options for Teeth with Apical Periodontitis. J Endod. 2016 Mar;42(3):365-70.

Pataky RE, Cheung WY, de Oliveira C, Bremner KE, Chan KK, Hoch JS, Krahn MD, Peacock SJ. Population-based trends in systemic therapy use and cost for cancer patients in the last year of life. Curr Oncol. 2016 Feb;23(Suppl 1):S32-41.

Côté P, Wong JJ, Sutton D, Shearer HM, Mior S, Randhawa K, Ameis A, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Yu H, Lindsay GM, Southerst D, Varatharajan S, Jacobs C, Stupar M, Taylor-Vaisey A, van der Velde G, Gross DP, Brison RJ, Paulden M, Ammendolia C, David Cassidy J, Loisel P, Marshall S, Bohay RN, Stapleton J, Lacerte M, Krahn M, Salhany R. Management of neck pain and associated disorders: A clinical practice guideline from the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Eur Spine J. 2016 Jul;25(7):2000-22. doi: 10.1007/s00586-016-4467-7.

Tsaturyan A, Petrosyan V, Crape B, Sahakyan Y, Abrahamyan L. Risk factors of postoperative complications after radical cystectomy with continent or conduit urinary diversion in Armenia. Springerplus. 2016 Feb 20;5:134.

Tawfik A, Wodchis WP, Pechlivanoglou P, Hoch J, Husereau D, Krahn M. Using Phase-Based Costing of Real-World Data to Inform Decision-Analytic Models for Atrial Fibrillation. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2016 Jun;14(3):313-22. doi: 10.1007/s40258-016-0229-2.

Sander B, Wong WW, Yeung MW, Ormanidhi O, Atkin K, Murphy J, Krahn M, Deeks SL. The cost-utility of integrated cervical cancer prevention strategies in the Ontario setting - Can we do better? Vaccine. 2016 Apr 7;34(16):1936-44. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.02.016.

Abrahamyan L, Pechlivanoglou P, Krahn M, Carrasco-Labra A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Glick M, Guyatt GH, Azarpazhooh A. Authors' response. J Am Dent Assoc. 2016 Jan;147(1):6-7.(Response to Orr DL. Economic analysis studies. JADA. 2016 Jan;147(1):5-6)

Miller F. Health systems should buy better. Healthy Debate, Feb 03, 2016.


Hunting G, Shahid N, Sahakyan Y, Fan I, Moneypenny CR, Stanimirovic A, North T, Petrosyan Y, Murray D. Krahn MD, Rac VE. A multi-level qualitative analysis of Telehomecare in Ontario: challenges and opportunities. BMC Health Serv. Res. 2015 Dec, 15:544 doi:10.1186/s12913-015-1196-2

Bremner KE, Krahn MD, Warren JL, Hoch JS, Barrett MJ, Liu N, Barbera L, Yabroff KR. An international comparison of costs of end-of-life care for advanced lung cancer patients using health administrative data. Palliat Med. 2015 Dec;29(10):918-28. doi: 10.1177/0269216315596505.

Abrahamyan L, Pechlivanoglou P, Krahn M, Carrasco-Labra A, Brignardello-Petersen R, Glick M, Guyatt GH, Azarpazhooh A. A practical approach to evidence-based dentistry: IX: How to appraise and use an article about economic analysis. J Am Dent Assoc. 2015 Sep;146(9):679-689.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.adaj.2015.06.021.

Wong WWL, Feng Z, Thein H. A parallel sliding region algorithm to make agent-based modeling possible for large-scale simulation: Modeling hepatitis C epidemics in Canada. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2016 Nov;20(6):1538-1544. doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2015.2471804.

Nichol G, Guffey D, Stiell IG, Leroux B, Cheskes S, Idris A, Kudenchuk PJ, Macphee RS, Wittwer L, Rittenberger JC, Rea TD, Sheehan K, Rac VE, Raina K, Gorman K, Aufderheide T; Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Investigators. Post-discharge outcomes after resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A ROC PRIMED substudy. Resuscitation. 2015 Aug;93:74-81. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2015.05.011.

Kohler JC, Mitsakakis N, Saadat F, Byng D, Martinez MG. Does Pharmaceutical Pricing Transparency Matter? An Examination of Brazil and other Mercosur Countries. Global Health. 2015 Aug 4;11:34. doi: 10.1186/s12992-015-0118-8.

Pechlivanoglou P, Abegaz F, Postma MJ, Wit E. An alternative parameterization of Bayesian logistic hierarchical models for mixed treatment comparisons. Pharm Stat. 2015 Jul-Aug;14(4):322-31. doi: 10.1002/pst.1688.

Sutton DA, Côté P, Wong JJ, Varatharajan S, Randhawa KA, Yu H, Southerst D, Shearer HM, van der Velde GM, Nordin MC, Carroll LJ, Mior SA, Taylor-Vaisey AL, Stupar M. Is multimodal care effective for the management of patients with whiplash-associated disorders or neck pain and associated disorders? A systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Spine J. 2016 Dec;16(12):1541-1565. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2014.06.019.

Wong WWL,, Hicks LK, Tu H, Pritchard KI, Krahn MD, Feld JJ, Chan KK. Hepatitis B virus screening before adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with early-stage breast cancer: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Breast Cancer Res Treat, 2015 Jun;151(3):639-52.

Ekdawi SN, Stewart JM, Dunne M, Stapleton S, Mitsakakis N, Dou YN, Jaffray DA, Allen C. Spatial and temporal mapping of heterogeneity in liposome uptake and microvascular distribution in an orthotopic tumor xenograft model. J Control Release. 2015 Jun 10;207:101-11.

Pechlivanoglou P, Wieringa JE, de Jager T, Postma MJ. The effect of financial and educational incentives on rational prescribing. A state-space approach. Health Econ. 2015 Apr;24(4):439-53.

Randhawa K, Bohay R, Côté P, van der Velde G, Sutton D, Wong JJ, Yu H, Southerst D, Varatharajan S, Mior S, Stupar M, Shearer HM, Jacobs C, Taylor-Vaisey A. The Effectiveness of Non-invasive Interventions for Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Clin J Pain. 2016 Mar;32(3):260-78. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000247.

Abdulla SY, Southerst D, Côté P, Shearer HM, Sutton D, Randhawa K, Varatharajan S, Wong JJ, Yu H, Marchand AA, Chrobak K, Woitzik E, Shergill Y, Ferguson B, Stupar M, Nordin M, Jacobs C, Mior S, Carroll LJ, van der Velde G, Taylor-Vaisey A. Is exercise effective for the management of subacromial impingement syndrome and other soft tissue injuries of the shoulder? A systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Man Ther. 2015 Oct;20(5):646-56. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2015.03.013.

Tung JY, Stead B, Mann W, Pham B, Popovic MR. Assistive technologies for self-managed pressure ulcer prevention in spinal cord injury: A scoping review. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2015;52(2):131-46. doi: 10.1682/JRRD.2014.02.0064.

Woitzik E, Jacobs C, Wong JJ, Côté P, Shearer HM, Randhawa K, Sutton D, Southerst D, Varatharajan S, Brison RJ, Yu H, van der Velde G, Stern PJ, Taylor-Vaisey A, Stupar M, Mior S, Carroll LJ. The effectiveness of exercise on recovery and clinical outcomes of soft tissue injuries of the leg, ankle, and foot: A systematic review by the Ontario Protocol for Traffic Injury Management (OPTIMa) Collaboration. Man Ther. 2015 Oct;20(5):633-45. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2015.03.012.

Reilly MC, Vohra S, Rac VE, Dunn M, Ferrelli K, Kiss A, Vincer M, Wimmer J, Zayack D, Soll RF; Vermont Oxford Network Heat Loss Prevention (HeLP) Trial Study Group. Randomized Trial of Occlusive Wrap for Heat Loss Prevention in Preterm Infants. J Pediatr. 2015 Feb;166(2):262-8.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.09.068.

Xie X, Wang M, Schaink A, Krahn M. Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Postacute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): A Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact Analysis. [Internet]. Toronto: Queen’s Printer for Ontario; 2015 February. 47p.

Lee EK, Wong W.W.L., Trudeau ME, Chan KKW.Cost-effectiveness of prophylactic granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for febrile neutropenia in breast cancer patients receiving FEC-D. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 Feb;150(1):169-80.

Wong W.W.L., Tu H-A., Feld, J., Wong, T., Krahn M. Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Hepatitis C in Canada. Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 2015 Feb 17;187(3):E110-21.

Abrahamyan L, Wong J, Pham B, Trubiani G, Carcone S, Mitsakakis N, Rosen L, Rac VE, Krahn M. Structure and characteristics of community-based multidisciplinary wound care teams in Ontario: An environmental scan. Wound Repair Regen. 2015 Jan-Feb;23(1):22-9.


Pham B, Krahn MD End-of-Life Care Interventions: An Economic Analysis Ontario Health Technology Assessment Series. Dec 2014.

Langley JM, Krahn M, Husereau D, Spika J, Fisman DN, Chit A, Van Exan R. Incorporating economic evaluation into immunization decision making in Canada: a workshop. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2014 Nov;13(11):1291-6.

Avila M, Pardo Y, Castells M, Ferrer F, Boladeras A, Pera J, Prada P, Guiz B, de Paula B, Hernandez H, Pont A, Alonso J, Garin O, Bremner K, Krahn M , Ferrer M; The Multicentric Spanish Group of Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer. Adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the Patient-Oriented Prostate Utility Scale (PORPUS). Qual Life Res. 2014 Nov;23(9):2481-7

Perlis N, Krahn M, Alibhai S, Finelli A, Ritvo P, Bremner KE, Kulkarni G. Conceptualizing global health-related quality of life in bladder cancer. Qual Life Res. 2014 Oct;23(8):2153-67

Smoot B, Zerzan S, Krasnoff J, Wong J, Cho M, Dodd M. Upper extremity bioimpedance before and after treadmill testing in women post breast cancer treatment.Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2014 Nov;148(2):445-53.

Wong W.W.L., Griesman, J., Feng, Z. Imputing Genotypes Using Regularized Generalized Linear Regression Models..Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2014 Oct;13(5):519-29.

Matthew AG, Alibhai SM, Davidson T, Currie KL, Jiang H, Krahn M, Fleshner NE, Kalnin R, Louis AS, Davison BJ, Trachtenberg J. Health-related quality of life following radical prostatectomy: long-term outcomes. Qual Life Res. 2014 Oct;23(8):2309-17

Wijeysundera H., Wong W.W.L., Bennell M., Fremes S. E., Radhakrishnan S., Peterson M., Ko, D.T.Krahn M. Impact of wait times on the effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in severe aortic valve disease: a discrete event simulation model. The Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2014 Oct;30(10):1162-9

Pullenayegum EM, Perampaladas K, Gaebel K, Doble B, Xie F. Between-country heterogeneity in EQ-5D-3L scoring algorithms: how much is due to differences in health state selection? Eur J Health Econ. 2015 Nov;16(8):847-55. doi: 10.1007/s10198-014-0633-1.

