David R. Urbach - Publications

Affiliations: 
Health Policy, Management and Evaluation University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 
Area:
Epidemiology, Biostatistics Biology, Oncology, Surgery

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2021 Youn S, Wong SA, Chrystoja C, Tomlinson G, Wijeysundera HC, Bell CM, Gagliardi AR, Baxter NN, Takata J, Sandhu L, Urbach DR. Bias estimation in study design: a meta-epidemiological analysis of transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement. Bmc Surgery. 21: 285. PMID 34098926 DOI: 10.1186/s12893-021-01278-0  0.662
2020 Reid M, Lee A, Urbach DR, Kuziemsky C, Hameed M, Moloo H, Balaa F. Shared care in surgery: Practical considerations for surgical leaders. Healthcare Management Forum. 840470420952485. PMID 32869664 DOI: 10.1177/0840470420952485  0.333
2020 Nemetz ETA, Urbach DR, Devon KM. The Art of Surgery: Balancing Compassionate With Virtual Care. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22: e22417. PMID 32852276 DOI: 10.2196/22417  0.312
2020 Simunovic M, Fahim C, Coates A, Urbach D, Earle C, Grubac V, Brouwers M, O'Brien MA, Baxter N. A method to audit and score implementation of knowledge translation (KT) interventions in large health regions - an observational pilot study using rectal cancer surgery in Ontario. Bmc Health Services Research. 20: 506. PMID 32503592 DOI: 10.1186/S12913-020-05353-9  0.364
2020 Urbach DR, Martin D. Confronting the COVID-19 surgery crisis: time for transformational change. Cmaj : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De L'Association Medicale Canadienne. PMID 32376644 DOI: 10.1503/Cmaj.200791  0.336
2020 Stahel P, Nahmias A, Sud SK, Lee SJ, Pucci A, Yousseif A, Youseff A, Jackson T, Urbach DR, Okrainec A, Allard JP, Sockalingam S, Yao T, Barua M, Jiao H, et al. Erratum. Evaluation of the Genetic Association Between Adult Obesity and Neuropsychiatric Disease. Diabetes 2019;68:2235-2246. Diabetes. PMID 32086293 DOI: 10.2337/Db20-Er04C  0.311
2019 Klaassen Z, Wallis CJD, Chandrasekar T, Goldberg H, Sayyid RK, Williams SB, Moses KA, Terris MK, Nam RK, Urbach D, Austin PC, Kurdyak P, Kulkarni GS. Cancer diagnosis and risk of suicide after accounting for prediagnosis psychiatric care: A matched-cohort study of patients with incident solid-organ malignancies. Cancer. PMID 31021430 DOI: 10.1002/Cncr.32146  0.322
2019 Klaassen Z, Wallis CJD, Goldberg H, Chandrasekar T, Sayyid RK, Williams SB, Moses KA, Terris MK, Nam RK, Urbach D, Austin PC, Kurdyak P, Kulkarni GS. The impact of psychiatric utilisation prior to cancer diagnosis on survival of solid organ malignancies. British Journal of Cancer. PMID 30837680 DOI: 10.1038/S41416-019-0390-0  0.317
2019 Hoogerboord M, Ellsmere J, Caycedo-Marulanda A, Brown C, Jayaraman S, Urbach D, Cleary S. Laparoscopic colectomy: trends in implementation in Canada and globally Canadian Journal of Surgery. 62: 139-141. DOI: 10.1503/Cjs.003118  0.382
2018 Prabhu KL, Okrainec A, Maeda A, Saskin R, Urbach D, Bell CM, Jackson TD. Utilization of Public System for Gastric Bands Placed by Private Providers: a 4-Year Population-Based Analysis in Ontario, Canada. Obesity Surgery. PMID 29909509 DOI: 10.1007/S11695-018-3342-5  0.318
2018 Zhang JC, Matelski J, Gandhi R, Jackson T, Urbach D, Cram P. Can Patient Selection Explain the Obesity Paradox in Orthopaedic Hip Surgery? An Analysis of the ACS-NSQIP Registry. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. PMID 29480892 DOI: 10.1007/S11999.0000000000000218  0.309
2016 Richard PO, Alibhai SM, Panzarella T, Klotz L, Komisarenko M, Fleshner NE, Urbach D, Finelli A. The uptake of active surveillance for the management of prostate cancer: A population-based analysis. Canadian Urological Association Journal = Journal De L'Association Des Urologues Du Canada. 10: E342-E346. PMID 27800064 DOI: 10.5489/Cuaj.4207  0.301
