Journal Articles

Peer-reviewed journal articles authored by CHSPR faculty and staff from 2009 to the present are listed here. Older peer-reviewed publications are usually available from individual journals and can be searched for using PubMed. Older reports published by CHSPR (from 1973) are available from the UBC Library cIRcle database. If you cannot find a specific publication, please contact us.


Kurzawa Z, Sutherland JM, Crump T, Liu G. Measuring quality of life in patients with stress urinary incontinence: is the ICIQ-UI-SF adequate? Qual Life Res. 2018 May 8. [Epub ahead of print] Read more

Seow H, Qureshi D, Barbera L, McGrail K, Lawson B, Burge F, Sutradhar R. Benchmarking time to initiation of end-of-life homecare nursing: a population-based cancer cohort study in regions across Canada. BMC Palliat Care. 2018 May 4;17(1):70. Read more

Sutherland JM, Wing K, Penner M, Younger A, Liu G, Veljkovic A, Crump T. Quantifying Patient-Reported Disability and Health While Waiting for Bunion Surgery. Foot Ankle Int. 2018 May 1. [Epub ahead of print] Read more

Breton M, Wong ST, Smithman MA, Kreindler S, Jbilou J, Sutherland J, Brousselle A, Shaw J, Crooks VA, Contandriopoulos D, Sasseville M, Green M. Centralized Waiting Lists for Unattached Patients in Primary Care: Learning from an Intervention Implemented in Seven Canadian Provinces. Healthc Policy. 2018 May;13(4):65-82. Read more

Valaitis RK, O'Mara L, Wong ST, MacDonald M, Murray N, Martin-Misener R, Meagher-Stewart D. Strengthening primary health care through primary care and public health collaboration: the influence of intrapersonal and interpersonal factors. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2018 Apr 12:1-14. [Epub ahead of print] Read more

Lai E, Peterson AC, Liu G, Karimuddin A, Crump RT, Sutherland JM. Psychometric validation of the Stoma-QOL questionnaire in a Canadian cross-sectional sample of colostomy and ileostomy patients. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2018 Apr 5:1-6. [Epub ahead of print] Read more

McGregor MJ, Cox MB, Slater JM, Poss J, McGrail KM, Ronald LA, Sloan J, Schulzer M. A before-after study of hospital use in two frail populations receiving different home-based services over the same time in Vancouver, Canada. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Apr 5;18(1):248. Read more

Innes G, McRae A, Grafstein E, Law M, Teichman JMH, Weber B, Carlson K, Boyda H, Andruchow J. Variability of renal colic management and outcomes in two Canadian cities. CJEM. 2018 Apr 4:1-11. [Epub ahead of print] Read more

Peterson AC, Sutherland JM, Liu G, Crump RT, Karimuddin AA. Peterson AC, Sutherland JM, Liu G, Crump RT, Karimuddin AA. Evaluation of the Fecal Incontinence Quality of Life Scale (FIQL) using item response theory reveals limitations and suggests revisions. Qual Life Res. 2018 Mar 5. [Epub ahead of print] Read more

Innes GD, Scheuermeyer FX, Marsden J, Sing CK, Kalla D, Stenstrom R, Law M, Grafstein E. Impact of physician payment mechanism on emergency department operational performance. CJEM. 2018 Mar;20(2):183-190.Read more

McGrail K, Jones K, Akbari A, Bennett T, Boyd A, Carinci F, Cui X, Denaxas S, Dougall N, Ford D, Kirby RS, Kum HC, Moorin R, Moran R, O'Keefe C, Preen D, Quan H, Sanmartin C, Schull M, Smith M, Williams C, Williamson T, Wyper G, Kotelchuck M. A Position Statement on Population Data Science: The science of data about people. International Journal of Population Data Science. 2018 Feb:3(1). Read more

Abimpaye M, Kirk CM, Iyer HS, Gupta N, Remera E, Mugwaneza P, Law MR. The impact of "Option B" on HIV transmission from mother to child in Rwanda: An interrupted time series analysis. PLoS One. 2018 Feb 16;13(2):e0192910. Read more

Al Baz M, Law MR, Saadeh R. Antibiotics use among Palestine refugees attending UNRWA primary health care centers in Jordan - A cross-sectional study. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2018 Feb 16. [Epub ahead of print] Read more

Law MR, Cheng L, Kolhatkar A, Goldsmith LJ, Morgan SG, Holbrook AM, Dhalla IA. The consequences of patient charges for prescription drugs in Canada: a cross-sectional survey. CMAJ Open. 2018 Feb 5;6(1):E63-E70. Read more

Seow H, Arora A, Barbera L, McGrail K, Lawson B, Burge F, Sutradhar R. Does access to end-of-life homecare nursing differ by province and community size?: A population-based cohort study of cancer decedents across Canada. Health Policy. 2017 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] Read more

Hedden L, Lavergne MR, McGrail KM, Law MR, Cheng L, Ahuja MA, Barer ML. Patterns of physician retirement and pre-retirement activity: a population-based cohort study. CMAJ. 2017 Dec 11;189(49):E1517-E1523. Read more

Sheehan KJ, Filliter C, Sobolev B, Levy AR, Guy P, Kuramoto L, Kim JD, Dunbar M, Morin SN, Sutherland JM, Jaglal S, Harvey E, Beaupre L, Chudyk A; Canadian Collaborative Study on Hip Fractures. Time to surgery after hip fracture across Canada by timing of admission. Osteoporos Int. 2017 Dec 6. [Epub ahead of print] Read more

Sutherland JM, Liu G, Crump RT, Karimuddin AA. Waiting for surgery: is waiting bad for anyone or everyone? Hernia. 2017 Dec;21(6):933-940. Read more

Skeldon SC, Cheng L, Morgan SG, Detsky AS, Goldenberg SL, Law MR. Erectile Dysfunction Medications and Treatment for Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Study. J Sex Med. 2017 Dec;14(12):1597-1605. Read more

Wong ST, MacDonald M, Martin-Misener R, Meagher-Stewart D, O'Mara L, Valaitis RK. What systemic factors contribute to collaboration between primary care and public health sectors? An interpretive descriptive study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Dec 1;17(1):796. Read more