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Getting access to administrative health data for research purposes is a difficult and time-consuming process due to increasingly demanding privacy regulations. An alternative method for sharing administrative health data would be to share synthetic datasets where the records do not correspond to real individuals, but the patterns and relationships seen in the data are reproduced.…
Little is currently known about the overall health service utilization and cost burden in patients with high risk for cardiovascular disease (HRCVD) who are recommended to start a statin to control dyslipidemia to prevent CVD events and mortality in short- and long-term care. We assessed the resource use and healthcare cost burden in this HRCVD patient population in Alberta, Canada,…
Summary: We examined the association between optimal control of dyslipidemia and mortality and healthcare costs in patients with high risk for cardiovascular disease (HRCVD) between 2012-2016 in Alberta, Canada. HRCVD patients who were optimally controlled had lower mortality and incurred modestly higher costs, compared to those who were not. Secondary prevention patients with…
Ce rapport fournit un résumé d’un atelier de sprint sur la conception de données probantes du monde réel (DPMR) qui a eu lieu le 21 octobre 2018 à Toronto, en Ontario. L’atelier a été conçu et offert dans le cadre d’un partenariat entre l’Agence canadienne des médicaments et des technologies…
This report provides a summary of a real-world evidence (RWE) design sprint workshop that took place on October 21, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario. The workshop was developed and delivered as a joint partnership between the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH); Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics (CAPT), Health Canada, and the Institute of Health…
This brief outlines some perspectives from the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) based on what we have heard from government, public agencies, and industry, and seeks to summarize the key areas where further clarification and deliberation could be helpful.