Tu HA, Deeks SL, Morris SK, Strifler L, Crowcroft N, Jamieson FB, Kwong JC, Coyte PC, Krahn M, Sander B. Economic evaluation of meningococcal serogroup B childhood vaccination in Ontario, Canada. Vaccine. 2014 Sep 22;32(42):5436-46.

Darvishian M, Gefenaite G, Turner RM, Pechlivanoglou P, Van der Hoek W, Van den Heuvel ER, Hak E. After adjusting for bias in meta-analysis seasonal influenza vaccine remains effective in community-dwelling elderly. . Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2014 ;67(7):734-44.

Abrahamyan L, Willan AR, Beyene J, Blanchette V, Feldman BM. Using value of information methods when the disease is rare and the treatment is expensive – the example of hemophilia A. J Gen Intern Med. 2014 Aug;29 Suppl 3:S767-73.

Khor S, Beca J, Krahn M, Hodgson D, Lee L, Crump M, Bremner KE, Luo J, Mamdani M, Bell CM, Sawka C, Gavura S, Sullivan T, Trudeau M, Peacock S, Hoch JS. Real world costs and cost-effectiveness of Rituximab for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients: a population-based analysis. BMC Cancer. 2014 Aug 12:14:586.

Buick J, Lin S, Kierzek G, Rac VE, Zhan C, Brooks SC, Morrison LJ. Drowning in Ontario: An overlooked cause of out of hospital cardiac arrests. CJEM. 2014 Jul;16(4):314-21.

Pham B, Hong ATT, Han D, Pechlivanoglou P, Miller F, Rac V, Chin W, Tricco AC, Paulden M, Bielecki J and Krahn MD. Early economic evaluation of emerging health technologies: protocol of a systematic review. Systematic Reviews. 2014 Jul;34(3):81.

Sarri, G., Westby, M., Bermingham, S., Hill-Cawthorne, G., Thomas, T. Diagnosis and management of chronic hepatitis B in children, young people, and adults: summary of NICE guidance. 2013 June; BMJ, 346, 1-5.

Mesurolle B, Perez JC, Azzumea F, Lemercier E, Xie X, Aldis A, Omeroglu A, Meterissian S. Atypical ductal hyperplasia diagnosed at sonographically guided core needle biopsy: frequency, final surgical outcome, and factors associated with underestimation.AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2014 Jun;202(6):1389-94.

Molinari M, De Coutere S, Krahn M, Helton S, Urbach DR. Patients' preferences and trade-offs for the treatment of early stage hepatocellular carcinoma. J Surg Res. 2014 Jun 1;189(1):57-67.

Azarpazhooh A, Dao T, Ungar W, Chaudry F, Figueiredo R, Krahn M, Friedman S. IClinical decision making for a tooth with apical periodontitis: the patients' preferred level of participation. J Endod. 2014 Jun;40(6):784-9.

Krahn MD, Bremner KE, Luo J, Alibhai SM.Health care costs for prostate cancer patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy: Treatment and adverse events. Curr Oncol. 2014 Jun;21(3):e457-65.

Mullen KA, Coyle D, Manuel D, Nguyen HV, Pham B, Pipe AL, Reid RD. Economic evaluation of a hospital-initiated intervention for smokers with chronic disease, in Ontario, Canada. Tob Control. 2015 Sep;24(5):489-96. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2013-051483.

Callaway CW, Schmicker RH, Brown SP, Albrich JM, Andrusiek DL, Aufderheide TP, Christenson J, Daya MR, Falconer D, Husa RD, Idris AH, Ornato JP, Rac VE, Rea TD, Rittenberger JC, Sears G, Stiell IG; ROC Investigators. Early coronary angiography and induced hypothermia are associated with survival and functional recovery after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 2014 May;85(5):657-63

Krahn MD, Bremner KE, Zagorski B, Alibhai SM, Chen W, Tomlinson G, Mitsakakis N, Naglie G. Health care costs for state transition models in prostate cancer. Med Decis Making. 2014 Apr;34(3):366-78.

Naimark DM, Kabboul NN, Krahn MD. Response to "the life table method of half-cycle correction: getting it right". Med Decis Making. 2014 Apr;34(3):286-7.

Tadrous M, Wong L, Mamdani MM, Juurlink DN, Krahn MD, Lévesque LE, Cadarette SM. Comparative gastrointestinal safety of bisphosphonates in primary osteoporosis: a network meta-analysis. Osteoporos Int. 2014 Apr;25(4):1225-35.

Roessler R, Smallwood SA, Veenvliet JV, Pechlivanoglou P, Peng SP, Chakrabarty K, Groot-Koerkamp MJ, Pasterkamp RJ, Wesseling E, Kelsey G, Boddeke E, Smidt MP, Copray S. Detailed Analysis of the Genetic and Epigenetic Signatures of iPSC-Derived Mesodiencephalic Dopaminergic Neurons.. Stem Cell Reports. 2014 Apr 3;2(4):520-33

Djalalov S, Beca J, Hoch JS, Krahn M, Tsao MS, Cutz JC, Leighl NB. Cost Effectiveness of EML4-ALK Fusion Testing and First-Line Crizotinib Treatment for Patients With Advanced ALK-Positive Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Apr 1;32(10):1012-9.

Burton KR, Perlis N, Aviv RI, Moody AR, Kapral MK, Krahn MD, Laupacis A. Systematic review, critical appraisal, and analysis of the quality of economic evaluations in stroke imaging. Stroke. 2014 Mar;45(3):807-14.

Sun S, Semionov A, Xie X, Kosiuk J, Mesurolle B. Detection of central pulmonary embolism on non-contrast computed tomography: a case control study.Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Mar;30(3):639-46.

Wong WW, Krahn M. Screening for HCV. CMAJ. 2014 Mar 4;186(4):294.

Wijeysundera HC, Austin PC, Wang X, Bennell MC, Abrahamyan L, Ko DT, Tu JV, Krahn M. The effect of multidisciplinary heart failure clinic characteristics on 1-year postdischarge health care costs: a population-based study. Med Care. 2014 Mar;52(3):272-9.

Mylotte D, Quenneville SP, Kotowycz MA, Xie X, Brophy JM, Ionescu-Ittu R, Martucci G, Pilote L, Therrien J, Marelli AJ. Long-term cost-effectiveness of transcatheter versus surgical closure of secundum atrial septal defect in adults. Int J Cardiol. 2014 Mar; 172(1):109-14.

de Oliveira C, Bremner KE, Ni A, Alibhai SM, Laporte A, Krahn MD. Patient time and out-of-pocket costs for long-term prostate cancer survivors in Ontario, Canada. J Cancer Surviv. 2014 Mar;8(1):9-20.

Bremner K, Mitsakakis N, Wilson L, Krahn MPredicting utility scores for prostate cancer: Mapping the Prostate Cancer Index to the Patient Oriented Prostate Utility Scale (PORPUS), Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. Mar 2014;17(1):47-56.

Stevanović J, O'Prinsen AC, Verheggen BG, Schuiling-Veninga N, Postma MJ, Pechlivanoglou P. Economic evaluation of primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in mild hypertension: a scenario analysis for the Netherlands. Clin Ther. 2014 Mar 1;36(3):368-384.e5.

Stern A, Mitsakakis N, Paulden M, Alibhai S, Wong J, Tomlinson G, Brooker AS, Krahn M, Zwarenstein M. Pressure ulcer multidisciplinary teams via telemedicine: a pragmatic cluster randomized stepped wedge trial in long term care. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 Feb 24;14(1):83.

Abrahamyan L, Dianomd I, Johnson SR, Feldman BM. A new toolkit for conducting clinical trials in rare disorders. J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol. 2014 Feb 23;21(1):e66-78.

Pechlivanoglou P,Le HH, Daenen S, Snowden JA and Postma MJ, Mixed treatment comparison of prophylaxis against invasive fungal infections in neutropenic patients receiving therapy for haematological malignancies: a systematic review.J Antimicrob Chemother. Jan 2014; 69(1):1-11.


Krahn MD, Bremner KE, Alibhai SM, Ni A, Tomlinson G, Laporte A, Naglie G. A reference set of health utilities for long-term survivors of prostate cancer: population-based data from Ontario, Canada. Qual Life Res. 2013 Dec;22(10):2951-62.

Fan I, Ieraci L, Hall R, Kelloway L, van der Velde G, Rac V, Kapral M, Bayley M, Krahn M Stroke Units in Ontario: The 2013 Ontario Stroke UNit (OSUN) Survey (VP.01).Stroke. 2013; 44: e204

de Oliveira C, Bremner KE, Pataky R, Gunraj N, Haq M, Chan K, Cheung WY, Hoch JS, Peacock S, Krahn M. Trends in use and cost of initial cancer treatment in Ontario: a population-based descriptive study. CMAJ Open. 2013 Dec 9;1(4):E151-8.

Bremner KE, Mitsakakis N, Wilson L, Krahn MD. Predicting utility scores for prostate cancer: mapping the Prostate Cancer Index to the Patient-Oriented Prostate Utility Scale (PORPUS) Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2014 Mar;17(1):47-56.

Azarpazhooh A, Dao T, Figueiredo R, Krahn M, Friedman S. A Survey of Dentists’ Preferences for the Treatment of Teeth with Apical Periodontitis. J Endod. 2013 Oct;39(10):1226-1233

Bergstrom N, Horn SD, Rapp MP, Stern A, Barrett R, Watkiss M. Turning for Ulcer ReductioN: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial in Nursing Homes. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Oct;61(10):1705-13

Mitsakakis N, Wijeysundera HC, Krahn M. Beyond case fatality rate: using potential impact fraction to estimate the effect of increasing treatment uptake on mortality. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2013;13:109.

Pechlivanoglou P, Le HH, Simon Daenen S, Snowden JA, Postma MJ. Mixed treatment comparison of prophylaxis against invasive fungal infections in neutropenic patients receiving therapy for haematological malignancies: a systematic review. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2014 Jan;69(1):1-11.

Parouty MB, Krooshof DG, Westra TA, Pechlivanoglou P, Postma MJ. Reviewing and piloting methods for decreasing discount rates; someone, somewhere in time.. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2013 Aug;13(4):523-47.

Chan B, Ieraci L, Mitsakakis N, Pham B, Krahn M. Net costs of hospital-acquired and pre-admission PUs among older people hospitalised in Ontario.Journal of Wound Care. July 2013; 22(7):341-2, 344-6.

Paulden M, Franek J, MHSc, Pham B, Bedard PL, Trudeau M, Krahn M. Cost-Effectiveness of the 21-Gene Assay for Guiding Adjuvant Chemotherapy Decisions in Early Breast Cancer. Value Health. 2013 Jun; 16(5):729-739

Brooker A, Carcone S, Witteman W, Krahn M. Quantitative patient preference evidence for HTA: a case study. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2013 Jul;29(3):290-300.

Sarri G, Westby M, Bermingham S, Kelsey A, Ritchie G, Hill-Cawthorne G, Thomas H. Diagnosis and management of chronic hepatitis B in children, young people and adults: summary of NICE guidance. British Medical Journal. 2013 Jun 26;346:f3893.

