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Outcome Evaluation in Social Comparison: When You Deviate from Others [PDF]

Brain Sciences, 2023
Individuals often measure their performance through social comparison. With the increase in the deviation degree between the self and others, the outcome evaluation of individuals’ abilities in the social comparison context is still unknown.
Shinan Sun, Yang Wang, Xuejun Bai
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The Impact of Tiered-Pricing Framework on Generic Entry in Canada [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022
BackgroundGeneric drug prices have been capped at specified percentages of the interchangeable branded drug’s price by the Canadian provincial public drug plans since 1993.
Wei Zhang, Huiying Sun, Daphne P. Guh, Larry D. Lynd, Aidan Hollis, Paul Grootendorst, Aslam H. Anis   +6 more
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Action for better brain health among people living with HIV: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Lifestyle changes can protect or improve brain health in older adults. However, sustained lifestyle change is difficult for everyone and may be more difficult for those with executive dysfunction, including some people living with HIV.
Adria Quigley, Marie-Josée Brouillette, Lesley K. Fellows, Nancy Mayo   +3 more
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“As long as that place stays open, I’ll stay alive”: Accessing injectable opioid agonist treatment during dual public health crises

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, overdose rates in North America have continued to rise, with more than 100,000 drug poisoning deaths in the past year.
Kaitlyn Jaffe, Sarin Blawatt, Eisha Lehal, Kurt Lock, Adam Easterbrook, Scott MacDonald, Scott Harrison, Julie Lajeunesse, David Byres, Martin Schechter, Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes   +10 more
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The Integration of the Program Evaluation Standards into an Evaluation Toolkit for a Transformative Model of Care for Mental Health Service Delivery

Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2023
Background: Stepped Care 2.0 (SC2.0) is a transformative model of mental health service delivery. This model was created by Stepped Care Solutions (SCS), a not-for-profit consultancy that collaborates with governments, public service organizations, and ...
M. Elizabeth Snow, Mai Berger, Alexia Jaouich, Mélanie Hood, Amy Salmon   +4 more
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Using a patient-centred composite endpoint in a secondary analysis of the Control of Hypertension in Pregnancy Study (CHIPS) Trial

Trials, 2023
Background Clinical trials commonly use multiple endpoints to measure the impact of an intervention. While this improves the comprehensiveness of outcomes, it can make trial results difficult to interpret.
Rebecca K. Metcalfe, Mark Harrison, Joel Singer, Mary Lewisch, Terry Lee, Peter von Dadelszen, Laura A. Magee, Nick Bansback, the CHIPS Study Group   +8 more
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Health Care Costs Attributable to Prostate Cancer in British Columbia, Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Current Oncology, 2023
We aimed to estimate the total health care costs attributable to prostate cancer (PCa) during care phases by age, cancer stage, tumor grade, and primary treatment in the first year in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Using linked administrative health data,
Wei Zhang, Daphne P. Guh, Tima Mohammadi, Reka E. Pataky, Alexander C. T. Tam, Larry D. Lynd, Annalijn I. Conklin   +6 more
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Substance use and overdose risk: documenting the perspectives of formerly incarcerated persons in the Fraser East region of BC

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background The relationship between incarceration and risk of overdose has been well-documented in the literature, but few studies document the perspectives of persons at risk of overdose who were incarcerated.
Celine McCaughran-Contreras, Saranee Fernando, Mike Sikora, Jennifer Hawkins, Marinel Kniseley, Daniel Snyder, Connie Long, James Robson, Amanda Slaunwhite, Amy Salmon   +9 more
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The impact of relaxing restrictions on take-home doses during the COVID-19 pandemic on program effectiveness and client experiences in opioid agonist treatment: a mixed methods systematic review

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2023
Background The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unprecedented relaxation of restrictions on take-home doses in opioid agonist treatment (OAT). We conducted a mixed methods systematic review to explore the impact of these changes on program effectiveness and ...
Alison Adams, Sarin Blawatt, Tianna Magel, Scott MacDonald, Julie Lajeunesse, Scott Harrison, David Byres, Martin T. Schechter, Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes   +8 more
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Mental health mobile apps for patients: Psychiatrists’ concerns

European Psychiatry, 2021
Introduction The use of mobile apps aimed at supporting patients with a mental illness is rapidly increasing. Objectives The presented results explore psychiatrists’ concerns about mobile apps for patients with a mental illness.
S. Hanft-Robert, K. Tabi, H. Gill, A. Endres, R.M. Krausz   +4 more
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