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Everybody’s business: economic surveillance of public health services in Alberta, Canada

December 13, 2011

| Philip Jacobs, Jessica Moffatt, Arto Ohinmaa, Egon Jonsson

  Background: To address public health risk factors, governments conduct interventions in many different ministries, including non-health ministries. In order to understand the scope and cost of public health in Alberta, we developed a survey of government public health interventions. We included any government ministry or public organization, which includes health as a stated…

The Association of Treatment of Depressive Episodes and Work Productivity.

December 12, 2011

| Carolyn Dewa, Angus Thompson, Philip Jacobs

  OBJECTIVE: About one-third of the annual $51 billion cost of mental illnesses is related toproductivity losses. However, few studies have examined the association of treatment andproductivity. The purpose of our research is to examine the association of depression and itstreatment and work productivity.

Public Opinion in Health Care – Final Report of the Health Care in Canada Invitational Roundtable

November 17, 2011

The Institute of Health Economics organized the November 17 roundtable, with funding from Merck and in-kind support from the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. The roundtable served as an initial gathering of the original partners and invited delegates (see Appendix I for full participant list) to further develop the HCiC partnership and begin planning…

Are economic evaluations an important tool in vaccine policy decisions?

October 10, 2011

| Philip Jacobs

  Abstract: In the 1980s, drug prices began rising considerably worldwide, and in the 1990s, countries began incorporating health economics into the scientific review process. Rising prices in vaccines began around the year 2000 and national bodies began to use health economics to review vaccines in the next decade. Health economics is a discipline that evaluates alternative…

Alberta Diabetes Atlas 2011

September 28, 2011

The Alberta Diabetes Surveillance System (ADSS) was created in 2006 in partnership with Alberta Health and Wellness (AHW) and the Institute of Health Economics (IHE). The purpose of the ADSS is to provide information about diabetes within the province of Alberta. This information includes the incidence, prevalence and use of health care services for people with diabetes, along…

The suicidal process: age of onset and severity of suicidal behaviour.

September 21, 2011

| Angus Thompson, Carolyn Dewa, Stephanie Phare

  Purpose: The concept of the suicidal process implies a progression from behaviour of relatively low intent to completed suicide. Evidence from the literature has given rise to the speculation that the age of onset of an early form of the suicidal process may be associated with the ultimate seriousness of suicidal behaviour. This study was designed to test the hypothesis…

Everybody’s Business: The Cost of Multi-Department Involvement in Public Health in Alberta

September 14, 2011

| Philip Jacobs, Jessica Moffatt, Egon Jonsson, Arto Ohinmaa, Cathy Gladwin

The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) has completed a scan to determine what public health-related costs are borne by government departments, ministries, and agencies. The final report, Everybody’s Business: The Cost of Multi-Department Involvement in Public Health in Alberta, was funded by Alberta Health Services (AHS) as part of the Project 2030 initiative that saw the…

Creating a multidisciplinary low back pain guideline: anatomy of a guideline adaptation process.

August 30, 2011

| Christa Harstall, Paul Taenzer, Donna Angus, Carmen Moga, Ann Scott, Tara Schuller

  Rationale, Aims, and Objectives: A collaborative, multidisciplinary guideline adaptation process was developed to construct a single overarching, evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) for all primary care practitioners responsible for the management of low back pain (LBP) to curb the use of ineffective treatments and improve patient outcomes. Note: This is an…

The Alberta Survey of Addictive Behaviours and Mental Health in the Workforce: 2009

August 08, 2011

| Angus Thompson, Philip Jacobs, Carolyn Dewa

The Alberta Survey of Addictive Behaviours and Mental Health in the Workforce: 2009 is the third such study conducted since 1992. It provides an interesting, comprehensive picture of many issues related to the mental health of workers across all sectors in Alberta. Introduction IHE is pleased to release the final report of The Alberta Survey of Addictive Behaviours and Mental Health…

Encouraging Optimal Use of Diagnostic Imaging for Low Back Pain – Workshop Summary

June 30, 2011

This report describes the outcomes of a two day workshop that explored options for improving quality and access to diagnostic imaging services for low back pain (LBP) in Alberta through the engagement of stakeholders that are involved in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of this condition. These include health professionals, health service managers, administrators,…

AHS Becoming the Best: Building Sustainability – A Knowledge Exchange Conference Series – Summary Report

June 30, 2011

As part of Alberta Health Services (AHS) Strategic Health Needs Assessment and Service Design 2030 project, “Becoming the Best: Building Sustainability” the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) was commissioned to conduct three Knowledge Exchange events between February and May 2011. These single-day conferences assembled leading international thinkers and experts in…

Aboriginal Peoples’ Wellness in Canada: Scaling Up the Knowledge Roundtable – Final Report

May 19, 2011

This one-day, invitational event engaged community experts and senior decision-makers involved in First Nations, Inuit, and Métis health policy in Canada in round-table discussions. Integrated Knowledge Exchange in health requires communities, researchers, and policy-makers utilize evidence from all sources in a culturally relevant way.

Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder FASD: Who is Responsible?

May 01, 2011

This in-depth book contains an introduction to prevention of FASD and to the different methods that are used. There is also a systematic review of the effectiveness of prevention approaches and an overview of reviews on FASD. The book ends with a chapter called “Five perspectives on prevention of FASD” written by professionals in the field who are working to prevent…

Fecal transplantation for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease or ulcerative colitis

March 01, 2011

| Bing Guo, Christa Harstall, Thanh Nguyen, Arto Ohinmaa

  Alberta STE Report written under contract with the Alberta Health Technologies Decision Process (AHTDP). Fecal transplantation for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease or ulcerative colitis examines the clinical research evidence on the safety and effects of fecal transplantation in the treatment of patients with Clostridium difficile-associated disease…

Treatment for convicted adult male sex offenders: an overview of systematic reviews

January 01, 2011

| Paula Corabian, Liz Dennett, Christa Harstall

This article is an overview of systematic reviews reporting on the efficacy/effectiveness of psychotherapy and/or pharmacotherapy interventions delivered within Sex Offender Treatment (SOT) programs to reduce the risk of re-offending in convicted adult male sex offenders. Related Report: Treatment for Convicted Adult Male Sex Offenders

Consensus Statement on Self-monitoring in Diabetes

November 14, 2006

The objective of this statement was to develop a consensus statement on the benefits and costs of testing supplies for self-monitoring of blood glucose in diabetes, to inform patients, health policy and practice.

Mental Health Economic Statistics In Your Pocket (2006)

November 04, 2006

This Mental Health Economic Statistics booklet brings together information that demonstrates the burden of mental illness and where Canada’s mental health system ranks among other developed countries. Mental Health Economic Statistics provides important consolidated information on key indicators that depict the state of our mental health system. NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta…

Using HTA to Identify Research Gaps

September 01, 2006

| Ann Scott, Carmen Moga, Christa Harstall

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Initiative #24. Health technology assessments (HTAs) routinely identify questions or research ‘gaps’ that are not adequately addressed by the primary research. The unique situation of having an HTA unit housed within a provincial research funding organization provided an ideal setting for linking research…

Image-Guided Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy (IGVB) Economic Analysis

June 11, 2006

| Arto Ohinmaa, Egon Jonsson, Philip Jacobs

Institute of Health Economics Working Paper WP 06-02. The purpose of this report is to examine the economic implications for the province if a supplement to the fee schedule were allowed for vacuum-assisted biopsies. NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research HTA unit moved to IHE. Documents produced in and prior to 2006 have different formats; the format…

Costing of Alternative Interventions for the Treatment of Morbid Obesity

June 05, 2006

| Philip Jacobs, Arto Ohinmaa, Scott Klarenbach, Anderson Chuck, Raj Padwal, Janice Varney, Doug Lier

Institute of Health Economics Working Paper WP 06-01. The purpose of this report is to examine the economic issues associated with LGB. The following analyses were conducted: a systematic review of the economic literature on obesity-related interventions, with special attention to the differences between gastric bypass and gastric banding; an estimate of the Alberta population…

A Guide to Health Technology Assessment in the Palliser Health Region

June 01, 2006

| Laurel Stretch, Edith Amend

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Initiative #20. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is the systematic evaluation of properties, effects and/or other impacts of health care technology. Its primary purpose is to provide objective information to support health care decisions and policy making at the local, regional, national and international levels. NOTE:…

The Alberta Ambassador Program: delivering Health Technology Assessment results to rural practitioners.

