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

Nisingizwe MP, Tadrous M, Janjua NZ, Bansback N, Hedt-Gauthier B, Suda KJ, Law MR. Global disparities in access to hepatitis C medicines before and during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: an ARIMA-based interrupted time series analysis. BMJ Public Health. 2025 Jun 25;3(1):e001340. doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001340. eCollection 2025. Read more

Bird J, Tobias S, Grant C, Lysyshyn M, Tupper K, Wood E, Kerr T, Ti L. Sharing drug checking results in a Canadian setting: a multi-site analysis. Int J Drug Policy. 2025 Jun 24;143:104903. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104903. Online ahead of print. Read more

Hedden L, Grudniewicz A, Katz A, Lavergne MR, McDonald T, Rudoler D, Austin N, Halas G, Spencer S, Thelen R, Mathews M, McCracken R, McGrail K, Shiplett H, Strumpf EC. Informing family physician payment reform in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial, multimethod study. BMJ Open. 2025 Jun 20;15(6):e103894. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103894. Read more

Bond M, Beresford A, Noonan V, Rotem-Kohavi N, Dvorak M, Kwon B, Liu G, Sutherland JM. Long-Term Survival for Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in British Columbia, Canada: A Retrospective Evaluation of 20 Years of Linked Health Care Data. Neurotrauma Rep. 2025 Jun 16;6(1):551-559. doi: 10.1089/neur.2025.0057. Read more

Lukey A, Howard AF, Mei AJ, Law MR, Huntsman D, Pearce CL, Meza R, Hanley GE. Risk-reducing salpingectomy: considerations from an OBGYN perspective. BMC Cancer. 2025 Jun 6;25(1):1011. doi: 10.1186/s12885-025-14384-6. Read more

Beresford A, Dasgupta D, Jafari M, Kamihiro N, Ghirmay ET, Tolppa T, Valle L, Xie M, Elkes S, Wong ST. Primary Care at A(nother) Crossroads: Conference Summary. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Jun 2025. Read more

Farmer JR, Sutherland JM, Field TS, McIsaac DI, Gelb AW, Zhou LW, Sun T, Schwarz SKW, Flexman AM. Factors associated with adverse outcomes following perioperative stroke after noncardiac surgery. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025 Jun 5;34(8):108346. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2025.108346. Online ahead of print. Read more

Yusuf FLA, Karim ME, Sutherland JM, Zhu F, Zhao Y, Marrie RA, Tremlett H. Informative patterns of health care utilization preceding the recognition of adult-onset multiple sclerosis: A population-based study. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2025 Jun 1;101:106560. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2025.106560. Online ahead of print. Read more

Garrison SR, Bakal JA, Kolber MR, Korownyk CS, Green LA, Kirkwood JEM, McAlister FA, Padwal RS, Lewanczuk R, Hill MD, Singer AG, Katz A, Kelmer MD, Gayayan A, Campbell FN, Vucenovic A, Archibald NR, Yeung JMS, Youngson ERE, McGrail K, O'Neill BG, Greiver M, Manca DP, Kraut RY, Wang T, Manns BJ, Mangin DA, MacLean C, McCormack J, Wong ST, Norris C, Allan GM. Antihypertensive Medication Timing and Cardiovascular Events and Death: The BedMed Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2025 May 12. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.4390. Online ahead of print. Read more

Panagiotoglou D, Peterson S, Lavergne MR, Gomes T, Chadha R, Hawley P, McCracken R. The effects of a provincial opioid prescribing standard on prescribing for pain in adults: an interrupted time-series analysis. CMAJ. 2025 May 11;197(18):E497-E505. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.250167. Read more

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