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Private Surgical Centres: An Outlet for Hospitals Bursting at the Seams?

Wait times for planned surgeries have increased beyond clinical recommendations in Canadian provinces for many surgeries. The causes of lengthening wait times are complex, but provinces have increasingly turned to contracts with private surgical centres to increase the number of surgeries. Jason Sutherland and Trafford Crump provide commentary reviewing key policy issues associated with provincial governments contracting for-profit surgical centres through the lens of the Quadruple Aim framework.

Sutherland JS, Crump T. Private Surgical Centres: An Outlet for Hospitals Bursting at the Seams? Commentary. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Aug 2025. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0449917. Read more

Recent Publications

Guo MY, Li C, Karimuddin AA, Sutherland JM. A Population-Based Comparison of Wait Times for Common Elective General Surgery Procedures Between Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in British Columbia. Healthc Policy. 2026 May;21(3):86-99. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2026.27800. Read more

Sutherland JM. The Urgent Call for Reform in Surgical Policy Making in Canada. Healthc Policy. 2026 May;21(3):6-18. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2026.27840. Read more

Okpani AI, Stucchi A, Cheng L, Hamza KL, Mooney D, Adu P, Zeitouny S, Grépin KA, Hutcheon J, Schummers L, Law MR. The effect of an educational campaign on contraception seeking in Northern Nigeria: an interrupted time series analysis using routine health information system data. Health Policy Plan. 2026 May 20;41(5):776-784. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czag045. Read more

Wang Y, Sutherland JM, Jessri M. Cardiovascular Disease Events and Life Expectancy Lost Attributable to Machine Learning-Derived Dietary Networks: Evidence from Canadian National Nutrition Survey Linked to Routinely Collected Administrative Databases. J Nutr. 2026 May 14:101598. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101598. Online ahead of print. Read more

Desai R, Hu K, Zhao B, Au S, Chen X, Flynn M, Irvine M, Sbihi H, Kinniburgh B, Sedgemore KO, Marchand K, Bartlett S, Janjua N, Crabtree A, Palis H. Trends of incident stimulant use disorder diagnoses before and after the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia (2013-2024): a population-based study. Front Psychiatry. 2026 May 7;17:1682481. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1682481. eCollection 2026. Read more

Murofushi K, Thomas D, Dhakal S, Park H, Kleinberg S, Salvia M, Jessri M, Kittrell H, Cataldo A. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Resource Guide: The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American Society for Nutrition Joint Taskforce for Artificial Intelligence. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2026 Apr 2:156320. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2026.156320. Online ahead of print. Read more

Guo M, Bola R, Karimuddin A, Sutherland JM. In-hospital Wait Times for Emergency General Surgery: Do Immigrants Wait Longer? J Immigr Minor Health. 2026 Apr 1. doi: 10.1007/s10903-026-01900-4. Online ahead of print. Read more

Ehman M, Montour L, Pollard S, Weymann D, Kirk D, Brown K, Epp S, Wadsworth D, Garrison NA, Laberge AM, Caron NR, Arbour L, Regier DA. Forced resilience: Indigenous perspectives on systemic barriers and humanizing genomic medicine in British Columbia, Canada. Genet Med. 2026 Mar 23:102555. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2026.102555. Online ahead of print. Read more

Aggarwal M, Wong ST, Tricco AC, Turin TC, Lofters A, Agarwal G, Bhattacharyya B, Bourgeault IL. Breaking barriers: A study protocol on unveiling gender, racial and other intersectional dynamics in post-secondary institutions and identifying solutions for advancing primary care and public health research. PLoS One. 2026 Mar 17;21(3):e0344467. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0344467. eCollection 2026. Read more

Dalsania KA, Ménard A, Sundararaman S, Rahgozar A, de Lima S, Lu X, Al-Ali A, Singh K, Hakimjavadi R, Yan H, Sethuram C, Bergman H, LaPlante J, McIsaac D, Rahimi SA, Sourial N, Thandi M, Wong S, Liddy C, Bandeen-Roche K, Karunananthan S. Use of Conventional Artificial Intelligence Methods in the Identification of Frailty: A Scoping Review. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2026 Mar 17. doi: 10.1111/jgs.70387. Online ahead of print. Read more

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