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Education Awards Employment History
Skills Experience Computer Expertise
Grants Received Publications Presentations

Education:

1998

Ph.D. (candidate) in Health Studies University of Waterloo Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1

1992

Masters of Health Administration University of Ottawa Health Administration 550 Cumberland Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5

1986

Bachelors of Arts with High Honours in Psychology Carleton University Ottawa, Canada KIS 5B6

1981

Diploma,D.E.C. CEGEP de l'outaouais, Social Sciences Laurier Blvd., Hull, Quebec

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Awards:

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Employment History:

Position: Research Assistant
Appointments:

July 1, 1998 - present
Assistant Professor (VPT),Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,University of Ottawa

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Professional Skills and Qualifications:

° Administration/management/planning/analysis;

° Community health needs assessment, program planning and evaluation;

° Research design, qualitative and quantitative methodology, statistical analysis;

° Computerized data management/processing/information systems; and

° Writing/communicating/proposal preparation.

Ten years experience conducting research and program evaluation primarily in the area of health and social services. Four years experience managing an office of full-time as well as temporary staff hired for special projects. Two years experience monitoring the performance of a voice and data telecommunications corporation. Experience working to deadline on self-directed as well as team projects.

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Project Manager, Ottawa Civic Hospital Family Medicine Centre

From November 1995 to present, I have been employed by the Ottawa Civic Hospital Family Medicine Centre to manage a $1.38 million, four year research project entitled "From Theory to Practice: Closing the Loop on Prevention. The project involves the training, deployment, support and evaluation of a new health professional -- the Prevention Systems Facilitator. Reporting to the Executive Committee for the project, I am responsible for providing research support to the eight investigators of the project, carrying-out day-to-day administrative duties, supervising four facilitators in the field, managing the budget of the project, overseeing a training program on Total Quality Management in Primary Care, and liaison with consultants and key stakeholders such as the Ministry of Health and the Ontario Medical Association.

Corporate Performance Coordinator, BC Systems Corporation

From April 1994 to November 1995, I was employed by BC Systems Corporation, a provincial crown corporation responsible for the provision of information technology and telecommunications services to the public sector in British Columbia. As the Corporate Performance Coordinator within the Strategic Planning, Change Management and Corporate Performance branch of the Strategic Resources Group and reporting to the Director of Strategic Planning, I was responsible for developing, coordinating and implementing a corporate performance monitoring framework to guide management decision-making. The framework provided measures of the corporation's success in key strategic areas such as finance, business, technology and organization on a monthly and quarterly basis. I was also responsible for providing internal consulting expertise on internal evaluation, performance measurement, benchmarking and survey projects (notably customer satisfaction and employee opinion surveys). In my role I presented information to the executive and senior level management verbally and in writing on a regular basis. I worked directly with the President & CEO on special projects involving the strategic direction of the Corporation.

Research Officer, Ottawa-Carleton Health Department

From August 1989 to April 1994, I was employed by the Ottawa-Carleton Health Department as a Research Officer within the Research Unit of the Teaching Health Unit. Reporting to the Associate Medical Officer of Health in charge of research and evaluation, I was responsible for providing research and evaluation support to management and staff, supervising the work of a health information analyst, research assistant, data entry clerk, library technician and temporary full-time staff within the Research Unit, chairing several committees of the Health Department, managing the budget of the Research Unit, reviewing the research program of the Health Department yearly to recommend revised objectives, procedures and resource deployment, sitting on several Health Department committees, and conducting health evaluation research independently. The evaluation research support provided to management and staff included planning programs, defining research or evaluation objectives, coordinating and managing health information, developing evaluation frameworks, research design, tool development, data collection, data analysis and report writing. Providing staff workshops on health program evaluation and research methodology was also my responsibility. I was involved in the coordination and implementation of more than 35 different evaluation and research oriented projects in various capacities. I sat on the Teaching Health Unit Coordinating Committee for four years and was involved in the strategic and operational planning for the program, administered the budget and prepared new and expanded budget requests for the Ministry of Health on behalf of the Research Unit. My responsibilities at the Health Department also included coordinating the activities of the Health Department's Research Ethics Committee.

