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Walter P. Wodchis
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 286
Citations - 10633
Walter P. Wodchis is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Population. The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 248 publications receiving 8271 citations. Previous affiliations of Walter P. Wodchis include York University & University of Waterloo.
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The influence of gender and other patient characteristics on health care-seeking behaviour: a QUALICOPC study
Ashley E. Thompson,Yvonne Anisimowicz,Baukje Miedema,William Hogg,Walter P. Wodchis,Kris Aubrey-Bassler +5 more
TL;DR: The gender differences in health care-seeking behaviour advances previous research by exploring in detail the variables predicting differences inhealth care- seeking behaviour for men and women.
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Patterns and Costs of Health Care Use of Children With Medical Complexity
Eyal Cohen,Jay G. Berry,Ximena Camacho,Geoff Anderson,Geoff Anderson,Walter P. Wodchis,Walter P. Wodchis,Walter P. Wodchis,Astrid Guttmann,Astrid Guttmann +9 more
TL;DR: CMC make multiple transitions across providers and care settings and CMC with TA have higher costs and home care use and Initiatives to improve their health outcomes and decrease costs need to focus on the entire continuum of care.
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Association Between Wait Time and 30-Day Mortality in Adults Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery.
Daniel Pincus,Daniel Pincus,Bheeshma Ravi,Bheeshma Ravi,Bheeshma Ravi,David Wasserstein,David Wasserstein,Anjie Huang,J. Michael Paterson,J. Michael Paterson,Avery B. Nathens,Hans J. Kreder,Richard Jenkinson,Richard Jenkinson,Walter P. Wodchis,Walter P. Wodchis,Walter P. Wodchis +16 more
TL;DR: Increased wait time was associated with a greater risk of 30-day mortality and other complications and a wait time of 24 hours may represent a threshold defining higher risk.
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The increasing burden and complexity of multimorbidity.
Anna J. Kone Pefoyo,Anna J. Kone Pefoyo,Susan E. Bronskill,Andrea Gruneir,Andrew Calzavara,Kednapa Thavorn,Kednapa Thavorn,Yelena Petrosyan,Colleen J. Maxwell,YuQing Bai,Walter P. Wodchis,Walter P. Wodchis +11 more
TL;DR: The high prevalence of multimorbidity and numerous combinations of conditions suggests that single, disease-oriented management programs may be less effective or efficient tools for high quality care compared to person-centered approaches.
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Atypical antipsychotic drugs and risk of ischaemic stroke: population based retrospective cohort study
Sudeep S. Gill,Paula A. Rochon,Nathan Herrmann,Philip E. Lee,Kathy Sykora,Nadia Gunraj,Sharon-Lise T. Normand,Jerry H. Gurwitz,Connie Marras,Walter P. Wodchis,Muhammad Mamdani +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the incidence of admissions to hospital for stroke among older adults with dementia receiving atypical or typical antipsychotics in Ontario, Canada, and found that older adults were more likely to experience stroke.