Guh, Daphne P, Zhang, Wei, Bansback, Nick, Amarsi, Zubin, Birmingham, C Laird, Anis, Aslam H
Abstract Background Overweight and obese persons are at risk of a number of medical conditions which can lead to further morbidity and mortality. The primary objective of this study is to provide an...
Impact of welfare cheque issue days on a service for those intoxicated in public (2007)
Li, Xin, Sun, Huiying, Marsh, David C, Anis, Aslam H
Abstract In British Columbia (BC), the Ministry of Human Resources issues welfare cheques to eligible recipients monthly on the last Wednesday of each month. Previous studies have indicated that...
Highly active antiretroviral therapy and hospital readmission: comparison of a matched cohort (2006)
Nosyk, Bohdan, Sun, Huiying, Li, Xin, Palepu, Anita, Anis, Aslam H
Abstract Background Despite the known efficacy of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), a large proportion of potentially-eligible HIV-infected patients do not access, and may stand to...
Kopec, Jacek A, Sayre, Eric C, Davis, Aileen M, Badley, Elizabeth M, Abrahamowicz, Michal, Sherlock, Lesley, ...
Abstract Background Modern psychometric methods based on item response theory (IRT) can be used to develop adaptive measures of health-related quality of life (HRQL). Adaptive assessment requires an...
Rashidi, Amir Adel, Anis, Aslam H, Marra, Carlo A
Abstract Background Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) has become increasingly important and various direct and indirect methods and instruments have been devised to measure it. In...
© 2003 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors Research (2003)
Evan Wood, Mark W. Tyndall, Patricia M. Spittal, Kathy Li, Aslam H. Anis, Robert S. Hogg, ...
Impact of supply-side policies for control of illicit drugs in the face of the AIDS and overdose epidemics: investigation of a massive heroin seizure
Stieb, David M, De Civita, Paul, Johnson, F Reed, Manary, Matthew P, Anis, Aslam H, Beveridge, Robert C, ...
Abstract Background Few assessments of the costs and benefits of reducing acute cardiorespiratory morbidity related to air pollution have employed a comprehensive, explicit approach to capturing the...
Double trouble: impact of inappropriate use of asthma medication on the use of health care resources
Anis, Aslam H., Lynd, Larry D., Wang, Xiao-hua, King, Greg, Spinelli, John J., Fitzgerald, Mark, ...
Hospital utilization and costs in a cohort of injection drug users
Palepu, Anita, Tyndall, Mark W., Leon, Hector, Muller, Jennifer, O'Shaughnessy, Michael V., Schechter, Martin T., ...
Leaving hospital against medical advice among HIV-positive patients
Anis, Aslam H., Sun, Huiying, Guh, Daphne P., Palepu, Anita, Schechter, Martin T., O'Shaughnessy, Michael V.
Stieb, David M, De Civita, Paul, Johnson, F Reed, Manary, Matthew P, Anis, Aslam H, Beveridge, Robert C, ...
Safety and efficiency of emergency department assessment of chest discomfort
Christenson, Jim, Innes, Grant, McKnight, Douglas, Boychuk, Barb, Grafstein, Eric, Thompson, Christopher R., ...
Predictors of Early Hospital Readmission in HIV-infected Patients with Pneumonia
Palepu, Anita, Sun, Huiying, Kuyper, Laura, Schechter, Martin T, O'Shaughnessy, Michael V, Anis, Aslam H
Kopec, Jacek A, Sayre, Eric C, Davis, Aileen M, Badley, Elizabeth M, Abrahamowicz, Michal, Sherlock, Lesley, ...
Highly active antiretroviral therapy and hospital readmission: comparison of a matched cohort
Nosyk, Bohdan, Sun, Huiying, Li, Xin, Palepu, Anita, Anis, Aslam H
Double trouble: impact of inappropriate use of asthma medication on the use of health care resources
Anis, Aslam H., Lynd, Larry D., Wang, Xiao-hua, King, Greg, Spinelli, John J., Fitzgerald, Mark, ...
Hospital utilization and costs in a cohort of injection drug users
Palepu, Anita, Tyndall, Mark W., Leon, Hector, Muller, Jennifer, O'Shaughnessy, Michael V., Schechter, Martin T., ...
