Carl van Walraven, MD, FRCPC, MSc

carlv@ohri.ca



Senior Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Associate Professor / Active Staff, Department of Medicine
Ottawa Hospital – Civic Campus, University of Ottawa

Associate Professor / Active Staff, Department of Medicine
Ottawa Hospital – Civic Campus, University of Ottawa

Scientist
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine
University of Ottawa

Member, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
University of Ottawa

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Health Services Research
  • Health Services Evaluation
  • Health Care Delivery
  • Internal Medicine
  • Patient Care Delivery
  • Clinical Trials / Clinical Trial Design
  • Communications Systems
  • Time Series Analysis

PERSONAL AWARDS / SALARY SUPPORT (Last five years)

2000-2005
Ontario Ministry of Health Career Scientist Award
$59,000 / year x 5 years

1998-2000
Arthur Bond Scholarship for Innovative Health Systems Research
Physicians Services Incorporated Foundation
Renewed June 2000
$50,000 / year x 1 year (2 nd year granted but declined)

Most Recent Publications (provided by The Ottawa Hospital Library Database)

van Walraven,C;Bennett C;Forster AJ;, (2010 Sep 1), Derivation and Validation of a MEDLINE Search Strategy for Research Studies That Use Administrative Data, Health Serv Res , Vol.45, Issue 6 Pt. 1, 1836-1845 -> view abstract

van Walraven,C;Taljaard M;Etchells E;Bell CM;Stiell IG;Zarnke K;Forster AJ;, (2010 Sep), The independent association of provider and information continuity on outcomes after hospital discharge: Implications for hospitalists, J Hosp Med, Vol.5, Issue 7, 398-405 -> view abstract

van Walraven,C;Taljaard M;Bell CM;Etchells E;Stiell IG;Zarnke K;Forster AJ;, (2010 Sep), A prospective cohort study found that provider and information continuity was low after patient discharge from hospital, J Clin Epidemiol, Vol.63, Issue 9, 1000-1010 -> view abstract

van Walraven C;Austin PC;Knoll G;, (2010 Mar 29), Predicting potential survival benefit of renal transplantation in patients with chronic kidney disease, CMAJ Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol.182, Issue 7, 666-672 -> view abstract

van Walraven,C;Dhalla IA;Bell C;Etchells E;Stiell IG;Zarnke K;Austin PC;Forster AJ;, (2010 Mar 1), Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community, CMAJ Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol.182, Issue 6, 551-557 -> view abstract

van Walraven,C;Wong J;Morant K;Jennings A;Jetty P;Forster AJ;, (2010 Jun 9), Incidence, follow-up, and outcomes of incidental abdominal aortic aneurysms, J Vasc Surg, Vol.52, Issue 2, 282-289 -> view abstract

van Walraven,C;Oake N;Jennings A;Forster AJ;, (2010 Jun 11), The association between continuity of care and outcomes: a systematic and critical review, J Eval Clin Pract, Vol.16, Issue 5, 947-956 -> view abstract

van Walraven,C;Escobar GJ;Greene JD;Forster AJ;, (2010), The Kaiser Permanente inpatient risk adjustment methodology was valid in an external patient population, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol.63, Issue 7, 798-803 -> view abstract

van Walraven C;, (2010), Individual patient meta-analysis-rewards and challenges, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Vol.63, Issue 3, 235-237

van Walraven C;Austin PC;Jennings A;Quan H;Forster AJ;, (2009 May 8), A Modification of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measures Into a Point System for Hospital Death Using Administrative Data, Med Care, Vol.47, Issue 6, 626-633 -> view abstract

Note: This is not a complete list of publications. More publications may be available in The Ottawa Hospital Library database and Pubmed (search by last name and initials).