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Canadian-Led HBOT Research: What the Literature Shows

244 of 14,603 indexed studies (1.7%) are led by Canadian researchers or institutions.

A study counts as Canadian-led when its author affiliations name a Canadian institution. The national share matters because Canadian trials reflect Canadian practice patterns, provincial coverage rules, and patient populations, which makes their findings the most directly applicable to care decisions made here.

244

Canadian-led studies

1.7%

of the indexed corpus

This reflects research production, not clinical endorsement. Canadian-led status is determined by the country of affiliation of a study's first or last author. The presence (or absence) of Canadian-authored studies on a topic does not indicate that HBOT is approved, funded, or recommended for that use in Canada. For what is covered, see the conditions and coverage pages.

Canadian-led studies indexed per year, 2010-2025

2010
8 / 310
2011
11 / 347
2012
3 / 352
2013
13 / 373
2014
7 / 375
2015
9 / 426
2016
12 / 431
2017
6 / 387
2018
10 / 428
2019
11 / 428
2020
10 / 467
2021
10 / 491
2022
12 / 434
2023
10 / 453
2024
16 / 521
2025
11 / 631

Each row: Canadian-led studies / all indexed studies that year.

Data generated August 14, 2026; updated weekly. How this data is produced.