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Effect Of Family Medicine Groups On Visits To The Emergency Department Among Diabetics In Quebec Between 2000 And 2011: A Population-Based Segmented Regression Analysis Of An Interrupted Time Series, Renée Carter, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Céline Plante, Philippe Gamache, Jean-Frédéric Lévesque

Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster Conferences

Poster Presentation

Background: Family Medicine Groups (FMG) were introduced in Quebec in 2002 to reorganize primary care practices and encourage team-based and inter-professional approaches to service delivery. We measured the effect of this reform on the rate of emergency department (ED) visits among patients diagnosed with diabetes.

Methods: Administrative databases were used to derive the weekly rate of ED visits between April 1, 2000 and March 31, 2012. We performed an interrupted segmented regression analysis to derive the estimated and extrapolated rates of visits in the years following the initial reform implementation. We employed an outcome control series of diabetics …

The Healthy Immigrant Effect In Canada: A Systematic Review, Astrid Flenon, Alain Gagnon, Zoua Vang, Jennifer Sigouin

Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster Conferences

Canada’s immigration admissions policy culls for individuals with high human capital (Knowles, 2007). Given the strong links between human capital and health (Jasso et al., 2004) and previous research which suggested the presence of a seemingly universal foreign-born health advantage among Canada’s migrant population, we expected to see the healthy immigrant effect across the life-course and for multiple health outcomes. What we found instead was a pattern much more complex than previously envisioned. Our review uncovered a clear survival advantage for immigrants, owing in part to positive self and state selection processes (at least for non-refugee migrants). However, there is …

Issues Arising: Research And Data, Ellie Berger, Rebecca Casey

Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster Conferences

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Vivre Et Travailler Plus Longtemps Dans Une Société Vieillissante: Vers Une Croissance Des Inégalités?, Yves Carrière, Jacques Légaré, Viorela Diaconu

Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster Conferences

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Welcome And Introduction: Purpose, Participants, And Overview Of The Conference, Rod Beaujot, Zenaida R. Ravanera

Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster Conferences

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Preconference Training Workshop: Multistate Analysis Of Life Histories With R, Frans Willekens

Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster Conferences

Multistate Analysis of Life Histories with R

Frans Willekens, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Workshop Venue: Rideau Salon

Workshop Outline

A. Introduction

Multistate models describe the life course in terms of transitions individuals experience as they go through stages of life and move between states. These states may represent health states, family status, occupation, place of residence, education or other domains of life. Multistate models have been successfully used in a wide variety of applied sciences. The most fruitful areas of application are health sciences, demography and economics. Important examples of applications of multistate …