Evaluation projects included the evaluation of a high school smoking cessation program called "Quit and Win". I developed the proposal and design to evaluate the program, prepared the instruments, analyzed the data, wrote the final report and submitted recommendations for improving the delivery and effectiveness of the program. I was the principal investigator for an evaluation of the school-based sexuality health centres within Ottawa-Carleton. This project involved surveying clients from five area high schools before and after being exposed to the program on their attitudes, knowledge and behaviour to determine if the program had any positive impact. The knowledge and awareness of teachers and students in general was also measured through questionnaires. I was the principal investigator of an evaluation research project to determine the effectiveness of the Ottawa-Carleton Needle Exchange program in preventing HIV infection among injection drug users (IDUs). I wrote the proposal for this project and it was funded by NHRDP for $169,854 from January 1992 to December, 1993 and involved interviews with injection drug users at two points in time, collection of saliva for seroprevalence testing, qualitative analysis of key informant interviews, a detailed program document review, and collection of program activity data for the preparation of a detailed report. The project also involved advising staff of the Needle Exchange on program progress, solving problems and creating a computerized activity performance monitoring system to assist management in planning and decision-making for the program.

I was a principal investigator with the system-linked research unit of the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa-Carleton Health Department. This was a $500,000 a year project funded by the Ontario Health Research Grants program. The team of investigators was involved in health promotion/public health research in the areas of collective care, preventing low birth weight, heart health, and theories of health behaviour. Other projects included the development of a computerized palliative care client information system to provide management at Home Care with timely information for decision-making, the evaluation of a nutrition awareness program, the evaluation of a program designed to reduce cholesterol levels called "Heart Styles", and the evaluation of a seniors wellness program called "Health Connection" which is based on a community development strategy. I was the evaluation coordinator for the Heart Health project in Ottawa-Carleton and I was involved in the evaluation of the Ontario Ministry of Health's $250,000 tobacco use prevention strategy in Ottawa-Carleton.

Research Director, Canadian Hospital Association

From April 1987 to August 1989, I was employed by the Canadian Hospital Association as a Research Officer and subsequently Research Director in the Research and Development Department. As part of a permanent staff of three within the Department and reporting to the Vice-President, I was responsible for communicating with the membership and other interest groups concerning various areas of research, preparing research proposals in designated areas for government funding, managing these research projects, conducting research as part of a project team and on my own, conducting policy analysis, supervising staff, preparing briefs and writing final reports. Research initiatives included participating in the design and analysis of a national survey of surgical day care programs in 910 Canadian acute care hospitals. The study was financed by the National Health Research and Development Program of Health and Welfare Canada and represents the first comprehensive study of surgical day care in Canada.

For the Expert Advisory Committee on Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Children of Health and Welfare Canada, I supervised a survey of 1,300 public general and special allied hospitals to determine the existence, nature and factors influencing the existence of response protocols for child sexual abuse and sexual transmitted diseases in children. As part of a research team, I advised the project officer on elements of questionnaire design, survey sampling, the analysis plan, statistical analysis and participated in the production of the final report.

For the Family Violence Prevention Division of Health and Welfare Canada, I submitted a proposal to conduct an in depth literature review of training programs for hospital based health professionals for the prevention, detection and treatment of child sexual abuse. As part of the research team, I participated in establishing the conceptual framework for important elements of the review and in formulating the final report.

For the Health Services and Promotion Branch of Health and Welfare Canada, I submitted a proposal to conduct a national focus group on facilitating the involvement of hospitals in health promotion. This project involved selecting the focus group participants, deciding on the elements to be addressed by the group, preparing the focus group agenda, developing a discussion paper for the group, organizing and conducting the focus group meeting, and analysing and presenting the results in a final report.

For the Health Services and Promotion Branch of Health and Welfare Canada, I participated on a working group to develop a guideline document entitled "A Guide for Health Promotion by Health Care Facilities" to assist health care facilities to adopt health promotion as part of their role.

