Allan S Detsky

Biographic Data

ID5534203
NAMEAllan S Detsky
GIVEN NAMESAllan S
FAMILY NAMEDetsky
SIGNATUREDETSKY A S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Toronto
ORCID0000-0003-2772-3121
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS27
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1980
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX2

  • Covid-19 in Canada—The Fourth Through Seventh Waves

    Open AccessAllan S Detsky, Isaac I BogochARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2022

    This Viewpoint discusses Canada’s experience and response to COVID-19 pandemic–related events during the fourth through seventh waves

  • Association Between Attending Physicians’ Rates of Referral to Palliative Care and Location of Death in Hospitalized Adults With Serious Illness

    Kieran L Quinn, Thérèse A Stukel et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021References: 42

    BACKGROUND: Patients who receive palliative care are less likely to die in hospital. OBJECTIVE: To measure the association between physician rates of referral to palliative care and location of death in hospitalized adults with serious illness. RESEARCH DESIGN: Population-based decedent cohort study using linked health administrative data in Ontario, Canada. SUBJECTS: A total of 7866 physicians paired with 130,862 hospitalized adults in their las…

  • Avoidable mortality by neighbourhood income in Canada

    Paul D James, PJ James et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2007Cited by: 23References: 52

    Aim: To examine neighbourhood income differences in deaths amenable to medical care and public health over a 25-year period after the establishment of universal insurance for doctors and hospital services in Canada. Methods: Data for census metropolitan areas were obtained from the Canadian Mortality Database and population censuses for the years 1971, 1986, 1991 and 1996. Deaths amenable to medical care, amenable to public health, from ischaemic…

  • Costs and cost-effectiveness of a universal, school-based hepatitis B vaccination program

    Murray Krahn, Roland Guasparini et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1998Cited by: 4References: 13

    OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the costs and cost-effectiveness of a school-based grade 6 universal vaccination program against hepatitis B. METHODS: We performed a descriptive cost study and cost-effectiveness analysis of British Columbia's vaccination program for 1994 and 1995. Since 1992, public health nurses have administered hepatitis B vaccine to grade 6 students in schools. We measured costs of vaccine, vaccine administration, and net pr…

  • A mass media programme to prevent smoking among adolescents

    Roger H Secker‐walker, R H Secker-Walker et al.ARTICLETobacco Control1997

    Estimates of the cost-effectiveness ratios of this mass media campaign in preventing the onset of smoking showed it to be economically attractive and to compare favourably with other preventive and therapeutic strategies

  • Do Interns and Residents Order More Tests Than Attending Staff

    Allan S Detsky, John Mclaughlin et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1986

    Between October 30 and November 5, 1980, the Professional Association of Interns and Residents of Ontario called a strike of house staff in Ontario's teaching hospitals. The authors obtained data concerning utilization of laboratory tests and radiology procedures during that period and for the same days 2 weeks before and after the strike. During the strike period, the number of tests performed per patient day decreased by only 8.3%. After accoun…

  • Global Budgeting and the Teaching Hospital in Ontario

    Allan S Detsky, Howard B Abrams et al.ARTICLEMedical Care1986

    Detsky, Allan S. MD, PhD; Abrams, Howard B. MD; Ladha, Laila MHSc; Stacey, Sidney R. MHSc Author Information

  • Health

    Open AccessAllan S DetskyARTICLESocial Science & Medicine Medical…1980