Wei Zhang
Assistant Professor
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Health Policies
Pharmacoeconomics
Economic evaluation
Health economics
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I am interested in and conduct interdisciplinary research.
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Work productivity loss measurement;
Economic evaluation of health interventions
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Publications
- Influenza vaccination for HIV-positive people: Systematic review and network meta-analysis (2018)
Vaccine, - The association between chronic conditions and non-agricultural work productivity loss among the middle-aged Chinese population (2018)
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, - Do Biologic Therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis Offset Treatment-Related Resource Utilization and Cost? A Review of the Literature and an Instrumental Variable Analysis (2017)
Current rheumatology reports, - The impact of price-cap regulations on market entry by generic pharmaceutical firms (2017)
Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, 17 (2), 231-238 - Valuing productivity loss due to absenteeism: firm-level evidence from a Canadian linked employer-employee survey. (2017)
Health economics review, 7 (1), 3 - Impact of etanercept tapering on work productivity in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: results from the PRIZE study. (2016)
RMD open, 2 (2), e000222 - The Impact of Price-cap Regulations on Exit by Generic Pharmaceutical Firms (2016)
Medical Care, 54 (9), 884-890 - The relationship between chronic conditions and absenteeism and associated costs in Canada (2016)
Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health, 42 (5), 413-422 - Estimating the monetary value of the annual productivity gained in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis receiving etanercept plus methotrexate: interim results from the PRIZE study. (2015)
RMD open, 1 (1), e000042 - Illness related wage and productivity losses: Valuing 'presenteeism' (2015)
Social Science & Medicine, 147, 62-71 - Systematic Review of Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Treatments for Psoriasis (2015)
Pharmacoeconomics, 33 (4), 327-340 - Health-Related Productivity Loss: NICE to Recognize Soon, Good to Discuss Now (2014)
Pharmacoeconomics, 32 (5), 425-427 - The Preventable Burden of Productivity Loss Due to Suboptimal Asthma Control A Population - Based Study (2014)
Chest, 145 (4), 787-793 - The impacts of health insurance on health care utilization among the older people in China (2013)
Social Science & Medicine, 85, 59-65 - An update on the measurement of productivity losses due to rheumatoid diseases (2012)
Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology, 26 (5), 585-597 - Development of a Composite Questionnaire, the Valuation of Lost Productivity, to Value Productivity Losses: Application in Rheumatoid Arthritis (2012)
Value in Health, 15 (1), 46-54 - Does achieving clinical response prevent work stoppage or work absence among employed patients with early rheumatoid arthritis? (2012)
Rheumatology, 51 (2), 270-274 - Factors associated with absenteeism, presenteeism and activity impairment in patients in the first years of RA (2012)
Rheumatology, 51 (2), 375-384 - Work disability rates in RA. Results from an inception cohort with 24 years follow-up (2012)
Rheumatology, 51 (2), 385-392 - Measuring and valuing productivity loss due to poor health: A critical review (2011)
Social Science & Medicine, 72 (2), 185-192 - Measuring the Impact of Arthritis on Worker Productivity: Perspectives, Methodologic Issues, and Contextual Factors (2011)
Journal of Rheumatology, 38 (8), 1776-1790 - Measuring Time Input Loss Among Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Validity and Reliability of the Valuation of Lost Productivity Questionnaire (2011)
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 53 (5), 530-536 - The economic burden of rheumatoid arthritis: beyond health care costs (2011)
Clinical Rheumatology, 30, S25-S32 - Cost-effectiveness of Anticipatory and Preventive multidisciplinary Team Care for complex patients Evidence from a randomized controlled trial (2010)
Canadian Family Physician, 56 (1), E20-E29 - Obesity and overweight in Canada: an updated cost-of-illness study (2010)
Obesity Reviews, 11 (1), 31-40 - Productivity Loss Due to Presenteeism Among Patients with Arthritis: Estimates from 4 Instruments (2010)
Journal of Rheumatology, 37 (9), 1805-1814 - The Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA-WIS): Does it work in osteoarthritis? (2010)
Quality of Life Research, 19 (7), 1057-1068 - The Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis Predicts Arthritis-Related Work Transitions Within 12 Months (2010)
Arthritis Care & Research, 62 (11), 1578-1587 - Validity of the work productivity and activity impairment questionnaire - general health version in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (2010)
Arthritis Research & Therapy, 12 (5) - Work Productivity Among Employed Canadians With Arthritis (2010)
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 52 (9), 872-877 - Health Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Expenses (2009)
Arthritis & Rheumatism-Arthritis Care & Research, 61 (11), 1467-1469 - Measuring Worker Productivity: Frameworks and Measures (2009)
Journal of Rheumatology, 36 (9), 2100-2109 - Randomized controlled trial of Anticipatory and Preventive multidisciplinary Team Care For complex patients in a community-based primary care setting (2009)
Canadian Family Physician, 55 (12), E76-E85 - The effect of etanercept on work productivity in patients with early active rheumatoid arthritis: results from the COMET study (2009)
Rheumatology, 48 (10), 1283-1289 - The incidence of co-morbidities related to obesity and overweight: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2009)
Bmc Public Health, 9 - Short-term influence of adalimumab on work productivity outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (2008)
Journal of Rheumatology, 35 (9), 1729-1736 - Patient, informal caregiver and care provider acceptance of a hospital in the home program in Ontario, Canada (2007)
Bmc Health Services Research, 7 - The costs of preventing the spread of respiratory infection in family physician offices: a threshold analysis (2007)
Bmc Health Services Research, 7
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St. Paul's Hospital
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