For the American Foundation for AIDS Research, I submitted a proposal to conduct five site visits to Canadian and U.S. institutions with large populations of AIDS patients to determine the various models of caring for AIDS patients and the cost implications of these models of care. This project involved conducting an in depth literature review, preparing a detailed interview guide, organizing the visits and visiting the hospitals, as well as interpreting and summarizing the results in a final report.

For the Canadian Occupational Projection System of Employment and Immigration Canada, I submitted a proposal to conduct a study to determine the impact of technology on human resources in health care. This project included the Delphi technique and as part of a research team, I participated in the selection of the Delphi panel of experts, questionnaire design, supervised a literature review, the analysis of the qualitative data, and I participated in the production of the final report.

Consultant, Price Waterhouse Management Consultants

From the summer of 1985 to April 1987, I was employed by Price Waterhouse as a Research Analyst and subsequently Consultant. I conducted numerous assignments in the areas of program evaluation, research design and methodology, statistical analysis, survey development and computer software development. Examples of assignments included conducting an evaluation of the Medical Research Council's grant programs which provide support for graduate or postPhD training in the health sciences. I wrote the winning proposal for this evaluation which involved the distribution and statistical analysis of a mail survey to a sample of 1,350 grant recipients and nonrecipients.

For the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, as part of the consulting team, I developed the mail questionnaire, analysis plan and conducted the analysis of the census findings for an evaluation of two strategic grants programs. This evaluation also involved personal interviews with key academics, a review of computerized data sources and a review of the grant files. My responsibilities also included the preparation of a final report for the presentation of the study findings, discussion of the findings and study recommendations.

For the New Brunswick Hospital Association (NBHA), I was involved in a strategic planning exercise which assessed the changing environmental conditions of hospitals, current and future mandates of the NBHA, funding and organizational arrangements and needs of the NBHA members. The study included focus groups, a survey of the members, and analysis of funding options.

For the Nursing Management Program, conducted the data analysis for an evaluation of the program in teaching management skills to registered nurses. The analysis involved comparisons among students, consultants and supervisors.

For the Medical Research Council, conducted a survey on the career influences and posttraining activity of 350 health professionals in medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine. Responsibilities included database preparation, analysis, preparation and presentation of the final report. The study provides information which assists the Council in the selection of applicants for research funding.

For Alberta Hospitals and Medical Care, I conducted the analysis of 450 responses to a survey of clients of longterm care facilities for an evaluation of the single entry assessment model for longterm care. The analysis involved comparisons of community service clients and institutional service clients in rural and urban settings.

For Employment and Immigration Canada, I participated in database preparation and conducted statistical analysis for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the immigration primary inspection line. Data entailed records on 32,000 passengers arriving at three international airports. This project also included conducting discriminant analysis for a feasibility study on the detection and enforcement effectiveness of the immigration program.

For the Department of External Affairs, I participated in an evaluation of the supplementary import permit system. The data analysis for this evaluation involved multiple regression to determine what factors influenced the issuance of supplementary import permits.

For the Thunder Bay District Health Council, I participated in a study on the availability of health services in the French language. This project demanded conducting numerous structured interviews with representatives of various health agencies in Thunder Bay and surrounding area as well as the preparation of plans of action to address the unmet service needs of Francophones.

Research Assistant,Carleton University

During the summer and fall of 1984, I worked as a research assistant for Dr. Frances Cherry in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University. I was involved in the preliminary set up and analysis of a cross Canada survey of women in nontraditional occupations through the Women's Employment Directorate of the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission. I had input in the construction and wording of the questionnaire and the distribution to six consultants each representing a specific region of Canada. Upon receiving the completed questionnaires I was involved in the inputting of data representing the attitudes and experiences of over 1,300 employed women, unemployed women and women in training. The maintenance of the data files, error checking and the statistical analysis of the large sample was my responsibility and was completed on a main frame computer using the statistical packages SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) and BMDP (BioMedical Data Package).

