William A Ghali
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 5408925 |
|---|---|
| NOME | William A Ghali |
| PRENOMES | William A |
| SOBRENOME | Ghali |
| ASSINATURA | GHALI W A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Calgary |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 8 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2002 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Evaluation of the implementation of a medical respite program for persons with lived experience of homelessness
Medical respite programs (MRPs) constitute a potential strategy to improve the continuum of care for persons who have lived experiences of homeless (PWLEH). A MRP was developed in Alberta, Canada, through a partnership between the provincial health authority (Alberta Health Services) and the province’s largest homeless shelter (Calgary Drop-In Centre). We conducted a qualitative study of 25 stakeholders who held an operational, administrative and…
Connect 2 Care, a Novel Community Outreach Program for Vulnerably Housed Patients With High Acute Care Use
Introduction: Vulnerably housed individuals, especially those experiencing homelessness, have higher acute care use compared with the general population. Despite available primary care and social services, many face significant challenges accessing needed services. Connect 2 Care (C2C) is a novel transitional case management program that includes registered nurses and health navigators with complementary expertise in chronic disease management, m…
Patient Navigation—Exploring the Undefined
Knowledge of things and knowledge of words for them grow together. If you do not know the words, you can hardly know the thing
Leveraging Professional Sports Teams to Encourage Healthy Behavior
Professional sporting teams may be well-positioned to act as promoters of health behaviors given their fixture within a community, and association with physical activity, nutrition, and other healthy behaviors. Over 4 years, the Calgary Flames Sport and Entertainment Corporation in conjunction with local health promotion professionals, delivered a health promotion event to the public, The Calgary Flames Health Training Camp (FHTC) in Calgary, Alb…
Trajectories of perceived social support in acute coronary syndrome
Public health
Clinical and Health System Determinants of Venous Thromboembolism Event Rates After Hip Arthroplasty
BACKGROUND: Routinely collected hospital data provide increasing opportunities to assess the performance of health care systems. Several factors may, however, influence performance measures and their interpretation between countries. OBJECTIVE: We compared the occurrence of in-hospital venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients undergoing hip replacement across 5 countries and explored factors that could explain differences across these countries. …
Deriving ICD-10 Codes for Patient Safety Indicators for Large-scale Surveillance Using Administrative Hospital Data
BACKGROUND: Existing administrative data patient safety indicators (PSIs) have been limited by uncertainty around the timing of onset of included diagnoses. OBJECTIVE: We undertook de novo PSI development through a data-driven approach that drew upon "diagnosis timing" information available in some countries' administrative hospital data. RESEARCH DESIGN: Administrative database analysis and modified Delphi rating process. SUBJECTS: All hospitali…
Implications of design on infection prevention and control practice in a novel hospital unit
The physical design of hospital wards is associated with transmission of pathogenic organisms and hospital-acquired infections. A novel hospital unit, the Medical Ward of the 21st Century (W21C), optimizes features for infection prevention and control practices. Ethnographic research on the W21C versus conventional hospital wards examined the experiential and behavioural elements of the different designs. Three recurring themes emerged regarding …
The Development, Evolution, and Modifications of ICD-10
BACKGROUND: The United States is about to make a major nationwide transition from ICD-9-CM coding of hospital discharges to ICD-10-CM, a country-specific modification of the World Health Organization's ICD-10. As this transition occurs, the WHO is already in the midst of developing ICD-11. Given this context, we undertook this review to discuss: (1) the history of the International Classification of Diseases (a core information "building block" f…
Validity of Administrative Data Claim-based Methods for Identifying Individuals with Diabetes at a Population Level
Physician wellness
Effectiveness of COPD disease management programmes
A Health Behaviour Cross-Sectional Study of Immigrants and Non-immigrants in a Swiss Urban General-Practice Setting
Cross-National Comparative Performance of Three Versions of the ICD-10 Charlson Index
OBJECTIVE: The Charlson comorbidity index has been widely used for risk adjustment in outcome studies using administrative health data. Recently, 3 International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) translations have been published for the Charlson comorbidities. This study was conducted to compare the predictive performance of these versions (the Halfon, Sundararajan, and Quan versions) of the ICD-10 coding algorithms …
Dealing with missing data in a multi-question depression scale
Development and Validation of a Surname List to Define Chinese Ethnicity
OBJECTIVE: Surnames have the potential to accurately identify ancestral origins as they are passed on from generation to generation. In this study, we developed and validated a Chinese surname list to define Chinese ethnicity. METHODS: We conducted a literature review, a panel review, and a telephone survey in a randomly selected sample from a Canadian city in 2003 to develop a Chinese surname list. The list was then validated to data from the Ca…