Bermingham SL, Riley S, Ashe J, Spinks J, Wright S, Hayter E, Pellowe C. A systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis of intermittent urinary catheters. British Medical Journal. 2013;346:e8639.

Nguyen VH, Oliverira C, Wijeysundera H, Wong WWL, Woo G, Grootendorst P, Liu P, Krahn M. Canada's contribution to global research in cardiovascular diseases. The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 2013; 29(6):742-746.

Wong W W L, Woo G, Heathcote JE, Krahn M. Disease burden of chronic hepatitis B among immigrants in Canada. Can J Gastroenterol. 2013 Mar;27(3):137-47.

Abrahamyan L, Trubiani G, Witteman W, Mitsakakis N, Krahn M, Wijeysundera HC. Insights into the Contemporary Management of Heart Failure in Specialized Multi-Disciplinary Ambulatory Clinics. Can J Cardiol. 2013 Sep;29(9):1062-8.

Alibhai SM, Mohamedali HZ, Gulamhusein H, Panju AH, Breunis H, Timilshina N, Fleshner N, Krahn MD, Naglie G, Tannock IF, Tomlinson G, Warde P, Duff Canning S, Cheung AM. Changes in bone mineral density in men starting androgen deprivation therapy and the protective role of vitamin D. Osteoporos Int. 2013 Oct;24(10):2571-9

Mitsakakis N, Razak Z, Escobar M, Westwood JT. Prediction of Drosophila melanogaster gene function using Support Vector Machines. BioData Min. 2013 Apr 2;6(1):8.

Berta W, Ginsburg L, Gilbart E, Lemieux-Charles L, Davis D. What, why, and how care protocols are implemented in Ontario nursing homes. Can J Aging. 2013 Mar;32(1):73-85.

Wong W W L, Woo G, Heathcote JE, Krahn M. Disease burden of chronic hepatitis B among Immigrants in Canada. Can J Gastroenterol. 2013 Mar;27(3):137-147

Clarke H, Kirkham KR, Orser BA, Katznelson R, Mitsakakis N, Ko R, Snyman A, Ma M, Katz J. Gabapentin reduces preoperative anxiety and pain catastrophizing in highly anxious patients prior to major surgery: a blinded randomized placebo-controlled trial. Can J Anaesth. 2013 Feb 2.

Perlas A, Mitsakakis N, Liu L, Cino M, Haldipur N, Davis L, Cubillos J, Chan V. Validation of a mathematical model for ultrasound assessment of gastric volume by gastroscopic examination. Anesth Analg. 2013 Feb;116(2):357-63.

Nikitovic M, Wodchis WP, Krahn MD, Cadarette SM. Direct health-care costs attributed to hip fractures among seniors: a matched cohort study. Osteoporos Int. 2013 Feb;24(2):659-69.

Thein HH, Isaranuwatchai W, Campitelli MA, Feld JJ, Yoshida E, Sherman M, Hoch JS, Peacock S, Krahn MD, Earle CC. Health care costs associated with hepatocellular carcinoma: a population-based study. Hepatology. 2013 Oct;58(4):1375-84.

Wijeysundera HC, Trubiani G, Wang X, Mitsakakis N, Austin PC, Ko DT, Lee DS, Tu JV, Krahn M. A population-based study to evaluate the effectiveness of multidisciplinary heart failure clinics and identify important service components. Circ Heart Fail. 2013 Jan;6(1):68-75.

Mihajlović J, Pechlivanoglou P, Miladinov-Mikov M, Zivković S, Postma MJ. Cancer incidence and mortality in Serbia 1999-2009. BMC Cancer. BMC Cancer. 2013 Jan 15;13:18.


Stevanovic J, Postma MJ, Pechlivanoglou P. A systematic review on the application of cardiovascular risk prediction models in pharmacoeconomics, with a focus on primary prevention. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2012, 19(2(S)) 1-12

Rozenbaum MH, Pechlivanoglou P, van der Werf TS, Lo-Ten-Foe JR, Postma MJ, Hak E. The role of Streptococcus pneumoniae in community-acquired pneumonia among adults in Europe: a meta-analysis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 Mar;32(3):305-16

Ivanova S, Loonen A, Pechlivanoglou P, et al. NMDA receptor genotypes associated with the vulnerability to develop dyskinesia. Translational Psychiatry, 2012 2(1):e67

Wijeysundera HC, Trubiani G, Abrahamyan L, Mitsakakis N, Witteman W, Paulden M, van der Velde G, Kingsbury K, Krahn M. Specialized multi-disciplinary heart failure clinics in Ontario, Canada: an environmental scan. BMC Health Services Research. 2012, 12:236

Bermingham SL, Ashe J. A systematic review of the impact of urinary tract infection on health related quality of life. British Journal of Urology International . 2012;10(11c):e830–e836.

de Oliveira C, Wijeysundera HC, Tobe SW, Lum-Kwong MM, Von Sychowski S, Wang X, Tu JV, Krahn MD. Economic analysis of Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario's Hypertension Management Initiative. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2012;4:323-36.

Guilcher SJ, Craven BC, McColl MA, Lemieux-Charles L, Casciaro T, Jaglal SB. Application of the Andersen's health care utilization framework to secondary complications of spinal cord injury: a scoping review. Disabil Rehabil. 2012;34(7):531-41.

Jembere N, Campitelli MA, Sherman M, Feld JJ, Lou W, Peacock S, Yoshida E, Krahn MD, Earle C, Thein HH. Influence of socioeconomic status on survival of hepatocellular carcinoma in the Ontario population; a population-based study, 1990-2009. PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e40917.

Layden J, Higgins B, Bermingham SL, Michaels J. Diagnosis and management of lower limb peripheral arterial disease: summary of NICE guidance. British Medical Journal. 2012;345:e4947.

Mittmann N, Koo M, Daneman N, McDonald A, Baker M, Matlow A, Krahn M, Shojania KG, Etchells E. The economic burden of patient safety targets in acute care: a systematic review. Drug Healthc Patient Saf. 2012;4:141-65.

Pron G, Ieraci L, Kaulback K; Medical Advisory Secretariat, Health Quality Ontario. Internet-based device-assisted remote monitoring of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: an evidence-based analysis. Ont Health Technol Assess Ser. 2012;12(1):1-86.

Soklaridis S, Cassidy JD, van der Velde G, Hogg-Johnston S, Tompa E. The Economic Cost of Return to Work: An Employer’s Perspective. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation 2012;43:255-262.

Wijeysundera HC, Wang X, Tomlinson G, Ko DT, Krahn MD. Techniques for estimating health care costs with censored data: an overview for the health services researcher. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2012;4:145-55.

Chaparro LE, Clarke H, Valdes PA, Mira M, Duque L, Mitsakakis N. Adding pregabalin to a multimodal analgesic regimen does not reduce pain scores following cosmetic surgery: a randomized trial. J Anesth. 2012 Dec;26(6):829-35.

Nguyen HV, de Oliveira C, Wijeysundera HC, Wong WW, Woo G, Grootendorst P, Liu PP, Krahn MD. Canada's Contribution to Global Research in Cardiovascular Diseases. Can J Cardiol. 2012 Dec 6.

Fukada C, Kohler JC, Boon H, Austin Z, Krahn M. Prescribing gabapentin off label: Perspectives from psychiatry, pain and neurology specialists. Can Pharm J (Ott). 2012 Nov;145(6):280-284.

John-Baptiste A, Yeung MW, Leung V, van der Velde G, Krahn M. Cost effectiveness of hepatitis C-related interventions targeting substance users and other high-risk groups: a systematic review. Pharmacoeconomics. 2012 Nov 1;30(11):1015-34.

Aghabekyan S, Thompson ME, Abrahamyan L. Medication noncompliance and patient satisfaction following percutaneous coronary intervention. J Interv Cardiol. 2012 Oct;25(5):469-75.

Tsui T, Boon H, Boecker A, Kachan N, Krahn M. Understanding the role of scientific evidence in consumer evaluation of natural health products for osteoarthritis an application of the means end chain approach. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2012 Oct 30;12:198.

Pham B, Harrison MB, Chen MH, Carley ME; Canadian Bandaging Trial Group. Cost-effectiveness of compression technologies for evidence-informed leg ulcer care: results from the Canadian Bandaging Trial. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012 Oct 2;12:346.

Guilcher SJ, Craven BC, Lemieux-Charles L, Casciaro T, McColl MA, Jaglal SB. Secondary health conditions and spinal cord injury: an uphill battle in the journey of care. Disabil Rehabil. 2012 Oct 1.

Daniels F, Laporte A, Lemieux-Charles L, Baumann A, Onate K, Deber R. Retaining nurses: the impact of Ontario's "70% full-time commitment". Health Policy. 2012 Sep;107(1):54-65.

Guilcher SJ, Casciaro T, Lemieux-Charles L, Craven C, McColl MA, Jaglal SB. Social networks and secondary health conditions: the critical secondary team for individuals with spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med. 2012 Sep;35(5):330-42.

Zurawska U, Hicks LK, Woo G, Bell CM, Krahn M, Chan KK, Feld JJ. Hepatitis B virus screening before chemotherapy for lymphoma: a cost-effectiveness analysis. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Sep 10;30(26):3167-73.

Roberts M, Russell LB, Paltiel AD, Chambers M, McEwan P, Krahn M. ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force. Conceptualizing a model: a report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force-2. Med Decis Making. 2012 Sep-Oct;32(5):678-89.

Roberts M, Russell LB, Paltiel AD, Chambers M, McEwan P, Krahn M. ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force. Conceptualizing a model: a report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force-2. Value Health. 2012 Sep-Oct;15(6):804-11.

Abrahamyan L, Austin PC, Donovan LR, Tu JV. Standard admission orders can improve the management of acute myocardial infarction. Int J Qual Health Care. 2012 Aug;24(4):425-32.

Chen W, Tomlinson G, Krahn M, Heathcote J. Immigrant patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis have a higher risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Viral Hepat. 2012 Aug;19(8):574-80.

Lee L, Crump M, Khor S, Hoch JS, Luo J, Bremner K, Krahn M, Hodgson DC. Impact of rituximab on treatment outcomes of patients with diffuse large b-cell lymphoma: a population-based analysis. Br J Haematol. 2012 Aug;158(4):481-8.

de Oliveira C, Nguyen VH, Wijeysundera HC, Wong WW, Woo G, Liu PP, Krahn MD. How much are we spending? The estimation of research expenditures on cardiovascular disease in Canada. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012 Aug 28;12:281.

Woo G, Tomlinson G, Yim C, Lilly L, Therapondos G, Wong DK, Ungar WJ, Einarson TR, Sherman M, Heathcote JE, Krahn M. Health state utilities and quality of life in patients with hepatitis B. Can J Gastroenterol. 2012 Jul;26(7):445-51.

Daniels F, Laporte A, Lemieux-Charles L, Baumann A, Onate K, Deber R. The importance of employment status in determining exit rates from nursing. Nurs Econ. 2012 Jul-Aug;30(4):201-6.

Etchells E, Koo M, Daneman N, McDonald A, Baker M, Matlow A, Krahn M, Mittmann N. Comparative economic analyses of patient safety improvement strategies in acute care: a systematic review. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012 Jun;21(6):448-56.