2016 Richard PO, Alibhai SM, Panzarella T, Klotz L, Komisarenko M, Fleshner NE, Urbach D, Finelli A. The uptake of active surveillance for the management of prostate cancer: A population-based analysis. Canadian Urological Association Journal = Journal De L'Association Des Urologues Du Canada. 10: 333-338. PMID 27800055 DOI: 10.5489/Cuaj.3684  0.305
2016 Nevis IF, Vali B, Higgins C, Dhalla I, Urbach D, Bernardini MQ. Robot-assisted hysterectomy for endometrial and cervical cancers: a systematic review. Journal of Robotic Surgery. PMID 27424111 DOI: 10.1007/S11701-016-0621-9  0.343
2016 Zhang M, Bingham K, Kantarovich K, Laidlaw J, Urbach D, Sockalingam S, Ho R. Inter-professional delirium education and care: a qualitative feasibility study of implementing a delirium Smartphone application. Bmc Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 16: 50. PMID 27137627 DOI: 10.1186/S12911-016-0288-1  0.319
2015 Urbach DR. Pledging to Eliminate Low-Volume Surgery. The New England Journal of Medicine. 373: 1388-90. PMID 26444728 DOI: 10.1056/Nejmp1508472  0.332
2015 Ramji KM, Cleghorn MC, Josse JM, MacNeill A, O'Brien C, Urbach D, Quereshy FA. Comparison of clinical and economic outcomes between robotic, laparoscopic, and open rectal cancer surgery: early experience at a tertiary care center. Surgical Endoscopy. PMID 26173546 DOI: 10.1007/S00464-015-4390-8  0.34
2015 Urbach DR, Bell CM. A Revised Quality Measure for Surgical Care: More Alpha Testing for Perioperative β-Blockers? Jama. 313: 2369-70. PMID 26080341 DOI: 10.1001/Jama.2015.0798  0.31
2015 Eskander A, Irish J, Gullane P, Gilbert R, de Almeida JR, Freeman J, Giuliani M, Urbach DR, Goldstein DP. Overview of Surgery for Oral Cavity Cancer in Ontario. Head & Neck. PMID 26040567 DOI: 10.1002/Hed.24141  0.359
2015 Urbach DR. The challenge of quality improvement in surgical care. Jama Surgery. 150: 215. PMID 25587886 DOI: 10.1001/Jamasurg.2014.2908  0.331
2015 Dixon PR, Grant RC, Urbach DR. The impact of marketing language on patient preference for robot-assisted surgery. Surgical Innovation. 22: 15-9. PMID 24902683 DOI: 10.1177/1553350614537562  0.308
2014 Margel D, Urbach DR, Lipscombe LL, Bell CM, Kulkarni G, Baniel J, Fleshner N, Austin PC. Is pathology necessary to predict mortality among men with prostate-cancer? Bmc Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 14: 114. PMID 25495664 DOI: 10.1186/S12911-014-0114-6  0.555
2014 Eskander A, Irish J, Freeman J, Gullane P, Gilbert R, Groome PA, Hall SF, Urbach DR, Goldstein DP. Overview of major salivary gland cancer surgery in Ontario (2003¿2010). Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery = Le Journal D'Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie Et De Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale. 43: 50. PMID 25492404 DOI: 10.1186/S40463-014-0050-6  0.383
2014 Wei AC, Urbach DR, Devitt KS, Wiebe M, Bathe OF, McLeod RS, Kennedy ED, Baxter NN. Improving quality through process change: a scoping review of process improvement tools in cancer surgery. Bmc Surgery. 14: 45. PMID 25038587 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-14-45  0.363
2014 Elnahas A, Urbach D, Okrainec A, Quereshy F, Jackson TD. Is next-day discharge following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass safe in select patients? Analysis of short-term outcomes Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. 28: 2789-2794. PMID 24789135 DOI: 10.1007/S00464-014-3546-2  0.329
