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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

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Yusuf FLA, Karim ME, Sutherland JM, Zhu F, Zhao Y, Marrie RA, Tremlett H. Injury Preceding the Classical Recognition of Multiple Sclerosis: A Population-Based Study. Ann Epidemiol. 2025 Dec 5:S1047-2797(25)00340-0. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.11.008. Online ahead of print. Read more

Goranitis I, Hayeems RZ, Smith HS, Buchanan J, Weymann D, Regier DA, Mackley MP, Scott RH, Hill SL, Chung BHY, Chung CCY, Best S, Baple EL, Stark Z. Determining the value of genomics in healthcare. Nat Med. 2025 Nov 27. doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-04061-3. Online ahead of print. Read more

Chen QJ, Mozaffari H, Ananthapavan J, Smith BT, Wong GWK, Jessri M. What is the effect of commercial food and non-alcoholic beverage marketing on the dietary intake of children and adolescents? Protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis with an equity lens. Syst Rev. 2025 Nov 26;14(1):238. doi: 10.1186/s13643-025-02978-x. Read more

Marchand K, Liu G, Hastings KG, Palis H, Mathias S, Sutherland JM, Barbic S. The multidimensional social ecological needs and service utilization patterns of youth using non-medical prescription opioids: an observational study of routinely collected data in a provincial integrated youth services initiative. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2025 Nov 26;20(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s13011-025-00682-6. Read more

Turner AM, Taylor JO, Child CE, Regier DA. Developing an Accessible Discrete Choice Survey to Identify Supportive Care Preferences of Older Adults with Dementia. Value Health. 2025 Nov 14:S1098-3015(25)05682-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2025.10.015. Online ahead of print. Read more

Thandi M, Gibb A, Price M, Baumbusch J, Wong ST. Development and testing of an electronic frailty index using Canadian electronic medical record data in primary care. BMC Prim Care. 2025 Nov 12;26(1):359. doi: 10.1186/s12875-025-03075-7. Read more

Barbic SP, Warren C, Marchand K, Beggs T, Tsou S, Smit B, Lockhart L, Turuba R, Mathias S, Ben-David S. "My Day is Already Planned Out Before I Even Get to Choose it": Using Youth-Oriented Research to Understand and Measure What Matters to Youth Aged 12-15 Years and the Implications for Mental Health Services. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2025 Nov 10. doi: 10.1007/s10578-025-01926-z. Online ahead of print. Read more

Weymann D, Krebs E, Pollard S, Mcphail M, Bosdet I, Yip S, Weppler AM, Karsan A, Anderson H, Bubela T, Law MR, Kesselheim A, Regier DA. Patient and population impacts of multi-gene panel and pembrolizumab coverage in metastatic melanoma. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 Nov 8:djaf307. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djaf307. Online ahead of print. Read more

Nethery E, Xu C, Chan CSY, Helmer-Smith M, Stucchi A, Mooney D, Zusman EZ, Dunn S, Pammett R, Norman WV, Guarna G, Law MR, Schummers L. Mifepristone Access Through Community Pharmacies When Regulated as a Routine Prescription Medication. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Nov 3;8(11):e2542096. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.42096. Read more

Bond M, Beresford A, Noonan VK, Rotem-Kohavi N, Fallah N, Dvorak MF, Kwon BK, Liu G, Sutherland JM. Risk factors for complications in traumatic spinal cord injury: A retrospective analysis of a cohort of patients identified from administrative data. J Spinal Cord Med. 2025 Oct 24:1-12. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2025.2571822. Online ahead of print. Read more

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