Kierzek G, Rac V, Pourriat JL. Emergency department workload increase: dependence on primary care? J Emerg Med. 2012 Jun;42(6):701-2.

Lin S, Yokoyama H, Rac VE, Brooks SC. Novel biomarkers in diagnosing cardiac ischemia in the emergency department: a systematic review. Resuscitation. 2012 Jun;83(6):684-91.

Federico CA, Hsu PC, Krajden M, Yoshida EM, Bremner KE, Weiss AA, Anderson FH, Krahn MD. Patient time costs and out-of-pocket costs in hepatitis C. Liver Int. 2012 May;32(5):815-25.

Mittmann N, Evans WK, Rocchi A, Longo CJ, Au HJ, Husereau D, Leighl NB, Isogai PK, Krahn MD, Peacock S, Marshall D, Coyle D, Taylor SC, Jacobs P, Oh PI. Guidelines for health technologies: specific guidance for oncology products in Canada. Value Health. 2012 May;15(3):580-5.

Paulden M, Claxton K. Budget allocation and the revealed social rate of time preference for health. Health Econ. 2012 May;21(5):612-8.

Aghabekyan S, Thompson ME, Abrahamyan L. Medication noncompliance and patient satisfaction following percutaneous coronary intervention. J Interv Cardiol. 2012; 25(5):469-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2012.00743.x. Epub 2012 May 21

Abrahamyan L, Austin P, Donovan L, Tu JV. Standard admission orders can improve the management of acute myocardial infarction. Int J Qual Health Care. 2012;24(4):425-32. doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs022. Epub 2012 May 16

Chan KK, Siu E, Krahn MD, Imrie K, Alibhai SM. Cost-utility analysis of primary prophylaxis versus secondary prophylaxis with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in elderly patients with diffuse aggressive lymphoma receiving curative-intent chemotherapy. J Clin Oncol. 2012 Apr 1;30(10):1064-71.

OHTAC COPD Collaborative. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) evidentiary framework. Ont Health Technol Assess Ser. 2012;12(2):1-97. Epub 2012 Mar 1.

Pham B, Stern A. Improving the quality of pressure ulcer care with prevention: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Med Care. 2012 Feb;50(2):188; author reply 188-90.

Abrahamyan L, Boom N, Donovan LR, Tu JV; Canadian Cardiovascular Society Quality Indicators Steering Committee. An international environmental scan of quality indicators for cardiovascular care. Can J Cardiol. 2012 Jan-Feb;28(1):110-8.

Hsu PC, Federico CA, Krajden M, Yoshida EM, Bremner KE, Anderson FH, Weiss AA, Krahn MD. Health utilities and psychometric quality of life in patients with early- and late-stage hepatitis C virus infection. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Jan;27(1):149-57.

Bayoumi AM, Krahn M. The future of health technology assessment. Med Decis Making. 2012 Jan-Feb;32(1):7-8.

Tomlinson G, Bremner KE, Ritvo P, Naglie G, Krahn MD. Development and validation of a utility weighting function for the patient-oriented prostate utility scale (PORPUS). Med Decis Making. 2012 Jan-Feb;32(1):11-30.

Pham B, Chen MH, Tricco AC, Anonychuk A, Krahn M, Bauch CT. Use of a catalytic model to estimate hepatitis A incidence in a low-endemicity country: implications for modeling immunization policies. Med Decis Making. 2012 Jan-Feb;32(1):167-75.


Pechlivanoglou P, De Vries R, Daenen S, Postma MJ. Cost benefit and cost effectiveness of antifungal prophylaxis in immunocompromised patients treated for haematological malignancies: reviewing the available evidence. Pharmacoeconomics 2011, 29(9):737-751

Mitsakakis N, Massam H, Escobar MD, A Metropolis-Hastings based method for sampling from the G-Wishart distribution in Gaussian Graphical Models. Electron. J. Statist. 2011, 5:18-30.

Naglie G, Black S, MacKnight C, Patterson C, Hogan D, Beattie L, Borrie M, Freedman M, Krahn M, Bergman H, Streiner D, Ritvo P, Kowgier M, Tomlinson G. Predictors of family caregiver ratings of patient quality of life in Alzheimer’s disease: Cross-sectional results from the Canadian Alzheimer’s Disease Quality of Life (CADQOL) Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2011;19(10):891-901

Abrahamyan L, Li CS, Beyene J, Willan AR, Feldman BM. Survival distributions impact the power of randomized placebo-phase design and parallel groups randomized clinical trials. J Clin Epidemiol. 2011;64(3):286-92

Feng Z, Wong WWL, Gao X, Schenkel F. Generalized genetic association study with samples of related subjects. Annals of applied statistics. 2011;5(3):2109-2130.

Pron G, Ieraci L, Kaulback K; Medical Advisory Secretariat, Health Quality Ontario. Collagen cross-linking using riboflavin and ultraviolet-a for corneal thinning disorders: an evidence-based analysis. Ont Health Technol Assess Ser. 2011;11(5):1-89.

Shachak A, Barnsley J, Tu K, Jadad AR, Lemieux-Charles L. Understanding end-user support for health information technology: a theoretical framework. Inform Prim Care. 2011;19(3):169-72.

Smoot BJ, Wong JF, Dodd MJ. Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of clinical measures of breast cancer–related lymphedema: area under the curve. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2011;92(4):603-610.

van der Velde G, Côté P, Bayoumi A, Boyle E, Shearer H, Stupar M, Cassidy JD, Ammendolia C, van Tulder M, Carette S. Protocol of an Economic Evaluation alongside the University Health Network Whiplash Intervention Trial: Cost-effectiveness of Education and Activation, a Rehabilitation Program, and the Legislated Standard of Care for Acute Whiplash Injury in Ontario. BMC Public Health 2011 11:594.

Wong WWL, Burkowski FJ. Using Kernel Alignment to select features of molecular descriptors in a QSAR study. IEEE Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. 2011;8(5):1373–1384.

Wong WWL, Woo G, Heathcote JE, Krahn M. Cost Effectiveness of Screening Immigrants for Hepatitis B. Liver International . 2011;31(8):1179–1190.

Fischer B, Jones W, Krahn M, Rehm J. Differences and over-time changes in levels of prescription opioid analgesic dispensing from retail pharmacies in Canada, 2005-2010. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011 Dec;20(12):1269-77.

Pham B, Stern A, Chen W, Sander B, John-Baptiste A, Thein HH, Gomes T, Wodchis WP, Bayoumi A, Machado M, Carcone S, Krahn M. Preventing pressure ulcers in long-term care: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Nov 14;171(20):1839-47.

Pham B, Teague L, Mahoney J, Goodman L, Paulden M, Poss J, Li J, Ieraci L, Carcone S, Krahn M. Early prevention of pressure ulcers among elderly patients admitted through emergency departments: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Nov;58(5):468-78.e3.

Krahn M, Bremner KE, Tomlinson G, Luo J, Ritvo P, Naglie G, Alibhai SM. Androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer: are rising concerns leading to falling use? BJU Int. 2011 Nov;108(10):1588-96.

Wijeysundera HC, Mitsakakis N, Witteman W, Paulden M, van der Velde G, Tu JV, Lee DS, Goodman SG, Petrella R, O'Flaherty M, Capewell S, Krahn M. Achieving quality indicator benchmarks and potential impact on coronary heart disease mortality. Can J Cardiol. 2011 Nov-Dec;27(6):756-62.

Naglie G, Hogan DB, Krahn M, Beattie BL, Black SE, Macknight C, Freedman M, Patterson C, Borrie M, Bergman H, Byszewski A, Streiner D, Irvine J, Ritvo P, Comrie J, Kowgier M, Tomlinson G. Predictors of patient self-ratings of quality of life in Alzheimer disease: cross-sectional results from the Canadian Alzheimer's Disease Quality of Life Study. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2011 Oct;19(10):881-90.

Mah CL, Deber RB, Guttmann A, McGeer A, Krahn M. Another look at the human papillomavirus vaccine experience in Canada. Am J Public Health. 2011 Oct;101(10):1850-7.

Tricco AC, Ng CH, Gilca V, Anonychuk A, Pham B, Berliner S. Canadian oncogenic human papillomavirus cervical infection prevalence: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infect Dis. 2011 Sep 5;11:235.

Wong WW, Woo G, Jenny Heathcote E, Krahn M. Cost effectiveness of screening immigrants for hepatitis B. Liver Int. 2011 Sep;31(8):1179-90.

Minkovich L, Djaiani G, McCluskey SA, Mitsakakis N, Gilbert RW, Beattie WS. Frequent malpositions of peripherally inserted central venous catheters in patients undergoing head and neck surgery. Can J Anaesth. 2011 Aug;58(8):709-13.

Wąsowicz M, Meineri M, Djaiani G, Mitsakakis N, Hegazi N, Xu W, Katznelson R, Karski JM. Early complications and immediate postoperative outcomes of paravalvular leaks after valve replacement surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2011 Aug;25(4):610-4.

Quiñonez C, Ieraci L, Guttmann A. Potentially preventable hospital use for dental conditions: implications for expanding dental coverage for low income populations. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2011 Aug;22(3):1048-58.

van der Velde G, Côté P, Bayoumi AM, Cassidy JD, Boyle E, Shearer HM, Stupar M, Jacobs C, Ammendolia C, Carette S, van Tulder M. Protocol for an economic evaluation alongside the University Health Network Whiplash Intervention Trial: cost-effectiveness of education and activation, a rehabilitation program, and the legislated standard of care for acute whiplash injury in Ontario. BMC Public Health. 2011 Jul 27;11:594.

Perlas A, Davis L, Khan M, Mitsakakis N, Chan VW. Gastric sonography in the fasted surgical patient: a prospective descriptive study. Anesth Analg. 2011 Jul;113(1):93-7.

Pham B, Teague L, Mahoney J, Goodman L, Paulden M, Poss J, Li J, Sikich NJ, Lourenco R, Ieraci L, Carcone S, Krahn M. Support surfaces for intraoperative prevention of pressure ulcers in patients undergoing surgery: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Surgery. 2011 Jul;150(1):122-32.

Warren JL, Barbera L, Bremner KE, Yabroff KR, Hoch JS, Barrett MJ, Luo J, Krahn MD. End-of-life care for lung cancer patients in the United States and Ontario. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Jun 8;103(11):853-62.

Beaton DE, van Eerd D, Smith P, van der Velde G, Cullen K, Kennedy CA, Hogg-Johnson S. Minimal change is sensitive, less specific to recovery: a diagnostic testing approach to interpretability. J Clin Epidemiol. 2011 May;64(5):487-96.

Wijeysundera HC, Tomlinson G, Norris CM, Ghali WA, Ko DT, Krahn MD. Predicting EQ-5D utility scores from the Seattle Angina Questionnaire in coronary artery disease: a mapping algorithm using a Bayesian framework. Med Decis Making. 2011 May-Jun;31(3):481-93.

Anonychuk A, Krahn M. Health economic and infectious disease modelling: a guide to merging streams. Pharmacoeconomics. 2011 May;29(5):367-9.