Prognostic Relevance of Census-derived Individual Respondent Incomes Versus Household Incomes
Coding Algorithms for Defining Comorbidities in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 Administrative Data
OBJECTIVES: Implementation of the International Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10) coding system presents challenges for using administrative data. Recognizing this, we conducted a multistep process to develop ICD-10 coding algorithms to define Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidities in administrative data and assess the performance of the resulting algorithms. METHODS: ICD-10 coding algorithms…
Individual-Level and Neighborhood-Level Income Measures
BACKGROUND: Census-based measures of income often are used as proxies for individual-level income. Yet, the validity of such area-based measures relative to 'true' individual-level income has not been fully characterized. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were (1) to determine whether area-based measures of household income are a suitable proxy for self-reported household income and (2) to assess whether these measures are associated with …
New ICD-10 version of the Charlson comorbidity index predicted in-hospital mortality
Comparison of the Elixhauser and Charlson/Deyo Methods of Comorbidity Measurement in Administrative Data
BACKGROUND: Comorbidity risk adjustment methods have been used widely with administrative data, and the Charlson/Deyo method is perhaps the most commonly used in the literature. However, a new method defined by Elixhauser et al. has been introduced recently and could be superior, although it has not been validated widely. OBJECTIVES: We compared the Charlson/Deyo and Elixhauser methods using Canadian administrative data on patients with myocardia…
Validity of Procedure Codes in International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical Modification Administrative Data
BACKGROUND: Administrative hospital discharge data are widely used to assess quality of care in patients undergoing certain procedures. However, little is known about the validity of administrative coding of procedure data. We conducted a detailed chart review to evaluate the accuracy and completeness of information on procedures in administrative data. METHODS: We randomly selected 1200 hospital separations in the period April 1, 1996, to March …
Validity of Information on Comorbidity Derived From ICD-9-CCM Administrative Data
BACKGROUND: The comorbidity variables that constitute the Charlson index are widely used in health care research using administrative data. However, little is known about the validity of administrative data in these comorbidities. The agreement between administrative hospital discharge data and chart data for the recording of information on comorbidity was evaluated. The predictive ability of comorbidity information in the two data sets for predi…
Misclassification of Income Quintiles Derived from Area-based Measures
Validity of Information on Comorbidity Derived From ICD-9-CCM Administrative Data
BACKGROUND: The comorbidity variables that constitute the Charlson index are widely used in health care research using administrative data. However, little is known about the validity of administrative data in these comorbidities. The agreement between administrative hospital discharge data and chart data for the recording of information on comorbidity was evaluated. The predictive ability of comorbidity information in the two data sets for predi…
Misclassification of Income Quintiles Derived from Area-based Measures
New ICD-10 version of the Charlson comorbidity index predicted in-hospital mortality
Comparison of the Elixhauser and Charlson/Deyo Methods of Comorbidity Measurement in Administrative Data
BACKGROUND: Comorbidity risk adjustment methods have been used widely with administrative data, and the Charlson/Deyo method is perhaps the most commonly used in the literature. However, a new method defined by Elixhauser et al. has been introduced recently and could be superior, although it has not been validated widely. OBJECTIVES: We compared the Charlson/Deyo and Elixhauser methods using Canadian administrative data on patients with myocardia…
Validity of Procedure Codes in International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, Clinical Modification Administrative Data
BACKGROUND: Administrative hospital discharge data are widely used to assess quality of care in patients undergoing certain procedures. However, little is known about the validity of administrative coding of procedure data. We conducted a detailed chart review to evaluate the accuracy and completeness of information on procedures in administrative data. METHODS: We randomly selected 1200 hospital separations in the period April 1, 1996, to March …
Coding Algorithms for Defining Comorbidities in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 Administrative Data
OBJECTIVES: Implementation of the International Statistical Classification of Disease and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10) coding system presents challenges for using administrative data. Recognizing this, we conducted a multistep process to develop ICD-10 coding algorithms to define Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidities in administrative data and assess the performance of the resulting algorithms. METHODS: ICD-10 coding algorithms…
Individual-Level and Neighborhood-Level Income Measures
BACKGROUND: Census-based measures of income often are used as proxies for individual-level income. Yet, the validity of such area-based measures relative to 'true' individual-level income has not been fully characterized. OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were (1) to determine whether area-based measures of household income are a suitable proxy for self-reported household income and (2) to assess whether these measures are associated with …
