Background— Frailty is an emerging concept in medicine yet to be explored as a risk factor
in cardiac surgery. Where elderly patients are increasingly referred for cardiac surgery, the …

Background: Despite enormous public sector expenditures, the effectiveness of universal
coverage for health care in reducing socioeconomic disparities in health has received little …

Investigations of contextual factors (income inequality, cultural disruption, access to health
and social services, safety and crime rate, and others) have received little emphasis by …

Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS), an individualized measurement approach, is particularly
attractive for the evaluation and care planning of frail elders, who often experience multiple, …

We sought to develop a predictive model based exclusively on preoperative factors to
identify patients at risk for PrlICULOS following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). …

Objectives: To investigate the importance of both individual and neighbourhood
socioeconomic characteristics for health care utilization. Methods: Various linkage procedures …

Objectives Rates of perioperative transfusion vary widely among patients undergoing
cardiac surgery. Few studies have examined factors beyond the clinical characteristics of the …

Background Numerous studies have examined the effect of geographic place of residence
on access to cardiovascular care, but few have examined their effect on outcomes after …

Background Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptor signaling has been implicated in
cardiovascular and obesity-related metabolic disease. However, the distribution and regulation of …

OBJECTIVE To measure family practice patients’ adherence to statin medications and to
identify factors associated with adherence to these medications. DESIGN Cross-sectional study …