This review evaluates the quality of available administrative data in the Canadian provinces,
emphasizing the information needed to create integrated systems. We explicitly compare …

Context: Type 2 diabetes is associated with increased fracture risk but paradoxically greater
bone mineral density (BMD). Trabecular bone score (TBS) is derived from the texture of the …

The Danish health care system provides partial reimbursement of most prescription
medications in Denmark. The dispensation of prescription medications is registered in …

Type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for fracture independent of FRAX (fracture risk assessment)
probability. We directly compared four proposed methods to improve the performance of …

Background To address the major methodological issues of reverse causation and selection
bias in epidemiologic studies of antibiotic use in early life and the development of asthma …

A FRAX model for Canada was constructed for prediction of osteoporotic and hip fracture
risk using national hip fracture data with and without the use of femoral neck bone mineral …

Background & Aims Studies of Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) among individuals with
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have used data from single centers or CDI administrative …

Antibiotic use during infancy alters gut microbiota and immune development and is
associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma. The impact of prenatal antibiotic …

Prior high-trauma fractures identified through health services data are associated with low
bone mineral density (BMD) and future fracture risk to the same extent as fractures without …

Many studies of population health, clinical epidemiology, and health services can be
supported by a population-based research registry. Such a registry accurately defines the …