Levin L, Goeree R, Levine M, Krahn M, Easty T, Brown A, Henry D. Coverage with evidence development: the Ontario experience. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2011 Apr;27(2):159-68.

Morrison LJ, Rac VE, Bowen JM, Schwartz B, Perreira T, Ryan W, Zahn C, Chadha R, Craig A, O'Reilly D, Goeree R. Prehospital evaluation and economic analysis of different coronary syndrome treatment strategies--PREDICT--rationale, development and implementation. BMC Emerg Med. 2011 Mar 29;11:4.

Gagliardi AR, Brouwers MC, Palda VA, Lemieux-Charles L, Grimshaw JM. How can we improve guideline use? A conceptual framework of implementability. Implement Sci. 2011 Mar 22;6:26.

Myles A, Mugford GJ, Zhao J, Krahn M, Wang PP. Physicians' attitudes and practice toward treating injection drug users with hepatitis C: results from a national specialist survey in Canada. Can J Gastroenterol. 2011 Mar;25(3):135-9.

Abrahamyan L, Li CS, Beyene J, Willan AR, Feldman BM. Survival distributions impact the power of randomized placebo-phase design and parallel groups randomized clinical trials. J Clin Epidemiol. 2011 Mar;64(3):286-92.

Clarke H, Chandy T, Srinivas C, Ladak S, Okubo N, Mitsakakis N, Holtzman S, Grant D, McCluskey SA, Katz J. Epidural analgesia provides better pain management after live liver donation: a retrospective study. Liver Transpl. 2011 Mar;17(3):315-23.

Cooper NJ, Peters J, Lai MC, Juni P, Wandel S, Palmer S, Paulden M, Conti S, Welton NJ, Abrams KR, Bujkiewicz S, Spiegelhalter D, Sutton AJ. How valuable are multiple treatment comparison methods in evidence-based health-care evaluation? Value Health. 2011 Mar-Apr;14(2):371-80.

Turgulov A, Rac V, Kierzek G, Morrison LJ. Field intubation of patients with cardiac arrest: a dying art or just a question of timing? Emerg Med J. 2011 Feb;28(2):171-2.

van der Velde G, Pham B, Machado M, Ieraci L, Witteman W, Bombardier C, Krahn M. Cost-effectiveness of biologic response modifiers compared to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Jan;63(1):65-78.

Claxton K, Paulden M, Gravelle H, Brouwer W, Culyer AJ. Discounting and decision making in the economic evaluation of health-care technologies. Health Econ. 2011 Jan;20(1):2-15.

Machado M, O'Brodovich R, Krahn M, Einarson TR. International drug price comparisons: quality assessment. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2011 Jan;29(1):46-51.


Kierzek G, Rac V, Pourriat JL. Is emergency research without initial consent justified? The consent substitute model. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Sep 13;170(16):1508-9

Turgulov A,Rac V, Kierzek G, Morrison LJ. Field intubation of patients with cardiac arrest: a dying art or just a question of timing? Emerg Med J. 2010 Jul 26

Kierzek G, Rac V, Pourriat JL. Advance directives and surrogate decision making before death. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 15;363(3):295

O’Connor RE, Bossaert L, Arntz HR, Brooks SC, Diercks D, Feitosa-Filho G, Nolan JP, Vanden Hoek TL, Walters DL, Wong A, Welsford M, Woolfrey K and Acute Coronary Syndrome Chapter Collaborators (Rac VE,). Part 9: Acute Coronary Syndrome:2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations. Circulations 2010; 122;S422-S465.

O’Connor RE, Bossaert L, Arntz HR, Brooks SC, Diercks D, Feitosa-Filho G, Nolan JP, Vanden Hoek TL, Walters DL, Wong A, Welsford M, Woolfrey K and Acute Coronary Syndrome Chapter Collaborators (Rac VE,). Part 9: Acute Coronary Syndrome:2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations. Resuscitation 2010; 81S:e175-e212. (Worksheet number ACS-018B).

Rac VE, Muller D. In patients with STEMI in the prehospital setting, does the use of prehospital fibrinolytics, compared with inhospital fibrinolytics, improve outcome (eg. chest pain resolution, infarct size, ekg resolution, survival to discharge, 30/60d mortality). Appendix: Circulation 2010; 122;S606-S638. (Worksheet number ACS-018B)

Luteijn J, Hubben GA, Pechlivanoglou P, Bonten M, et al. Diagnostic accuracy of culture-based and PCR-based detection tests for MRSA – a meta-analysis. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2010. no. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03202.x

Machado M, Witteman W ,Wijeysundera HC . Ieraci L . van der Velde G, Paulden M Krahn M.Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations of Selected Cardiac Imaging Technoloiges in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease. Value in Health 2010;13(3):A163-4.

Krahn M. “New” Evidence for Clinical Practice Guidelines. Patient 2010;3(2):1-7

Lin S, Yokoyama H, Rac VE, Brooks SC, Novel Biomarkers in Diagnosing Cardiac Ischemia in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review, Resuscitation (2010), doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation

Bermingham SL, Cohen A, Hague J, Parsonage M. The cost of medically unexplained symptoms among the working-age population in England in 2008-09. Mental Health in Family Medicine. 2010;7(2):71-84.

Hochman JR, French MR, Bermingham SL, Hawker GA. The nerve of osteoarthritis pain! Journal of Arthritis and Rheumatism. Arthritis Care and Research. 2010;62(7): 1019–1023.

Lemieux-Charles L. Accelerating the workplace health agenda. Healthc Pap. 2010;10(3):33-7.

Rodgers M, Griffin S, Paulden M, Slack R, Duffy S, Ingram JR, Woolacott N, Sculpher M. Alitretinoin for severe chronic hand eczema: a NICE single technology appraisal. Pharmacoeconomics. 2010;28(5):351-62.

Smoot BJ, Wong J, Cooper B, Wanek L, Topp KS, Byl NN, Dodd, MJ. Upper extremity impairments in women with or without lymphedema following breast cancer treatment. J Cancer Surviv. 2010;4(2):167–178.

Krajden M, Kuo M, Zagorski B, Alvarez M, Yu A, Krahn M. Health care costs associated with hepatitis C: a longitudinal cohort study. Can J Gastroenterol. 2010 Dec;24(12):717-26.

Abrahamyan L, Beyene J, Feng J, Chon Y, Willan AR, Schmeling H, Horneff G, Keystone EC, Feldman BM. Response times follow lognormal or gamma distribution in arthritis patients. J Clin Epidemiol. 2010 Dec;63(12):1363-9.

Alibhai SM, Breunis H, Timilshina N, Johnston C, Tomlinson G, Tannock I, Krahn M, Fleshner NE, Warde P, Canning SD, Klotz L, Naglie G. Impact of androgen-deprivation therapy on physical function and quality of life in men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Dec 1;28(34):5038-45.

Alibhai SM, Breunis H, Timilshina N, Marzouk S, Stewart D, Tannock I, Naglie G, Tomlinson G, Fleshner N, Krahn M, Warde P, Canning SD. Impact of androgen-deprivation therapy on cognitive function in men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Dec 1;28(34):5030-7.

Wijeysundera HC, Machado M, Wang X, van der Velde G, Sikich N, Witteman W, Tu JV, Lee DS, Goodman SG, Petrella R, O'Flaherty M, Capewell S, Krahn M. Cost-effectiveness of specialized multidisciplinary heart failure clinics in Ontario, Canada. Value Health. 2010 Dec;13(8):915-21.

Chambers D, Paulden M, Paton F, Heirs M, Duffy S, Hunter JM, Sculpher M, Woolacott N. Sugammadex for reversal of neuromuscular block after rapid sequence intubation: a systematic review and economic assessment. Br J Anaesth. 2010 Nov;105(5):568-75.

Paton F, Paulden M, Chambers D, Heirs M, Duffy S, Hunter JM, Sculpher M, Woolacott N. Sugammadex compared with neostigmine/glycopyrrolate for routine reversal of neuromuscular block: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Br J Anaesth. 2010 Nov;105(5):558-67.

Woo G, Tomlinson G, Nishikawa Y, Kowgier M, Sherman M, Wong DK, Pham B, Ungar WJ, Einarson TR, Heathcote EJ, Krahn M. Tenofovir and entecavir are the most effective antiviral agents for chronic hepatitis B: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analyses. Gastroenterology. 2010 Oct;139(4):1218-29.

Kierzek G, Rac V, Pourriat JL. Emergency Department Workload Increase: Dependence on Primary Care? J Emerg Med. 2010 Oct 6.

Kierzek G, Rac V, Pourriat JL. Is emergency research without initial consent justified? The consent substitute model. Arch Intern Med. 2010 Sep 13;170(16):1508-9; author reply 1509.

Kierzek G, Pourriat JL, Rac V, Morrison LJ. Local media influence on opting out from an exception from informed consent trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Sep;56(3):306-7; author reply 307-8.

Sander B, Bauch CT, Fisman D, Fowler RA, Kwong JC, Maetzel A, McGeer A, Raboud J, Scales DC, Gojovic MZ, Krahn M. Is a mass immunization program for pandemic (H1N1) 2009 good value for money? Evidence from the Canadian Experience. Vaccine. 2010 Aug 31;28(38):6210-20 Epub 2010 Jul 17. PubMed PMID: 20643091.

Bhinder S, Chowdhury N, Granton J, Krahn M, Tullis DE, Waddell TK, Singer LG. Feasibility of internet-based health-related quality of life data collection in a large patient cohort. J Med Internet Res. 2010 Aug 19;12(3):e35.

Clarke H, Kay J, Mitsakakis N, Katz J. Acute pain after total hip arthroplasty does not predict the development of chronic postsurgical pain 6 months later. J Anesth. 2010 Aug;24(4):537-43.

John-Baptiste A, Krahn M, Heathcote J, Laporte A, Tomlinson G. The natural history of hepatitis C infection acquired through injection drug use: meta-analysis and meta-regression. J Hepatol. 2010 Aug;53(2):245-51 Epub 2010 May 11. PubMed PMID: 20537752..

Kierzek G, Rac V, Pourriat JL. Advance directives and surrogate decision making before death. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 15;363(3):295; author reply 296.

Chambers D, Paulden M, Paton F, Heirs M, Duffy S, Craig D, Hunter J, Wilson J, Sculpher M, Woolacott N. Sugammadex for the reversal of muscle relaxation in general anaesthesia: a systematic review and economic assessment. Health Technol Assess. 2010 Jul;14(39):1-211.

Kierzek G, Rac V, Pourriat JL. Presumed consent. View from France: coming full circle. BMJ. 2010 Jun 16;340:c3160.

Rac V, Kierzek G, Morrison LJ. Gender differences in the treatment of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Clin Cardiol. 2010 Jun;33(6):378.

Boersma C, Gansevoort RT, Pechlivanoglou P, Visser ST, et al. Cost Effectiveness of Population-Based ‘Screen-and-Treat’ Strategies for Albuminuria to Prevent Cardiovascular and Renal Disease. Clinical Therapeutics 2010 Jun 32(6):1103-1121

Clarke H, Kay J, Orser BA, Gollish J, Mitsakakis N, Katz J. Gabapentin does not reduce preoperative anxiety when given prior to total hip arthroplasty. Pain Med. 2010 Jun;11(6):966-71.