2014 Stefanidis D, Montero P, Urbach DR, Qureshi A, Perry K, Bachman SL, Madan A, Petersen R, Pryor AD. SAGES research agenda in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery: updated results of a Delphi study. Surgical Endoscopy. 28: 2763-71. PMID 24789129 DOI: 10.1007/S00464-014-3535-5  0.307
2014 Eskander A, Irish J, Groome PA, Freeman J, Gullane P, Gilbert R, Hall SF, Urbach DR, Goldstein DP. Volume-outcome relationships for head and neck cancer surgery in a universal health care system. The Laryngoscope. 124: 2081-8. PMID 24706437 DOI: 10.1002/Lary.24704  0.371
2014 Margel D, Urbach D, Fleshner N, Austin PC. Reply to M.M.J. Zanders et al. Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 32: 702. PMID 24395848 DOI: 10.1200/Jco.2013.53.8728  0.429
2014 Hardy KM, Kwong J, Pitzul KB, Vergis AS, Jackson TD, Urbach DR, Okrainec A. A cost comparison of laparoscopic and open colon surgery in a publicly funded academic institution. Surgical Endoscopy. 28: 1213-22. PMID 24258205 DOI: 10.1007/S00464-013-3311-Y  0.319
2014 Eskander A, Merdad M, Irish JC, Hall SF, Groome PA, Freeman JL, Urbach DR, Goldstein DP. Volume-outcome associations in head and neck cancer treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Head & Neck. 36: 1820-34. PMID 24123512 DOI: 10.1002/Hed.23498  0.3
2014 Azari-Rad S, Yontef A, Aleman DM, Urbach DR. A simulation model for perioperative process improvement Operations Research For Health Care. 3: 22-30. DOI: 10.1016/J.Orhc.2013.12.003  0.342
2013 Wiebe ME, Sandhu L, Takata JL, Kennedy ED, Baxter NN, Gagliardi AR, Urbach DR, Wei AC. Quality of narrative operative reports in pancreatic surgery. Canadian Journal of Surgery. Journal Canadien De Chirurgie. 56: E121-7. PMID 24067527 DOI: 10.1503/Cjs.028611  0.7
2013 Margel D, Urbach DR, Lipscombe LL, Bell CM, Kulkarni G, Austin PC, Fleshner N. Metformin use and all-cause and prostate cancer-specific mortality among men with diabetes. Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 31: 3069-75. PMID 23918942 DOI: 10.1200/Jco.2012.46.7043  0.513
2013 Margel D, Urbach D, Lipscombe LL, Bell CM, Kulkarni G, Austin PC, Fleshner N. Association between metformin use and risk of prostate cancer and its grade. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 105: 1123-31. PMID 23853056 DOI: 10.1093/Jnci/Djt170  0.555
2013 Jacob BJ, Sutradhar R, Moineddin R, Baxter NN, Urbach DR. Methodological approaches to population based research of screening procedures in the presence of selection bias and exposure measurement error: colonoscopy and colorectal cancer outcomes in Ontario. Bmc Medical Research Methodology. 13: 59. PMID 23617792 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-59  0.64
2013 Wei AC, Sandhu L, Devitt KS, Gagliardi AR, Kennedy ED, Urbach DR, Gallinger S, Baxter NN. Practice patterns for the management of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: a mixed methods analysis. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 20: 1567-74. PMID 23124860 DOI: 10.1245/S10434-012-2698-3  0.697
2013 Margel D, Urbach DR, Lipscombe L, Bell C, Kilkarni G, Austin P, Joshua AM, Fleshner NE. Metformin use and all-cause and prostate-cancer-specific mortality among diabetic men. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 31: 5007-5007. DOI: 10.1200/Jco.2013.31.15_Suppl.5007  0.574
2013 Margel D, Urbach D, Lipscombe L, Bell C, Kulkarni G, Austin P, Fleshner N. 344 THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN METFORMIN USE AND RISK OF PROSTATE CANCER AND GRADE AT PRESENTATION Journal of Urology. 189. DOI: 10.1016/J.Juro.2013.02.1730  0.557
2012 Jacob BJ, Moineddin R, Sutradhar R, Baxter NN, Urbach DR. Effect of colonoscopy on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality: an instrumental variable analysis. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 76: 355-64.e1. PMID 22658386 DOI: 10.1016/J.Gie.2012.03.247  0.644
