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Aamir Bharmal, MD MPH

School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Verified email at mail.utoronto.ca
Cited by 778

Modelling the combined impact of interventions in averting deaths during a synthetic‐opioid overdose epidemic

…, M Otterstatter, L Macdougall, MJ Milloy, A Bharmal… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aims The province of British Columbia (BC) Canada has experienced a
rapid increase in illicit drug overdoses and deaths during the last 4 years, with a provincial …

Validity of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Hospital-acquired Conditions: a …

BD Winters, A Bharmal, RF Wilson, A Zhang… - Medical care, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Background: The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators (PSIs)
and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital-acquired Conditions (HACs) …

Long‐term bladder drainage: suprapubic catheter versus other methods: a scoping review

KF Hunter, A Bharmal, KN Moore - Neurourology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The purpose of this scoping review was to examine research activity comparing
suprapubic catheterization to any other method of chronic bladder emptying such as intermittent …

[HTML][HTML] A population-based approach to integrated healthcare delivery: a scoping review of clinical care and public health collaboration

M Shahzad, R Upshur, P Donnelly, A Bharmal, X Wei… - BMC Public Health, 2019 - Springer
Background A population-based approach to healthcare goes beyond the traditional
biomedical model and addresses the importance of cross-sectoral collaboration in promoting …

Gambling and Parkinson disease

C Lu, A Bharmal, O Suchowersky - Archives of neurology, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
The MGPS estimates adjusted reporting ratios. The MGPS systematically stratifies the huge
database by more than 1000 categories (9 for age, 3 for sex [male, female, unknown]), and …

[HTML][HTML] Factors associated with transmission of COVID-19 in long-term care facility outbreaks

R Vijh, CH Ng, M Shirmaleki, A Bharmal - Journal of Hospital Infection, 2022 - Elsevier
(233/250 word count) Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has had a disproportionate impact on residents in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). …

Clinical population medicine: integrating clinical medicine and population health in practice

AM Orkin, A Bharmal, J Cram… - The Annals of Family …, 2017 - Annals Family Med
The integration of clinical care and population health is a priority for health planners, researchers,
and practitioners. Health care systems are judged against the Triple Aim challenge to …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring the impact of influenza vaccination on healthcare worker absenteeism in the context of a province-wide mandatory vaccinate-or-mask policy

…, S Hejazi, D Thompson, S Allison, A Bharmal… - Vaccine, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives In 2012, British Columbia (BC) implemented a province-wide vaccinate-or-mask
influenza prevention policy for healthcare workers (HCWs) with the aim of improving HCW …

[HTML][HTML] Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccine Mistrust and Receipt in British Columbia, Canada: Population Survey

…, P Adu, G McKee, A Bharmal… - JMIR Public Health …, 2024 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background Racialized populations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom
have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Higher vaccine hesitancy has been …

Attention and reach-to-grasp movements in Parkinson's disease

C Lu, A Bharmal, ZH Kiss, O Suchowersky… - Experimental brain …, 2010 - Springer
The role of attention in grasping movements directed at common objects has not been
examined in Parkinson’s disease (PD), though these movements are critical to activities of daily …