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Obesity And Health Care Utilization Trends In Canada During The Period 1996-7 To 2009-10, Michael Lebenbaum

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In Canada, there have been large improvements in the management of chronic diseases attributed to obesity such as diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol since the 1990s. How this trend has impacted the health care utilization patterns of obese individuals relative to normal weight individuals is unknown in Canada. This study examined health care utilization across categories of body mass index in Canada during the time period 1996 to 2010 using the 1996-7 National Population Health Survey and the 2000-1 and 2009-10 Canadian Community Health Surveys. I found that there were significant declines in the intensity of utilization of general practitioner/family …

The Symptom Of Fatigue In Primary Care: A Comparative Study Of Health Care Utilization Patterns Using Electronic Medical Records, Kathryn A. Nicholson

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

The experience of fatigue has been a common problem among community populations for decades. The symptom of fatigue is also a frequent health complaint in primary care practices. Fatigue patients have been shown to be significantly high users of health care resources, particularly when compared to non-fatigued patient populations. To date, an understanding of the presence and the impact of the symptom of fatigue within the context of the Canadian health care system has been understudied.

The objective of this research was to determine the number of patients who were suffering from the symptom of fatigue within a primary care …