Wijeysundera HC, Machado M, Farahati F, Wang X, Witteman W, van der Velde G, Tu JV, Lee DS, Goodman SG, Petrella R, O'Flaherty M, Krahn M, Capewell S. Association of temporal trends in risk factors and treatment uptake with coronary heart disease mortality, 1994-2005. JAMA. 2010 May 12;303(18):1841-7.

Kierzek G, Rac V. DNR and advance directives: international perspective. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 May;29(5):1080.

Paton F, Paulden M, Saramago P, Manca A, Misso K, Palmer S, Eastwood A. Topotecan for the treatment of recurrent and stage IVB carcinoma of the cervix. Health Technol Assess. 2010 May;14 Suppl 1:55-62.

Paulden M, Rodgers M, Griffin S, Slack R, Duffy S, Ingram JR, Woolacott N, Sculpher M. Alitretinoin for the treatment of severe chronic hand eczema. Health Technol Assess. 2010 May;14 Suppl 1:39-46.

Mah CL, Guttmann A, McGeer A, Krahn M, Deber RB. Compulsory school-entry vaccination laws and exemptions: who is opting out in ontario and why does it matter? Healthc Policy. 2010 May;5(4):37-46.

Berta W, Teare GF, Gilbart E, Ginsburg LS, Lemieux-Charles L, Davis D, Rappolt S. Spanning the know-do gap: understanding knowledge application and capacity in long-term care homes. Soc Sci Med. 2010 May;70(9):1326-34.

Pomey MP, Lemieux-Charles L, Champagne F, Angus D, Shabah A, Contandriopoulos AP. Does accreditation stimulate change? A study of the impact of the accreditation process on Canadian healthcare organizations. Implement Sci. 2010 Apr 26;5:31.

Wilke DR, Krahn M, Tomlinson G, Bezjak A, Rutledge R, Warde P. Sex or survival: short-term versus long-term androgen deprivation in patients with locally advanced prostate cancer treated with radiotherapy. Cancer. 2010 Apr 15;116(8):1909-17.

Sander B, Kwong JC, Bauch CT, Maetzel A, McGeer A, Raboud JM, Krahn M. Economic appraisal of Ontario's Universal Influenza Immunization Program: a cost-utility analysis. PLoS Med. 2010 Apr 6;7(4):e1000256.

van der Velde G, Beaton D, Hogg-Johnston S, Hurwitz E, Tennant A. Rasch analysis provides new insights into the measurement properties of the neck disability index. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2009 Apr; 61: 544–551. doi: 10.1002/art.24399

van der Velde G, Hogg-Johnson S, Bayoumi AM, Côté P, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Hurwitz EL, Krahn M. Neck pain patients' preference scores for their current health. Qual Life Res. 2010 Jun;19(5):687-700 Epub 2010 Mar 27. PubMed PMID:20349212; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2874028.

Klaassen RJ, Krahn M, Gaboury I, Hughes J, Anderson R, Grundy P, Ali SK, Jardine L, Abla O, Silva M, Barnard D, Cappelli M. Evaluating the ability to detect change of health-related quality of life in children with Hodgkin disease. Cancer. 2010 Mar 15;116(6):1608-14.

Krahn MD, Zagorski B, Laporte A, Alibhai SM, Bremner KE, Tomlinson G, Warde P, Naglie G. Healthcare costs associated with prostate cancer: estimates from a population-based study. BJU Int. 2010 Feb;105(3):338-46.

Alibhai SM, Mahmoud S, Hussain F, Naglie G, Tannock I, Tomlinson G, Fleshner N, Krahn M, Warde P, Klotz L, Breunis H, Leach M, Canning SD. Levels of sex hormones have limited effect on cognition in older men with or without prostate cancer. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2010 Feb;73(2):167-75.

Thein HH, Gomes T, Krahn MD, Wodchis WP. Health status utilities and the impact of pressure ulcers in long-term care residents in Ontario. Qual Life Res. 2010 Feb;19(1):81-9.

Abrahamyan L, Beyene J, Feng JY, Chon Y, Willan AR, Schmeling H, Horneff G, Keystone EC, Feldman BM. Response times follow lognormal or gamma distribution in arthritis patients. J Clin Epidemiol. 2010; 63(12):1363-9

Pechlivanoglou P, Vehof J, van Agthoven M, Postma MJ. Diffusion of a new drug: adoption, patients’ treatment complexity and persistence of risperidone long-acting injectable (RLAI). Clinical Therapeutics 2010 Jan;32(1):108-18

Al Hadithy AF A, Ivanova SA, Pechlivanglou P, Browers, et al. Missense polymorphisms in three oxidative-stress enzymes (GSTP1, SOD2, and GPX1) and dyskinesias in Russian psychiatric inpatients from Siberia. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental 2010 Jan 25(1):84-91.

Beattie WS, Wijeysundera DN, Karkouti K, McCluskey S, Tait G, Mitsakakis N, Hare GM. Acute surgical anemia influences the cardioprotective effects of beta-blockade: a single-center, propensity-matched cohort study. Anesthesiology. 2010 Jan;112(1):25-33.


Ku J, Alibhai S, Trachtenberg J, Krahn M , Nesbitt M, Kalnin R, Lockwood G. Changes in health utilities and health related quality of life over 12 months following radical prostatectomy. Canadian Urological Association Journal 2009 Dec;3(6):445-52.

Toren P, Alibhai S, Krahn M , Kolnin R, Nesbitt M, Trachtenberg J, Matthew A. The effect of nerve-sparing surgery on patient-reported incontinence post-radical prostectomy. Canadian Urological Association Journal (CUAJ), 2009 Dec;3(6):465-70.

Borycki EM, Lemieux-Charles L, Nagle L, Eysenbach G. Evaluating the impact of hybrid electronic-paper environments upon novice nurse information seeking. Methods Inf Med. 2009;48(2):137-43.

Borycki EM, Lemieux-Charles L, Nagle L, Eysenbach G. Novice nurse information needs in paper and hybrid electronic-paper environments: a qualitative analysis. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2009;150:913-7.

Krahn MD, Bremner KE, Tomlinson G, Naglie G. Utility and health-related quality of life in prostate cancer patients 12 months after radical prostatectomy or radiation therapy. Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2009;12(4):361-8.

Virani T, Lemieux-Charles L, Davis DA, Berta W. Sustaining change: once evidence-based practices are transferred, what then? Healthc Q. 2009;12(1):89-96, 2.

Wong WWL, Burkowski FJ. Predicting Multiple Binding Modes Using a Kernel Method Based on a Vector Space Model Molecular Descriptor. International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design,. 2009; 2(1):58–80.

Wong WWL, Burkowski FJ. A Constructive Approach for Discovering New Drug Leads: Using a Kernel Methodology for the Inverse-QSAR Problem. Journal of ChemInformatics. 2009; 1:4.

Paulden M, Palmer S, Hewitt C, Gilbody S. Screening for postnatal depression in primary care: cost effectiveness analysis. BMJ. 2009 Dec 22;339:b5203.

Sander B, Bauch C, Fisman DN, Fowler R, Kwong JC, McGeer A, Zivkovic Gojovic M, Krahn M. Is a Mass Immunization Program for Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Good Value for Money? Early Evidence from the Canadian Experience. PLoS Curr. 2009 Dec 17;1:RRN1137.

Ku J, Krahn M, Trachtenberg J, Nesbitt M, Kalnin R, Lockwood G, Alibhai SM. Changes in health utilities and health-related quality of life over 12 months following radical prostatectomy. Can Urol Assoc J. 2009 Dec;3(6):445-52.

Wasowicz M, Meineri M, McCluskey SM, Mitsakakis N, Karkouti K. The utility of thromboelastography for guiding recombinant activated factor VII therapy for refractory hemorrhage after cardiac surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2009 Dec;23(6):828-34.

Gojovic MZ, Sander B, Fisman D, Krahn MD, Bauch CT. Modelling mitigation strategies for pandemic (H1N1) 2009. CMAJ. 2009 Nov 10;181(10):673-80.

Ragoonanan TE, Beattie WS, Mazer CD, Tsui AK, Leong-Poi H, Wilson DF, Tait G, Yu J, Liu E, Noronha M, Dattani ND, Mitsakakis N, Hare GM. Metoprolol reduces cerebral tissue oxygen tension after acute hemodilution in rats. Anesthesiology. 2009 Nov;111(5):988-1000.

Katznelson R, Djaiani G, Mitsakakis N, Lindsay TF, Tait G, Friedman Z, Wasowicz M, Beattie WS. Delirium following vascular surgery: increased incidence with preoperative beta-blocker administration. Can J Anaesth. 2009 Nov;56(11):793-801.

Burch J, Paulden M, Conti S, Stock C, Corbett M, Welton NJ, Ades AE, Sutton A, Cooper N, Elliot AJ, Nicholson K, Duffy S, McKenna C, Stewart L, Westwood M, Palmer S. Antiviral drugs for the treatment of influenza: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technol Assess. 2009 Nov;13(58):1-265, iii-iv.

Thein HH, Yi Q, Heathcote EJ, Krahn MD. Prognosis of hepatitis C virus-infected Canadian post-transfusion compensation claimant cohort. J Viral Hepat. 2009 Nov;16(11):802-13.

John-Baptiste AA, Tomlinson G, Hsu PC, Krajden M, Heathcote EJ, Laporte A, Yoshida EM, Anderson FH, Krahn MD. Sustained responders have better quality of life and productivity compared with treatment failures long after antiviral therapy for hepatitis C. Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Oct;104(10):2439-48.

Clarke H, Pereira S, Kennedy D, Andrion J, Mitsakakis N, Gollish J, Katz J, Kay J. Adding gabapentin to a multimodal regimen does not reduce acute pain, opioid consumption or chronic pain after total hip arthroplasty. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2009 Sep;53(8):1073-83.

Bauch CT, Anonychuk AM, Van Effelterre T, Pham BZ, Merid MF. Incorporating herd immunity effects into cohort models of vaccine cost-effectiveness. Med Decis Making. 2009 Sep-Oct;29(5):557-69.

Chong CA, Li S, Nguyen GC, Sutton A, Levy MH, Butler T, Krahn MD, Thein HH. Health-state utilities in a prisoner population: a cross-sectional survey. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2009 Aug 28;7:78.

Waldmann A, Rohde V, Bremner K, Krahn M, Kuechler T, Katalinic A. Measuring prostate-specific quality of life in prostate cancer patients scheduled for radiotherapy or radical prostatectomy and reference men in Germany and Canada using the Patient Oriented Prostate Utility Scale-Psychometric (PORPUS-P). BMC Cancer. 2009 Aug 23;9:295.

Chong CA, Chen IJ, Naglie G, Krahn MD. How well do guidelines incorporate evidence on patient preferences? J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Aug;24(8):977-82.

John-Baptiste A, Varenbut M, Lingley M, Nedd-Roderique T, Teplin D, Tomlinson G, Daiter J, Krahn M. Treatment of hepatitis C infection for current or former substance abusers in a community setting. J Viral Hepat. 2009 Aug;16(8):557-67.

