As a leader of independent, policy relevant research and graduate training, UBC’s Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) is dedicated to fostering visionary research within a collaborative and innovative research environment. Our work engages and informs health policy on issues that matter to Canadians.

Recent Publications

Bond M, Beresford A, Noonan V, Rotem-Kohavi N, Dvorak M, Kwon B, Liu G, Sutherland JM. Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury in British Columbia, Canada: 20 Years of Population-Based Administrative Data. Neurotrauma Reports. 2025 Apr 9;6(1). DOI: 10.1089/neur.2025.0012. Read more

Schummers L, Law MR, McGrail K, Darling EK, Zusman EZ, Dunn S, Kaczorowski J, Gayowsky A, Gozdyra P, Norman WV. Changes in local access to mifepristone dispensed by community pharmacies for medication abortion in Ontario: a population-based repeated cross-sectional study. CMAJ. 2025 Apr 6;197(13):E345-E354. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.241505. Read more

King C, Lavergne MR, McGrail K, Strumpf E; QC-BC Patient Enrolment Project Team. The effect of enrolment policies on patient affiliation to a family physician: A quasi-experimental evaluation in Canada. Health Policy. 2025 Apr 2;156:105313. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105313. Online ahead of print. Read more

Aaltonen M, McGrail K, Raitanen J, Martin-Matthews A. Satisfaction with Life of Older Men and Women in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) and its Association with Formal and Informal Home Care. Can J Aging. 2025 Mar 28:1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0714980825000066. Online ahead of print. Read more

Li SS, McGrail K, Rosychuk RJ, Law MR, Hohl CM; Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) investigators for the Network of Canadian Emergency Researchers. Outcomes for people experiencing homelessness with COVID-19 presenting to emergency departments in Canada, compared with housed patients. CMAJ. 2025 Mar 10;197(9):E236-E243. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.241282. Read more

Sharma K, Cheng L, Dormuth CR, McGrail KM, De Vera MA, Clement F, McCracken RK, Mamdani M, Law MR. The impact of eliminating out-of-pocket payments for medicines on low-income households: a controlled interrupted time series analysis using linked administrative data from British Columbia. Health Policy. 2025 Feb 17;155:105270. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105270. Online ahead of print. Read more

Hamm NC, Bartholomew S, Zhao Y, Peterson S, Al-Azazi S, McGrail K, Lix LM. Minimum elements for reporting a multi-jurisdiction feasibility assessment of algorithms based on routinely collected health data: Health Data Research Network Canada recommendations. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2025 Jan 28;10(2):2466. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v10i2.2466. eCollection 2025. Read more

Phagau NN, Kaur P, Nitschke A, Law MR, Guhn M, Oberlander TF, Hanley GE. Prenatal depression and child developmental vulnerability. Pediatr Res. 2025 Jan 24. doi: 10.1038/s41390-025-03846-z. Online ahead of print. Read more

Orach J, Adhikari SP, Dev R. Influence of Sex and Gender on Adherence to Self-care Behaviors for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Management in the Global Context: A Systematic Review. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2025 Jan 10. doi: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000001173. Online ahead of print. Read more

Lukey A, Sowamber R, Huntsman D, Pearce CL, Howard AF, Meza R, Law MR, Phung MT, Hanley GE. Evaluating ovarian cancer risk-reducing salpingectomy acceptance: a survey. Cancer Res Commun. 2025 Jan 9. doi: 10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-24-0566. Online ahead of print. Read more

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