Clinical Evaluative Sciences

• Study finds kids in poorer areas of Ontario face greater risk of getting hit by cars

  The study's authors say that means children in the highest-income areas had a rate of ER visits due to getting hit by vehicles that was 48 per cent lower than those in the lowest-income areas.

  Canada

  May 6, 2019
  
• Study finds nearly a quarter of Ontario opioid prescriptions exceeded guidelines

  Researchers say 23.9 per cent of initial opioid prescriptions in Ontario during that time had a daily dose of more than 50 milligram morphine equivalents.

  Health

  May 16, 2018
  
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• CAMH to open new hub for people with both developmental disabilities and mental illness

  The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says the new hub is the first in Canada to tackle the needs of a population that has long been ignored.

  Health

  Feb 5, 2018
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• Deaths from opioid overdoses on the rise in Ontario

  The rate of fatal overdoses from opioids such as oxycodone and morphine has soared over the last 20 years.

  Canada

  Jul 7, 2014