Gagliardi AR, Brouwers MC, Palda VA, Lemieux-Charles L, Grimshaw JM. An exploration of how guideline developer capacity and guideline implementability influence implementation and adoption: study protocol. Implement Sci. 2009 Jul 2;4:36.

Perlas A, Chan VW, Lupu CM, Mitsakakis N, Hanbidge A. Ultrasound assessment of gastric content and volume. Anesthesiology. 2009 Jul;111(1):82-9.

Hewitt C, Gilbody S, Brealey S, Paulden M, Palmer S, Mann R, Green J, Morrell J, Barkham M, Light K, Richards D. Methods to identify postnatal depression in primary care: an integrated evidence synthesis and value of information analysis. Health Technol Assess. 2009 Jul;13(36):1-145, 147-230.

Tricco AC, Pham B, Brehaut J, Tetroe J, Cappelli M, Hopewell S, Lavis JN, Berlin JA, Moher D. An international survey indicated that unpublished systematic reviews exist. J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Jun;62(6):617-623.e5.

Kilbridge KL, Fraser G, Krahn M, Nelson EM, Conaway M, Bashore R, Wolf A, Barry MJ, Gong DA, Nease RF Jr, Connors AF. Lack of comprehension of common prostate cancer terms in an underserved population. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Apr 20;27(12):2015-21.

van der Velde G, Beaton D, Hogg-Johnston S, Hurwitz E, Tennant A. Rasch analysis provides new insights into the measurement properties of the neck disability index. Arthritis Rheum. 2009 Apr 15;61(4):544-51.

Johnson AP, Sikich NJ, Evans G, Evans W, Giacomini M, Glendining M, Krahn M, Levin L, Oh P, Perera C. Health technology assessment: a comprehensive framework for evidence-based recommendations in Ontario. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2009 Apr;25(2):141-50.

Tricco AC, Tetzlaff J, Pham B, Brehaut J, Moher D. Non-Cochrane vs. Cochrane reviews were twice as likely to have positive conclusion statements: cross-sectional study. J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Apr;62(4):380-386.e1.

Al Hadithy AF, Ivanova SA, Pechlivanoglou P, Semke A, et al. Tardive dyskinesia and DRD3, HTR2A and HTR2C gene polymorphisms in Russian psychiatric inpatients from Siberia. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Apr 30;33(3):475-81

Alibhai SM, Mahmoud S, Hussain F, Naglie G, Tannock I, Tomlinson G, Fleshner N, Krahn M, Warde P, Klotz L, Breunis H, Leach M, Duff Canning S. Levels of sex hormones have limited effect on cognition in older men with or without prostate cancer. Critical Reviews in Onoclogy/Hematology 2010 Feb;73(2):167-75. Epub 2009 Apr 5. PubMed PMID: 19346137.

Kilbridge KL, Fraser G, Krahn M , Nelson EM, Conaway M, Bashore R, Wolf A, Barry MJ, Gong DA, Nease Jr RF, Connors AF. Lack of comprehension of common prostate cancer terms in an underserved population. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2009 Apr 20;27(12):2015-21. Epub 2009 Mar 23

Panju AH, Breunis H, Cheung AM, Leach M, Fleshner N, Warde P, Duff-Canning S, Krahn M, Naglie G, Tannock I, Tomlinson G, Alibhai SM. Management of decreased bone mineral density in men starting androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. BJU Int. 2009 Mar;103(6):753-7.

Hsu PC, Krajden M, Yoshida EM, Anderson FH, Tomlinson GA, Krahn MD. Does cirrhosis affect quality of life in hepatitis C virus-infected patients? Liver Int. 2009 Mar;29(3):449-58.

Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Hogg-Johnson S, Côtè P, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S, Nordin M, Hurwitz EL, Carragee EJ, van der Velde G, Peloso PM, Guzman J. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders (WAD): results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S97-S107.

Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Haldeman S, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Nordin M, Peloso PM, Guzman J, Cassidy JD. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in the general population: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S87-96.

Côté P, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, Haldeman S, Nordin M, Hurwitz EL, Guzman J, Peloso PM. The burden and determinants of neck pain in workers: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S70-86.

Holm LW, Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P, Guzman J, Peloso P, Nordin M, Hurwitz E, van der Velde G, Carragee E, Haldeman S. The burden and determinants of neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders after traffic collisions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S61-9.

Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, Côté P, Haldeman S, Ammendolia C, Carragee E, Hurwitz E, Nordin M, Peloso P. The burden and determinants of neck pain in the general population: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S46-60.

Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Peloso PM, Giles-Smith L, Cheng CS, Greenhalgh SW, Haldeman S, van der Velde G, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Nordin M, Hogg-Johnson S, Holm LW, Guzman J, Carragee EJ. Methods for the best evidence synthesis on neck pain and its associated disorders: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S39-45.

Carroll LJ, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Carragee EJ, Nordin M, Holm LW, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, Peloso PM, Haldeman S. Research priorities and methodological implications: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S244-51.

Guzman J, Haldeman S, Carroll LJ, Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Peloso P, Nordin M, Cassidy JD, Holm LW, Côté P, van der Velde G, Hogg-Johnson S. Clinical practice implications of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders: from concepts and findings to recommendations. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S227-43.

van der Velde G, Hogg-Johnson S, Bayoumi AM, Cassidy JD, Côté P, Boyle E, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Chan S, Subrata P, Hoving JL, Hurwitz E, Bombardier C, Krahn M. Identifying the best treatment among common nonsurgical neck pain treatments: a decision analysis. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S209-18.

Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Cheng I, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso P, Holm LW, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S. Treatment of neck pain: injections and surgical interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):[Republished in: European Spine Journal 2008;17(Suppl 1):S153-S169] [Republished in: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2009;32:S176-S193]

Guzman J, Hurwitz EL, Carroll LJ, Haldeman S, Côté P, Carragee EJ, Peloso PM, van der Velde G, Holm LW, Hogg-Johnson S, Nordin M, Cassidy JD. A new conceptual model of neck pain: linking onset, course, and care: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S17-28.

Hurwitz EL, Carragee EJ, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso PM, Holm LW, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S. Treatment of neck pain: noninvasive interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S141-75.

Nordin M, Carragee EJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Weiner SS, Hurwitz EL, Peloso PM, Guzman J, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Côté P, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S. Assessment of neck pain and its associated disorders: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S117-40.

Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P, van der Velde G, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Peloso PM, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, Nordin M, Haldeman S. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in workers: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2009 Feb;32(2 Suppl):S108-16.

Wan MJ, Krahn M, Ungar WJ, Caku E, Sung L, Medina LS, Doria AS. Acute appendicitis in young children: cost-effectiveness of US versus CT in diagnosis--a Markov decision analytic model. Radiology. 2009 Feb;250(2):378-86.

Katznelson R, Djaiani GN, Borger MA, Friedman Z, Abbey SE, Fedorko L, Karski J, Mitsakakis N, Carroll J, Beattie WS. Preoperative use of statins is associated with reduced early delirium rates after cardiac surgery. Anesthesiology. 2009 Jan;110(1):67-73.

Guzman J, Hurwitz EL, Carroll LJ, Haldeman S, Carragee EJ, Peloso PM, van der Velde G, Holm LW, Hogg-Johnson S, Nordin M, Cassidy JD. A new conceptual model of neck pain: linking onset, course, and care: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine 2008;33:S14-S23 [Republished in: European Spine Journal 2008;17(Suppl 1):S14-S23] [Republished in: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2009;32:S17-S28]


van der Velde G, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Hogg-Johnson S, Hurwitz E, Cassidy JD, Côté P, Krahn M. Neck pain patients’ evaluative scores for their current health. Medical Decision Making 2008 28:E1,

Krahn M. Health technology Assessment in Canada: Problems and Opportunities. CJGIM May 2008;3(2):69-71

Abrahamyan L, Johnson SR, Beyene J, Shah PS, Feldman BM. Quality of randomized clinical trials in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Rheumatology 2008; 47(5):640-5

Sancar AA, Yegenoglu S, de Vries R, Postma MJ, Simsek N, Pechlivanoglou P, Unal S. Vancomycin vs teicoplanin in the treatment of Gram-positive infections: a pharmacoeconomic analysis in a Turkish University Hospital. Pharm World Sci. 2008 Dec;30(6):916-23

Anonychuk AM, Tricco AC, Bauch CT, Pham B, Gilca V, Duval B, John-Baptiste A, Woo G, Krahn M. Cost-effectiveness analyses of hepatitis A vaccine: a systematic review to explore the effect of methodological quality on the economic attractiveness of vaccination strategies. Pharmacoeconomics. 2008;26(1):17-32.

Borycki EM, Lemieux-Charles L. Does a hybrid electronic-paper environment impact on health professional information seeking? Stud Health Technol Inform. 2008;136:505-10.

Shearer MC, Bermingham SL. The ethics of paediatric antidepressant use: erring on the side of caution. British Journal of Medical Ethics. 2008; 34:710-714.

Naglie G, Comrie J, Beattie L, Bergman H, Black S, Borrie M, Byszewski A, Freedman M, Hogan D, Irvine J, Krahn M, MacKnight C, Patterson C, Ritvo P, Streiner D, Kowgier M, Tomlinson GF. Depressive symptoms and functional status predict quality of life in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: Cross-sectional results from the Canadian Alzheimer’s Disease Quality of Life (CADQOL) Study. Canadian Journal of Geriatrics 2008;11(1):38-39

Côté P, Cassidy JD, Carette S, Boyle E, Shearer HM, Stupar M, Ammendolia C, van der Velde G, Hayden JA, Yang X, van Tulder M, Frank JW. Protocol of a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of physician education and activation versus two rehabilitation programs for the treatment of Whiplash-associated Disorders: The University Health Network Whiplash Intervention Trial. Trials. 2008 Dec 24;9:75.

Witteman H, Chignell M, Krahn M. A recommender system for prostate cancer websites. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6:1177.

Chen W, Wong T, Tomlinson G, Krahn M, Heathcote EJ. Prevalence and predictors of obesity among individuals with positive hepatitis C antibody in a tertiary referral clinic. J Hepatol. 2008 Nov;49(5):711-7.

Thein HH, Yi Q, Dore GJ, Krahn MD. Natural history of hepatitis C virus infection in HIV-infected individuals and the impact of HIV in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: a meta-analysis. AIDS. 2008 Oct 1;22(15):1979-91.

Naimark DM, Bott M, Krahn M. The half-cycle correction explained: two alternative pedagogical approaches. Med Decis Making. 2008 Sep-Oct;28(5):706-12.

Umoquit MJ, Dobrow MJ, Lemieux-Charles L, Ritvo PG, Urbach DR, Wodchis WP. The efficiency and effectiveness of utilizing diagrams in interviews: an assessment of participatory diagramming and graphic elicitation. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2008 Aug 8;8:53.

Thein HH, Yi Q, Dore GJ, Krahn MD. Estimation of stage-specific fibrosis progression rates in chronic hepatitis C virus infection: a meta-analysis and meta-regression. Hepatology. 2008 Aug;48(2):418-31.