Dealing with missing data in a multi-question depression scale
Development and Validation of a Surname List to Define Chinese Ethnicity
OBJECTIVE: Surnames have the potential to accurately identify ancestral origins as they are passed on from generation to generation. In this study, we developed and validated a Chinese surname list to define Chinese ethnicity. METHODS: We conducted a literature review, a panel review, and a telephone survey in a randomly selected sample from a Canadian city in 2003 to develop a Chinese surname list. The list was then validated to data from the Ca…
Prognostic Relevance of Census-derived Individual Respondent Incomes Versus Household Incomes
Cross-National Comparative Performance of Three Versions of the ICD-10 Charlson Index
OBJECTIVE: The Charlson comorbidity index has been widely used for risk adjustment in outcome studies using administrative health data. Recently, 3 International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) translations have been published for the Charlson comorbidities. This study was conducted to compare the predictive performance of these versions (the Halfon, Sundararajan, and Quan versions) of the ICD-10 coding algorithms …
Effectiveness of COPD disease management programmes
A Health Behaviour Cross-Sectional Study of Immigrants and Non-immigrants in a Swiss Urban General-Practice Setting
Physician wellness
The Development, Evolution, and Modifications of ICD-10
BACKGROUND: The United States is about to make a major nationwide transition from ICD-9-CM coding of hospital discharges to ICD-10-CM, a country-specific modification of the World Health Organization's ICD-10. As this transition occurs, the WHO is already in the midst of developing ICD-11. Given this context, we undertook this review to discuss: (1) the history of the International Classification of Diseases (a core information "building block" f…
Validity of Administrative Data Claim-based Methods for Identifying Individuals with Diabetes at a Population Level
Implications of design on infection prevention and control practice in a novel hospital unit
The physical design of hospital wards is associated with transmission of pathogenic organisms and hospital-acquired infections. A novel hospital unit, the Medical Ward of the 21st Century (W21C), optimizes features for infection prevention and control practices. Ethnographic research on the W21C versus conventional hospital wards examined the experiential and behavioural elements of the different designs. Three recurring themes emerged regarding …
Deriving ICD-10 Codes for Patient Safety Indicators for Large-scale Surveillance Using Administrative Hospital Data
BACKGROUND: Existing administrative data patient safety indicators (PSIs) have been limited by uncertainty around the timing of onset of included diagnoses. OBJECTIVE: We undertook de novo PSI development through a data-driven approach that drew upon "diagnosis timing" information available in some countries' administrative hospital data. RESEARCH DESIGN: Administrative database analysis and modified Delphi rating process. SUBJECTS: All hospitali…
Clinical and Health System Determinants of Venous Thromboembolism Event Rates After Hip Arthroplasty
BACKGROUND: Routinely collected hospital data provide increasing opportunities to assess the performance of health care systems. Several factors may, however, influence performance measures and their interpretation between countries. OBJECTIVE: We compared the occurrence of in-hospital venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients undergoing hip replacement across 5 countries and explored factors that could explain differences across these countries. …
Trajectories of perceived social support in acute coronary syndrome
Public health
Leveraging Professional Sports Teams to Encourage Healthy Behavior
Professional sporting teams may be well-positioned to act as promoters of health behaviors given their fixture within a community, and association with physical activity, nutrition, and other healthy behaviors. Over 4 years, the Calgary Flames Sport and Entertainment Corporation in conjunction with local health promotion professionals, delivered a health promotion event to the public, The Calgary Flames Health Training Camp (FHTC) in Calgary, Alb…
Connect 2 Care, a Novel Community Outreach Program for Vulnerably Housed Patients With High Acute Care Use
Introduction: Vulnerably housed individuals, especially those experiencing homelessness, have higher acute care use compared with the general population. Despite available primary care and social services, many face significant challenges accessing needed services. Connect 2 Care (C2C) is a novel transitional case management program that includes registered nurses and health navigators with complementary expertise in chronic disease management, m…
Patient Navigation—Exploring the Undefined
Knowledge of things and knowledge of words for them grow together. If you do not know the words, you can hardly know the thing
Evaluation of the implementation of a medical respite program for persons with lived experience of homelessness
Medical respite programs (MRPs) constitute a potential strategy to improve the continuum of care for persons who have lived experiences of homeless (PWLEH). A MRP was developed in Alberta, Canada, through a partnership between the provincial health authority (Alberta Health Services) and the province’s largest homeless shelter (Calgary Drop-In Centre). We conducted a qualitative study of 25 stakeholders who held an operational, administrative and…
Medicine (23 obras) · Population (12 obras) · Statistics (8 obras) · Medical Coding and Health Information (7 obras) · Nursing (7 obras) · Computer Science (6 obras) · Demography (6 obras) · Environmental health (6 obras) · Geography (6 obras) · Mathematics (6 obras)