March 31, 2006

| Saifee Rashiq, Pamela Barton, Christa Harstall, Don Schopflocher, Paul Taenzer

  Background: The purpose of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is to make the best possible summary of the evidence regarding specific health interventions in order to influence health care and policy decisions. The need for decision makers to find relevant HTA data when it is needed is a barrier to its usefulness. These barriers are highest in rural areas and amongst isolated…

Health Care Utilization and Direct Health Care Costs of Diabetes in Urban and Rural Saskatchewan

March 17, 2006

| Sheri Pohar, Sumit Majumdar, Philip Jacobs, Jeffrey Johnson

Institute of Health Economics Working Paper WP 06-04. The purpose of this analysis was to compare health care utilization as well as costs and mortality of individuals with diabetes in the province of Saskatchewan from 1999 to 2001, according to residential location. NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research HTA unit moved to IHE. Documents produced in…

Strategies to Reduce Emergency Department Overcrowding

February 01, 2006

| Bing Guo, Christa Harstall

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Report #38. This report aims to identify strategies that have been evaluated and reported in the literature and to assess their effectiveness in reducing emergency department overcrowding. Information Specialists: Seana Collins, Liz Dennett NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research HTA unit moved…

An Exploratory Review of Evaluations of Health Technology Assessment Agencies

February 01, 2006

| Margaret Wanke, Don Juzwishin, Richard Thornley, Liza Chan

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Initiative #16. The objectives of this review were: To propose a generic evaluation framework for HTA agencies to strengthen their evaluation capacity. To conduct a review of HTA agencies to understand what aspects of HTA agencies have been evaluated, approaches/methods used, outcomes of hte evaluations and to understand…

IHE in your pocket (2006)

February 01, 2006

This is the first edition of IHE In Your Pocket. This chart book is designed to be an easy reference guide to indicators of Canadian health care economic performance. Economic is broadly defined to include both means (personal and formal resources) and ends (health outcomes). The chart book is intended to provide the user with a concise, accessible, and reasonably comprehensive…

Gastric Electrical Stimulation (EnterraTM Therapy system) for the Treatment of Gastroparesis

January 01, 2006

| Carmen Moga, Christa Harstall

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Report #37. The aim of this paper is to present the current evidence on the efficacy/effectiveness, safety, and efficiency of gastric electrical stimulation (EnterraTM Therapy System) used for the treatment of patients with severe gastroparesis (GP). Information Specialist: Liz Dennett NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage…

A Reference Guide for Learning from Incidents in Radiation Treatment

January 01, 2006

| David Cooke, Meina Dubetz, Rahim Heshmati, Sandra Iftody, Erin McKimmon, Jodi Powers, Robert Lee, Peter Dunscombe

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Initiative #22. We present a model process that will assist health care organizations in developing and implementing a formal management system for learning from incidens. Developed specifically for the Radiation Treatment (RT) Program at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, a major cancer treatment centre in Calgary, Alberta,…

Evaluation of a telepsychiatry pilot project

November 01, 1997

| Sandra Doze, Jennifer Simpson

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Report #6. This report provides details of a telepsychiatry pilot project undertaken by the Provincial Mental Health Advisory Board-Central Alberta (PMHAB) in cooperation with four Regional Health Authorities. It supplements an earlier report issued by the Board describing the pilot project evaluation and has been prepared…

Computerized gait analysis in the rehabilitationof children with cerebral palsy and spina bifida

October 01, 1997

| Jo-Anne Tomie, David Hailey

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Report #5. This assessment of computerized gait analysis in the management of children with cerebral palsy (CP) or spina bifida (SB) has been prepared at the request of the Glenrose Hospital, Edmonton. The hospital has already undertaken developmental work towards establishing a gait analysis facility. Advice was sought…

Assessment of telehealth applications - Version 1

October 01, 1997

| David Hailey, Philip Jacobs

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Report #4. This outline of issues in the assessment of telehealth is intended as a resource document for health care funders, providers and administrators. Health authorities and others in Alberta face decisions on the procurement and use of this information and communication technology. Such decisions should be informed…

In vitro fertilization and embryo transfer as a treatment for infertility

March 01, 1997

| Paula Corabian

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Report #3. The intent of this report is to inform medical practitioners and the public on the current status of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer (IVF-ET) as a treatment for various types of infertility, and on its use and coverage in Canada. The report has been prepared because of the interest and debate regarding…

Posteroventral pallidotomy in Parkinson’s Disease

January 01, 1997

| Christa Harstall, David Hailey

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) HTA Report #2. This paper is intended as a short overview of the effectiveness and status of a neurosurgical procedure, posteroventral pallidotomy (PVP), which is used in the treatment of some people with Parkinson's Disease. NOTE: In 2006 the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research HTA unit moved to IHE. Documents…

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