Hovakimyan A, Manukyan V, Ghazaryan S, Saghatelyan M, Abrahamyan L, Hovaguimian H. Predictors of emergency conversion to on-pump during off-pump coronary surgery. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2008 June;16(3):226-30

Krahn M, Naglie G. The next step in guideline development: incorporating patient preferences. JAMA. 2008 Jul 23;300(4):436-8.

Sharieff W, Zlotkin SH, Ungar WJ, Feldman B, Krahn MD, Tomlinson G. Economics of preventing premature mortality and impaired cognitive development in children through home-fortification: a health policy perspective. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2008 Summer;24(3):303-11.

Alibhai SM, Leach M, Tomlinson GA, Krahn MD, Fleshner NE, Naglie G. Is there an optimal comorbidity index for prostate cancer? Cancer. 2008 Mar 1;112(5):1043-50.

Hovakimyan A, Manukyan V, Ghazaryan S, Saghatelyan M, Abrahamyan L, Hovaguimian H. Predictors of emergency conversion to on-pump during off-pump coronary surgery. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2008 Jun;16(3):226-30.

Abrahamyan L, Johnson SR, Beyene J, Shah PS, Feldman BM. Quality of randomized clinical trials in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2008 May;47(5):640-5.

Hubben GA, Bishai D, Pechlivanoglou P, Cattelan AM, et al. A. The societal burden of HIV/AIDS in Northern Italy: an analysis of costs and quality of life. AIDS Care. 2008 Apr;20(4):449-55.

Abdelhameed A, Pond GR, Mitsakakis N, Brandwein J, Chun K, Gupta V, Kamel-Reid S, Lipton JH, Minden MD, Schimmer A, Schuh A, Yee K, Messner HA. Outcome of patients who develop acute leukemia or myelodysplasia as a second malignancy after solid tumors treated surgically or with strategies that include chemotherapy and/or radiation. Cancer. 2008 Apr 1;112(7):1513-21.

Gagliardi AR, Fraser N, Wright FC, Lemieux-Charles L, Davis D. Fostering knowledge exchange between researchers and decision-makers: exploring the effectiveness of a mixed-methods approach. Health Policy. 2008 Apr;86(1):53-63. Epub 2007 Nov 1.

Krahn M, McLachlin M, Pham B, Rosen B, Sander B, Grootedorst P, Tomlinson G, John-Baptiste A, Frikemerid M. Hong Chen M, Woo G, Anonychuk A, Carcone S, Witteman H, Chen W, Liu K, Sampson M, Tricco A. Systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis of screening for cervical cancer using liquid-based technology. [Technology overview number 40]. Ottawa: Canadian agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; Feb 2008

Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P, van der Velde G, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Peloso PM, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, Nordin M, Haldeman S; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in workers: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S93-100. [Republished in: European Spine Journal 2008;17(Suppl 1):S93-S100] [Republished in: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2009;32:S108-S116]

Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S, Nordin M, Hurwitz EL, Carragee EJ, van der Velde G, Peloso PM, Guzman J; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders (WAD): results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S83-92.

Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Haldeman S, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Nordin M, Peloso PM, Guzman J, Cassidy JD; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Course and prognostic factors for neck pain in the general population: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S75-82. [Republished in: European Spine Journal 2008;17(Suppl 1):S75-S82] [Republished in: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2009;32:S87-S96]

Côté P, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Carroll LJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Holm LW, Carragee EJ, Haldeman S, Nordin M, Hurwitz EL, Guzman J, Peloso PM; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. The burden and determinants of neck pain in workers: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S60-74. S74 [Republished in: European Spine Journal 2008;17(Suppl 1):S60-S74] [Republished in: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2009;32:S70-S86]

Holm LW, Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Hogg-Johnson S, Côté P, Guzman J, Peloso P, Nordin M, Hurwitz E, van der Velde G, Carragee E, Haldeman S; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. The burden and determinants of neck pain in whiplash-associated disorders after traffic collisions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S52-9. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181643ece. Review. PubMed PMID: 18204401. [Republished in: European Spine Journal 2008;17(Suppl 1):S52-S59] [Republished in: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2009;32:Pages S61-S69]

Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, Côté P, Haldeman S, Ammendolia C, Carragee E, Hurwitz E, Nordin M, Peloso P; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. The burden and determinants of neck pain in the general population: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S39-51. . [Republished in: European Spine Journal 2008;17(Suppl 1):S39-S51] [Republished in: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2009;32:S46-S60]

Carroll LJ, Cassidy JD, Peloso PM, Giles-Smith L, Cheng CS, Greenhalgh SW, Haldeman S, van der Velde G, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Nordin M, Hogg-Johnson S, Holm LW, Guzman J, Carragee EJ; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Methods for the best evidence synthesis on neck pain and its associated disorders: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S33-8. [Republished in: European Spine Journal 2008;17(Suppl 1):S33-S38] [Republished in: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2009;32:S39-S45]

Carroll LJ, Hurwitz EL, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Carragee EJ, Nordin M, Holm LW, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Guzman J, Peloso PM, Haldeman S; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Research priorities and methodological implications: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S214-20.

Guzman J, Haldeman S, Carroll LJ, Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Peloso P, Nordin M, Cassidy JD, Holm LW, Côté P, van der Velde G, Hogg-Johnson S; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Clinical practice implications of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders: from concepts and findings to recommendations. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S199-213.

van der Velde G, Hogg-Johnson S, Bayoumi AM, Cassidy JD, Côté P, Boyle E, Llewellyn-Thomas H, Chan S, Subrata P, Hoving JL, Hurwitz E, Bombardier C, Krahn M. Identifying the best treatment among common nonsurgical neck pain treatments: a decision analysis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S184-91.

Carragee EJ, Hurwitz EL, Cheng I, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso P, Holm LW, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, van der Velde G, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Treatment of neck pain: injections and surgical interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S153-69.

Guzman J, Hurwitz EL, Carroll LJ, Haldeman S, Côté P, Carragee EJ, Peloso PM, van der Velde G, Holm LW, Hogg-Johnson S, Nordin M, Cassidy JD; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. A new conceptual model of neck pain: linking onset, course, and care: the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S14-23. [Republished in: European Spine Journal 2008;17(Suppl 1):S14-S23] [Republished in: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2009;32:S17-S28]

Hurwitz EL, Carragee EJ, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Nordin M, Guzman J, Peloso PM, Holm LW, Côté P, Hogg-Johnson S, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Treatment of neck pain: noninvasive interventions: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S123-52.

Nordin M, Carragee EJ, Hogg-Johnson S, Weiner SS, Hurwitz EL, Peloso PM, Guzman J, van der Velde G, Carroll LJ, Holm LW, Côté P, Cassidy JD, Haldeman S; Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Assessment of neck pain and its associated disorders: results of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008 Feb 15;33(4 Suppl):S101-22. Erratum in: Spine. 2009 Mar 15;34(6):640. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Mar;18(3):435-6. [Republished in: European Spine Journal 2008;17(Suppl 1):S101-122] [Republished in: Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2009;32:S117-S140]

Tricco AC, Pham B, Rawson NS. Manitoba and Saskatchewan administrative health care utilization databases are used differently to answer epidemiologic research questions. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008 Feb;61(2):192-197.

Gagliardi AR, Lemieux-Charles L, Brown AD, Sullivan T, Goel V. Barriers to patient involvement in health service planning and evaluation: an exploratory study. Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Feb;70(2):234-41.

Gagliardi A, Lemieux-Charles L, Brown A, Sullivan T, Goel V. Stakeholder preferences for cancer care performance indicators. Int J Health Care Qual Assur. 2008;21(2):175-89.

Cantor SB, Volk RJ, Krahn MD, Cass AR, Gilani J, Weller SC, Spann SJ. Concordance of Couples' Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendations from a Decision Analysis. Patient. 2008 Jan 1;1(1):11-19.


Bauch CT, Anonychuk AM, Pham BZ, Gilca V, Duval B, Krahn MD. Cost-utility of universal hepatitis A vaccination in Canada. Vaccine. 2007 Dec 12;25(51):8536-48.

Katzman MA, Tricco AC, McIntosh D, Filteau MJ, Bleau P, Chokka PR, Kjernisted KD, Mok H, Pham B. Paroxetine versus placebo and other agents for depressive disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Psychiatry. 2007 Dec;68(12):1845-59.

Bremner KE, Tomlinson G, Krahn MD. Marker states and a health state prompt provide modest improvements in the reliability and validity of the standard gamble and rating scale in prostate cancer patients. Qual Life Res. 2007 Dec;16(10):1665-75.

Rac VE, Scott CA, Small C, Adamson SL, Rurak D, Challis JR, Lye SJ. Dose-dependent effects of meloxicam administration on cyclooxygenase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 protein expression in intrauterine tissues and fetal tissues of a sheep model of preterm labor. Reprod Sci. 2007 Dec;14(8):750-64.

You JJ, Woo A, Ko DT, Cameron DA, Mihailovic A, Krahn M. Life expectancy gains and cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter/defibrillators for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am Heart J. 2007 Nov;154(5):899-907.

Carcone SM, Keir PJ. Effects of backrest design on biomechanics and comfort during seated work. Appl Ergon. 2007 Nov;38(6):755-64. Epub 2007 Feb 2.

Pechlivanoglou P, Pechlivanoglou K. Statistical analysis of the reports of the Quality of Life department of the Greek Ombudsman. Review of Administrative Sciences 2007;13 [In Greek (English abstract)]

Bremner KE , Chong CA, Tomlinson G, Alibhai SMH , Krahn M. A review and meta-analysis of prostate cancer utilities. Medical Decision Making 2007 May-Jun;27:288-298

Alibhai S , Leach M, Tomlinson G, Krahn M ,, Fleshner N, Holowaty E, Naglie G. 30 day mortality and major complications after radical prostatectomy: Influence of age and comorbidity. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2005 Oct 19;97(20):1525-32. Erratum in: J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 Nov 7;99(21):1648

Bremner KE, Bayoumi AM, Sherman M, Krahn MD. Management of solitary 1 cm to 2 cm liver nodules in patients with compensated cirrhosis: a decision analysis. Can J Gastroenterol. 2007 Aug;21(8):491-500.

Krahn M, Bremner KE, Tomlinson G, Ritvo p, Irvine J, Naglie G. Responsiveness of disease-specific and generic utility instruments in prostate cancer patients. Qual Life Res. 2007 Apr;16(3):509-22

Thein HH , Maruff P, Krahn M , Kaldor JM, Koorey DJ, Brew BJ, Dore GJ. Cognitive function, mood and health-related quality of life in hepatitis C virus (HCV) – monoinfected and HIV/HCV-coinfected individuals commencing HCV treatment. HIV Med 2007 Apr;8(3):192-202.

van der Velde G, van Tulder M, Côté P, Hogg-Johnston S, Aker P, Cassidy JD, and Members of the Scientific Secretariat of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain and its Associated Disorders. The Sensitivity of Review Results to Methods Used to Appraise and Incorporate Trial Quality into Data Synthesis. Spine 2007; 32:796-806.