Danielle Nagy

Purpose An individual’s location of residence may impact health, however, health services and outcomes research generally use a single point in time to define where an individual resides. While this estimate of residence becomes inaccurate when the study subject moves, the impact on observed associations is not known. This study quantifies the impa...

Background Antihyperglycemic drug utilization studies are conducted frequently and describe the uptake of new drug therapies across may jurisdictions. An increasingly important, yet often absent, aspect of these studies is the impact of rurality on drug utilization. Objective(s) The objective of this study was to explore the association between pl...

Objective: To examine the intersection between location of residence along the rural-urban continuum (metropolitan, urban, and rural) and sulfonylurea dispensation records for the management of type 2 diabetes. Research design and methods: This retrospective cohort study used administrative health records of adult new metformin users between Apr...

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic impacted both healthcare delivery and the education of healthcare students, with a shift to remote delivery of coursework and assessment alongside the expansion of the scope of practice of Alberta pharmacists. The objective of this research was to understand how the learning of pharmacy students at the University...

Background Prior meta-analyses measuring thiazide-induced glycemic change have demonstrated an increased risk of incident diabetes; however, this measure’s definition has changed over time.AimTo determine the magnitude of change in fasting plasma glucose (FPG) for thiazide diuretics.Data SourcesA research librarian designed and conducted searches i...