2011 Del Giudice EM, Paszat LF, Rabeneck L, Sutradhar R, Urbach D, Wilton D, Baxter NN. Long-term surveillance and preventive practices among healthy young adult cancer survivors. Journal of Clinical Oncology : Official Journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 29: 6121. PMID 28022491 DOI: 10.1200/Jco.2011.29.15_Suppl.6121  0.328
2011 Jacob BJ, Baxter NN, Moineddin R, Sutradhar R, Del Giudice L, Urbach DR. Social disparities in the use of colonoscopy by primary care physicians in Ontario. Bmc Gastroenterology. 11: 102. PMID 21955593 DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-11-102  0.609
2011 Martin AR, Klemensberg J, Klein LV, Urbach D, Bell CM. Comparison of public and private bariatric surgery services in Canada. Canadian Journal of Surgery. Journal Canadien De Chirurgie. 54: 154-69. PMID 21609516 DOI: 10.1503/Cjs.048909  0.352
2011 Devon KM, Urbach DR, McLeod RS. Postoperative disposition and health services use in elderly patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery: a population-based study. Surgery. 149: 705-12. PMID 21397288 DOI: 10.1016/J.Surg.2010.12.014  0.388
2011 Bendzsak A, Nenshi R, Darling G, Schultz SE, Gunraj N, Wilton AS, Simunovic M, Jacob B, Urbach DR. Overview of lung cancer surgery in Ontario. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 91: 361-6. PMID 21256270 DOI: 10.1016/J.Athoracsur.2010.09.056  0.676
2011 Borgida AE, Ashamalla S, Al-Sukhni W, Rothenmund H, Urbach D, Moore M, Michelle Cotterchio, Gallinger S. Management of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in Ontario, Canada: A population-based study using novel case ascertainment Canadian Journal of Surgery. 54: 54-60. PMID 21251433 DOI: 10.1503/Cjs.026409  0.327
2011 Abouassaly R, Alibhai SM, Tomlinson GA, Urbach DR, Finelli A. 1862 SURGEON VOLUME-OUTCOME RELATIONSHIPS IN THE TREATMENT OF RENAL MASSES Journal of Urology. 185. DOI: 10.1016/J.Juro.2011.02.1909  0.319
2011 Sandhu L, Sandhu L, Tomlinson G, Kennedy ED, Wei AC, Baxter NN, Urbach DR. Sources of bias in non-randomized comparative studies of surgical procedures Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 213: S110. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jamcollsurg.2011.06.258  0.724
2010 Nenshi R, Takata J, Stegienko S, Jacob B, Kortan P, Deitel W, Laporte A, Darling G, Urbach DR. The cost of achalasia: quantifying the effect of symptomatic disease on patient cost burden, treatment time, and work productivity. Surgical Innovation. 17: 291-4. PMID 20647236 DOI: 10.1177/1553350610376392  0.597
2010 Forbes SS, Sutradhar R, Paszat LF, Rabeneck L, Urbach DR, Baxter NN. Long-term survival in young adults with colorectal cancer: a population-based study. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 53: 973-8. PMID 20551747 DOI: 10.1007/Dcr.0B013E3181Cf8341  0.304
2009 Leon-Carlyle M, Spiegle G, Schmocker S, Gagliardi A, Urbach D, Kennedy E. Using patient and physician perspectives to develop a shared decision-making framework for colorectal cancer. Implementation Science : Is. 4: 81. PMID 20034402 DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-4-81  0.316
2009 Elit L, Schultz S, Simunovic M, Urbach D. Who are the providers of gynaecologic cancer surgical care in Ontario? Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada : Jogc = Journal D'Obstetrique Et Gynecologie Du Canada : Jogc. 31: 721-729. PMID 19772704 DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34276-1  0.364