Leaving hospital against medical advice among HIV-positive patients
Anis, Aslam H., Sun, Huiying, Guh, Daphne P., Palepu, Anita, Schechter, Martin T., O'Shaughnessy, Michael V.
Stieb, David M, De Civita, Paul, Johnson, F Reed, Manary, Matthew P, Anis, Aslam H, Beveridge, Robert C, ...
Safety and efficiency of emergency department assessment of chest discomfort
Christenson, Jim, Innes, Grant, McKnight, Douglas, Boychuk, Barb, Grafstein, Eric, Thompson, Christopher R., ...
Predictors of Early Hospital Readmission in HIV-infected Patients with Pneumonia
Palepu, Anita, Sun, Huiying, Kuyper, Laura, Schechter, Martin T, O'Shaughnessy, Michael V, Anis, Aslam H
Kopec, Jacek A, Sayre, Eric C, Davis, Aileen M, Badley, Elizabeth M, Abrahamowicz, Michal, Sherlock, Lesley, ...
Highly active antiretroviral therapy and hospital readmission: comparison of a matched cohort
Nosyk, Bohdan, Sun, Huiying, Li, Xin, Palepu, Anita, Anis, Aslam H
Impact of welfare cheque issue days on a service for those intoxicated in public
Li, Xin, Sun, Huiying, Marsh, David C, Anis, Aslam H
In British Columbia (BC), the Ministry of Human Resources issues welfare cheques to eligible recipients monthly on the last Wednesday of each month. Previous studies have indicated that there are...
Aslam H. Anis, Huiying Sun, Sonia Singh, John Woolcott, Bohdan Nosyk, Marc Brisson
Introduction: The LIFE (Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension) study demonstrated a 13% relative risk reduction in the primary composite endpoint (myocardial infarction, stroke...
Using Economic Evaluations to Make Formulary Coverage Decisions: So Much for Guidelines
Background: It is mandatory for drug manufacturers requesting formulary inclusion under the British Columbia (BC) provincial drug plan to submit a pharmacoeconomic analysis according to published...
The Cost Effectiveness of Antiretroviral Regimens for the Treatment of HIV/AIDS
Aslam H. Anis, Daphne Guh, Robert S. Hogg, Xiao-Hua Wang, Benita Yip, ...
Objective: To estimate survival, the number of life-years gained and cost effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens, denoted as ERA-I [zidovudine + (didanosine or zalcitabine)]; ERA-II...
Mirella De Civita, Dean Regier, Abul H. Alamgir, Aslam H. Anis, Mark J. FitzGerald, Carlo A. Marra
Although numerous paediatric-based health-related quality-of-life (HR-QOL) instruments are currently in use, there still remain conceptual, methodological and developmental issues to address. This...
Pharmaceutical Prices with Insurance Coverage and Formularies.
In this paper, the author evaluates the success of formulary pricing. Formulary pricing is a price-tendering system used to generate competition among drug suppliers. The paper develops a model of...
Using Pharmacoeconomic Analysis to Make Drug Insurance Coverage Decisions
Aslam H. Anis, Tuhin Rahman, Martin T. Schechter
Our objective was to institute a cost-effectiveness-based reimbursement eligibility and coverage scheme for drugs in the Canadian province of British Columbia. All applications from drug...
Aslam H. Anis, Robert S. Hogg, Benita Yip, Xiao-hua Wang, Michael V. O'Shaughnessy, ...
The purpose of this study is to determine drug costs and the sociodemographic and clinical determinants of drug costs in a large open cohort of HIV-positive adult men and women in British Columbia,...
Aslam H. Anis, Robert S. Hogg, Xiao-hua Wang, Benita Yip, Anita Palepu, ...
The purpose of this study is to model the potential economic impact of viral load-driven triple drug combination (including a protease inhibitor) antiretroviral therapy on incremental drug and...
Hedonic Analysis of Arthritis Drugs
Iain M. Cockburn, Aslam H. Anis
We examine the relationship between quality'' and market outcomes for a group of drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Though this is a widespread and debilitating disease with very substantial...
Impact of the recall period on measuring health utilities for acute events
Nick Bansback, Huiying Sun, Daphne P. Guh, Xin Li, Bohdan Nosyk, Susan Griffin, ...
The impact of healthcare interventions on health utility values is most frequently measured using a preference-based instrument. Each of the available instruments instructs the respondent to report...