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I am very familiar with data management software such as dBASE IV, Clipper 5.0 and MS Access. I have designed information systems for corporate performance measurement, research and evaluation purposes to allow managers to access vital information necessary for planning and monitoring. I have been involved in the planning of the community health information database for the Ottawa-Carleton Health Department through the Community Health Research Unit and the health planner's office. I have a highly proficient knowledge of statistical software such as SPSS and SAS. I am also familiar with qualitative analysis packages such as ETHNOGRAPH and NUD*IST. I am familiar with multivariate as well as univariate analysis techniques having conducted discriminant analysis, multiple regression, MANOVA, factor analysis and logistic regression. In addition, I am very familiar with Word 6.0, WP 5.1, Lotus 123, EXCEL 5.0, PowerPoint 3.0, Harvard Graphics 3.0, Quattro, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and the programming languages Visual Basic, Turbo Pascal and Turbo C++. I have worked with MS-DOS/Windows 3.1, Windows 95, MAC System 7.0, Unix, VAX-VMS, IBM MVS and VM computer operating environments and I am experienced with software such as Turbo Gopher, Eudora E-Mail, FTP and Netscape for accessing the Internet for research purposes.

Organizational Involvement:

Present

° Member of the Canadian Evaluation Society

Past

° Member of the Ontario Public Health Association

° Member of the Canadian Public Health Association

° Member of the Canadian College of Health Service Executives

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December 1997. W. Hogg, J Lemelin, B Baskerville (Co-investigator). Acute Mental Health Hospitalization Substitution Study.Funded by the Ottawa Civic Hospital and the Ontario Ministry of Health.

April 1997. J Lemelin, W Hogg, B Baskerville (Co-investigator). Acute Hospitalization Substitution: The Ottawa-Carleton Home-Hospital. Funded by the Riverside Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario.

January 1992. Principal Investigator: Evaluation of the HIV Prevention Program for Injection Drug Users in Ottawa-Carleton. Funded by Health Canada (NHRDP) #6606-4886-AIDS.

October 1988. Principal Investigator: Hospital Responses to AIDS.. Funded by the American Foundation for AIDS Research.

April 1988. Co-principal Investigator: Training Programs for Hospital Based Health Professionals for the Prevention, Detection and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse. Funded by Health and Welfare Canada (Family Violence Prevention Division).

February 1988. Co-principal Investigator: The Impact of Technology on Human Resources in Health Care. Funded by Employment and Immigration Canada.

December 1987. Co-principal Investigator: Facilitating the Involvement of Hospitals in Health Promotion. Funded by Health and Welfare Canada (Health Services and Promotion Branch).

August 1987. Co-principal Investigator: Hospital Response Protocols for Child Sexual Abuse and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Children. Funded by Health and Welfare Canada (LCDC).

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Hotz, S.B., Allston, J.A., Birkett, N.J., Baskerville, B. & Dunkley, G. (1995). Fat-related dietary behaviour: behavioural science concepts for public health practice. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 86(2), 114-119.

Baskerville, B., Leonard, L. & Hotz, S. (1994). Evaluation of the SITE: A Pilot HIV Prevention Programme for Injection Drug Users (CHRU Publication No. M93-5). Ottawa: Community Health Research Unit of the University of Ottawa.

Baskerville, B., Hotte, A. & Dunkley G. (1993). Evaluation of a High School Quit and Win Smoking Cessation Program (CHRU Publication No. M93-4). Ottawa: Community Health Research Unit of the University of Ottawa.

Dunkley, GC & Baskerville, B. (1993). Use of a logic model to structure the evaluation of a community-based heart health program. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 9(Suppl D), 147D-148D.

Baskerville, B. (1992). The impact of school-based sexuality health centres. Public Health and Epidemiology Reports Ontario, 3(18), 312-324.

Health and Welfare Canada. (1990). A Guide for Health Promotion by Health Care Facilities. Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada.

Baskerville, B. &LeTouzé, D. (1990). Facilitating the involvement of Canadian health care facilities in health promotion. Patient Education and Counselling, 15, 113-125.

Baskerville, B. & Stewart, P. (November, 1990). Program Evaluation for Public Health Units -Workshop Materials. Ottawa: Ottawa-Carleton Health Department.

