The effect of financial incentives on the quality of health care provided by primary care physicians

A Scott, P Sivey, DA Ouakrim… - Cochrane database …, 2011 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The use of blended payment schemes in primary care, including the use of
financial incentives to directly reward 'performance'and 'quality'is increasing in a number of …

[HTML][HTML] Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015 …

A Cassini, LD Högberg, D Plachouras… - The Lancet infectious …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Infections due to antibiotic-resistant bacteria are threatening modern health
care. However, estimating their incidence, complications, and attributable mortality is …

Closing the gaps in tobacco endgame evidence: a scoping review

C Puljević, K Morphett, M Hefler, R Edwards… - Tobacco …, 2022 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Objective Tobacco endgame policies aim to rapidly and permanently reduce smoking to
minimal levels. We reviewed evidence syntheses for:(1) endgame policies,(2) evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Improving on estimates of the potential relative harm to health from using modern ENDS (vaping) compared to tobacco smoking

N Wilson, JA Summers, D Ait Ouakrim, J Hoek… - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Although the harm to health from electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)
compared to smoked tobacco remains highly uncertain, society and governments still need …

Trends in colorectal cancer mortality in Europe: retrospective analysis of the WHO mortality database

DA Ouakrim, C Pizot, M Boniol, M Malvezzi, M Boniol… - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Objective To examine changes in colorectal cancer mortality in 34 European countries
between 1970 and 2011. Design Retrospective trend analysis. Data source World Health …

Aspirin, ibuprofen, and the risk for colorectal cancer in Lynch Syndrome

D Ait Ouakrim, SG Dashti, R Chau… - Journal of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background: Inheritance of a germline mutation in one of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR)
genes MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2 causes a high risk of colorectal and other cancers …

Failures of quarantine systems for preventing COVID‐19 outbreaks in Australia and New Zealand

L Grout, A Katar, D Ait Ouakrim… - Medical Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To identify COVID‐19 quarantine system failures in Australia and New Zealand.
Design, setting, participants Observational epidemiological study of travellers in managed …

[HTML][HTML] Tobacco endgame intervention impacts on health gains and Māori: non-Māori health inequity: a simulation study of the Aotearoa/New Zealand Tobacco …

DA Ouakrim, T Wilson, A Waa, R Maddox… - Tobacco …, 2023 - tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
Background The Aotearoa/New Zealand Government is aiming to end the tobacco epidemic
and markedly reduce Māori: non-Māori health inequalities by legislating:(1) denicotinisation …

Female hormonal factors and the risk of endometrial cancer in Lynch syndrome

SG Dashti, R Chau, DA Ouakrim, DD Buchanan… - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Apart from hysterectomy, there is no consensus recommendation for reducing
endometrial cancer risk for women with a mismatch repair gene mutation (Lynch syndrome) …

Alcohol consumption and the risk of colorectal cancer for mismatch repair gene mutation carriers

SG Dashti, DD Buchanan, H Jayasekara… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2017 - AACR
Background: People with germline mutation in one of the DNA mismatch repair (MMR)
genes have increased colorectal cancer risk. For these high-risk people, study findings of …