2009 Dixon E, Armstrong C, Maddern G, Sutherland F, Hemming A, Wei A, Sherman M, Moore M, McKay A, Urbach D, Labrie M, Gordon L, Barkun J, Lynn Quan M, Dowden S, et al. Development of quality indicators of care for patients undergoing hepatic resection for metastatic colorectal cancer using a Delphi process. The Journal of Surgical Research. 156: 32-38.e1. PMID 19592015 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jss.2009.03.084  0.322
2009 Datta I, O'Connor B, Victor JC, Urbach DR, McLeod RS. Abdominal Surgery Impact Scale (ASIS) is responsive in assessing outcome following IPAA. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery : Official Journal of the Society For Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. 13: 687-94. PMID 19148705 DOI: 10.1007/S11605-008-0793-3  0.332
2009 Baxter NN, Goldwasser MA, Paszat LF, Saskin R, Urbach DR, Rabeneck L. Association of colonoscopy and death from colorectal cancer. Annals of Internal Medicine. 150: 1-8. PMID 19075198 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-1-200901060-00306  0.314
2009 Nenshi RN, Kennedy E, Baxter N, Sutradhar R, Urbach DR. Hospital-level structures of care and short-term outcomes of colorectal cancer surgery Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 209: S106-S107. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jamcollsurg.2009.06.266  0.37
2008 Krzyzanowska MK, Barbera L, Elit L, Hodgson D, Razzaq A, Saskin R, Urbach D, Bierman A. Sex, income and age-related differences in colorectal cancer care: results from the Project for an Ontario Women's Health Evidence-based Report Card (POWER) study Journal of Clinical Oncology. 26: 6509-6509. DOI: 10.1200/Jco.2008.26.15_Suppl.6509  0.305
2008 Kulkarni GS, Austin PC, Urbach DR, Laupacis A, Fleshner NE. THE EFFECTS OF CYSTECTOMY PROVIDER VOLUME ON POSTOPERATIVE AND OVERALL MORTALITY IN A PUBLICLY FUNDED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Journal of Urology. 179: 3-3. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(08)60014-2  0.351
2008 Nenshi R, Simunovic M, Baxter NN, Gunraj N, Kennedy E, Schultz S, Wilton D, Urbach DR. M1511 A Population-Based Study of Surgical Treatment of Colon Cancer in Ontario, Canada Gastroenterology. 134: A-863. DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5085(08)64043-3  0.328
2007 Weizman D, Cyriac J, Urbach DR. What is a meant when a laparoscopic surgical procedure is described as "safe"? Surgical Endoscopy. 21: 1369-72. PMID 17285377 DOI: 10.1007/S00464-006-9138-Z  0.332
2007 Bell CM, Hatch WV, Cernat G, Urbach DR. Surgeon volumes and selected patient outcomes in cataract surgery: a population-based analysis. Ophthalmology. 114: 405-10. PMID 17174399 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ophtha.2006.08.036  0.34
2005 Lopushinsky SR, Urbach DR. Gallstone disease in the elderly: diagnosis and management Aging Health. 1: 441-447. DOI: 10.2217/1745509X.1.3.441  0.324
2003 O'Rourke RW, Khajanchee YS, Urbach DR, Lee NN, Lockhart B, Hansen PD, Swanstrom LL. Extended transmediastinal dissection: an alternative to gastroplasty for short esophagus. Archives of Surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 138: 735-40. PMID 12860754 DOI: 10.1001/Archsurg.138.7.735  0.3
2002 Urbach DR. Laparoscopic-assisted surgery for colon cancer. Jama. 287: 1938; author reply 1. PMID 11960530 DOI: 10.1001/Jama.287.15.1935  0.371
2001 Urbach DR, Khajanchee YS, Glasgow RE, Hansen PD, Swanstrom LL. Preoperative determinants of an esophageal lengthening procedure in laparoscopic antireflux surgery Surgical Endoscopy. 15: 1408-1412. PMID 11965455 DOI: 10.1007/S004640080198  0.342
1999 Urbach DR, Kennedy ED, Cohen MM. Colon and rectal anastomoses do not require routine drainage: A systematic review and meta-analysis Annals of Surgery. 229: 174-180. PMID 10024097 DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199902000-00003  0.32
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