Pineault, R., Baskerville, B. & LeTouzé, D. (1990). Health promotion activities in Quebec hospitals: A comparison of DSC and non DSC hospitals. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 81(3), 199-203.

Baskerville, B. & LeTouzé, D. (1989). AIDS management: Five hospitals compared. Dimensions in Health Service, 66(5), 14-17,28-30.

Canadian Journal of Evaluation. A book review of the United States General Accounting Office Program Evaluation and Methodology Division's transfer paper on "Developing and Using Mail Questionnaires" (Spring, 1987).

Masters Thesis. "Evaluation of the Ottawa-Carleton Health Department's Sexuality Health Centre Program". Available at the Morrisett Library of the University of Ottawa.

Honours Thesis. "The Changing Image of the Expectant Father: A Study on Attitudes Towards FirstTime Fatherhood". Available at the Carleton University Psychology Department.

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"Risk Factors for Women Injection Drug Users in Ottawa-Carleton",Poster Session at the 10th Annual AIDS Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, August, 1996.

"Hospital Responses to AIDS: A Review of the Literature and Site Visit Findings", 14th Annual Health Administration Forum, University of Ottawa, Royal Ottawa Hospital, August 8-10, 1988.

"Facilitating the Involvement of Health Care Facilities in Health Promotion", Health Unit Association of Alberta/Alberta Hospital Association, Health Promotion Forum, March 15-17, 1989.

"The Role of Canadian Health Care Facilities in Health Promotion", International Workshop on Hospitals and Health Promotion, World Health Organization, Vienna, Austria, August 30 -September 1, 1990.

"Evaluation of the HIV Prevention Programme for IDUs", A presentation to the Canadian Association of HIV Researchers, Montreal, May, 1990.

"Program Evaluation in Public Health", A Workshop at the Sudbury Health Unit, Sudbury Ontario, November, 22 - 23, 1990.

"Using the Program Logic Model to Evaluate a Sexuality Health Centre", A workshop at the Ontario Public Health Association Conference, Ottawa, November 16, 1991.

"The Ottawa-Carleton Teaching Health Unit's Contribution to Program Planning and Evaluation", 1992 ALOHA Annual Conference, Kingston, Ontario, June 16, 1992.

"Program Logic Models for Planning and Evaluation", Presentation made to the Best Start Advisory Committee, Toronto, Ontario, May 15, 1992.

"Evaluation of Health Connection/Liaison Sante: Participation and Triangulation", A presentation at the Ontario Public Health Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario, November 17, 1992.

"Use of a Logic Model to Structure the Evaluation of a Community-based Heart Health Program", A presentation at the International Heart Health Conference, Victoria, B.C., May 25, 1992.

"Preliminary Results of the Evaluation of the Ottawa-Carleton HIV Prevention Program", A presentation to Health and Welfare Canada and representatives of the Provincial Ministries of Health, Toronto, January 26, 1993.

"Summary of Nine Pilot Needle Exchange Programs in Canada", A presentation to the Communicable Disease Division of the Public Health Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Health, Toronto, March 12, 1993.

"Preliminary Evaluation Results of the Ottawa-Carleton HIV Prevention Programme", A presentation at an in-service for staff of the Healthy Sexuality Program of the Ottawa-Carleton Health Department, April 27, 1993.

"Lessons Learned from the Evaluation of the HIV Prevention Programme for Injection Drug Users in Ottawa-Carleton", A presentation at the Community Health Research Unit Seminar Series of the University of Ottawa, July 16, 1993.

"Evaluation of Heartstyles: The Benefits of an Intensive Heart Health Intervention", First International Conference on Community Health Nursing Research, Edmonton, Alberta, September 27-29, 1993.

"Evaluation of a High School Smoking Cessation Contest", A presentation at the First National Conference on Tobacco or Health, Ottawa, Ontario, October 22, 1993.

"Practical Applications of the E Word", A program evaluation workshop at the 1993 Annual Ontario Public Health Association Conference, Sudbury, Ontario, November 14-17, 1993.

"The SITE Needle Exchange: Evaluation Findings", A presentation at the 1993 Annual Ontario Public Health Association Conference, Sudbury, Ontario, November 14-17, 1993.

Leonard, L., Baskerville, B. & Hotz, S. "Risk Factors for Needle Sharing in Women Who Inject Drugs", A poster presentation at the 1996 AIDS Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, August, 1996.

Rivet, C., Hogg, W., Moore L., Lemelin J., Baskerville B. An evaluation of a Curriculum on Prevention for Non-Physician Facilitators. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) , Vancouver, B.C., November 1996.

Lemelin J, Hogg W., Baskerville B., Kozak J. Methodological problems in a clinical trial on the use of facilitators to improve prevention in primary care. North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG), Vancouver, B.C., November 1996.

Baskerville B. , Lemelin J. & Hogg W. "Benchmarking Preventive Acuity in Ontario Health Service Organizations. Research Inquiry and Opinion Day, University of Ottawa, May 23, 1997.

Patten D., Baskerville B. & Hogg W. "Can Practice Characteristics Predict the Degree of Utilization of Preventive Measures?" Research Inquiry and Opinion Day, University of Ottawa, May 23, 1997.

Baskerville B., Hogg W. & Lemelin J. "The Use of Computers in a Multi-Centered Randomized Controlled Trial in Community Practices". The 9th Quebec Research Day in Family Medicine, Montreal, June 13th, 1997.

Lemelin J., Baskerville B. & Hogg W. "Benchmarking Preventive Acuity in Ontario Health Service Organizations". The 9th Quebec Research Day in Family Medicine, Montreal, June 13th, 1997.

Lemelin J., Baskerville B. & Hogg W. "Benchmarking Preventive Acuity in Ontario Health Service Organizations". Canadian Medical Association, Ottawa, Ontario, August, 1997.

Lemelin J., Baskerville B. & Hogg W. "Baseline Data of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Prevention Systems Facilitators in Primary Care". North American Primary Care Research Group. Orlando, Florida, November 12th - 15th, 1997.

Baskerville B., Hogg W. & Lemelin J. "The Use of Computers in a Multi-centered Randomized Controlled Trial in Community Practices". North American Primary Care Research Group. Orlando, Florida, November 12th - 15th, 1997.

Patten D., Baskerville B. & Hogg W. "Can Practice Characteristics Predict the Degree of Utilization of Preventive Measures?". North American Primary Care Research Group. Orlando, Florida, November 12th - 15th, 1997.

Hogg W., Baskerville B. & Lemelin J. "Human Resource Management in a Multi-centered Trial". North American Primary Care Research Group. Orlando, Florida, November 12th - 15th, 1997.

Busing N., Baskerville B. & Hogg W. "Patient Perceptions of the HSO's Role in Preventive Care". Research Inquiry and Opinion Day, University of Ottawa, May 21, 1998.

Moore L., Goldman F., Baskerville B. & Hogg W. "Assessing the Quality of Clinical Decision-making Information". Research Inquiry and Opinion Day, University of Ottawa, May 21, 1998.

Lemelin J., Baskerville B., & Hogg W. "Improving Prevention in Primary Care". Research Inquiry and Opinion Day, University of Ottawa, May 21, 1998.

Hogg W., Lemelin J., Baskerville B. & Moore L. "Closing the Loop on Prevention - Progress Update". Clinical Epidemiology Unit Grand Rounds, Ottawa Hospital (Civic Site), June 5th, 1998.

Patten D., Baskerville B., Hogg W. & Lemelin J. " Can Practice Characteristics Predict the Degree of Utilization of Preventive Measures?" (Paper Presentation) WONCA, Dublin Ireland, June 14th - June 18th, 1998.

Lemelin J., Hogg W. & Baskerville B. "Prevention Acuity in Capitation Based Practices in Ontario Canada. (Poster Presentation) WONCA, Dublin Ireland, June 14th - June 18th, 1998.

References: Available upon request.

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Bruce Baskerville

March 12, 1999