Director, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
UBC Professor in Health Services and Policy
jason.sutherland@ubc.ca
(604) 822-6812
www.healthcarefunding.ca
Profile
Dr. Jason M. Sutherland is the UBC Professor in Health Services and Policy and the Director of the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) in the UBC Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health; the Program Head, Health Services and Outcomes, at the Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes; and has been Canada’s Harkness Fellow in Clinical Practice and Health Policy.
Dr. Sutherland’s research spans two complementary themes: health system funding policy and patients’ outcomes from surgery. Dr. Sutherland has been active in advising provincial and federal governments on healthcare funding policy.
Dr. Sutherland is also the Division Head for Health Services and Policy in the School of Population and Public Health, the editor-in-chief of Healthcare Policy, and an associate editor of Health Policy. Dr. Sutherland’s current research projects include cross-sector funding policy and investigating associations between healthcare funding policy and patients’ health and health outcomes.
Education
PhD, Statistics, Simon Fraser University, 2003
MSc, Statistics, Simon Fraser University, 1997
BA, Mathematics, University of British Columbia, 1992
Research Interests
- Development of methods for monitoring and evaluating health system performance
- Measuring burden of illness and surgical outcomes
- Exploring causes and consequences of variations in health system utilization and funding
Affiliations and Awards
- Editor-in-chief, Healthcare Policy
- Associate Editor, Health Policy
- Co-Chair, Thesis Screening Panel, UBC School of Population and Public Health
- Member, Research Leaders Forum, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Current Graduate Students
- Margarita Andreeva, MSc Student, School of Population and Public Health
- Aidan Beresford, MSc Student, School of Population and Public Health
- Mattheus Bicknell, MSc Student, School of Population and Public Health
- Michael Bond, PhD Student, School of Population and Public Health
- Dibbya Dasgupta, MSc Student, School of Population and Public Health
- Mehdi Jafari, PhD Student (with Dr. B. Quon), School of Population and Public Health
- Noriki Kamihiro, PhD Student, School of Population and Public Health
- Momenul Mondol, PhD Student, School of Population and Public Health
- Laura Valle, MSc Student, School of Population and Public Health
- Max Xie, PhD Student, School of Population and Public Health
Currently Recruiting Graduate Students Interested in
- Developing methods for measuring surgical outcomes
- Evaluating hospital spending and cost
- Measuring burden of illness
- Continuity of care
Dr. Sutherland is recruiting MSc, but not PhD, students at this time.
Courses Currently Taught
SPPH 581C Methods for Analyzing Routinely Collected Data
Recent Publications
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
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
Pervan M, Sutherland JM. The Opportunity for Canada and Australia to Learn From One Another's Health Systems. Healthc Policy. 2025 Aug;20(4):6-20. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2025.27667. Read more
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
Atchison K, Gruneir A, Sutherland J, Smith EE, Bruneau MA, Ismail Z, Ewa V, Fox L, Estabrooks CA, Watt JA, Knopp-Sihota J, Holroyd-Leduc J, Quail P, Hoben M, Seitz D, Goodarzi Z. Creating a Clinical Care Pathway for Depressive Symptoms and Disorders in Long-Term Care: A Modified Delphi Process. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Aug 8:105791. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105791. Online ahead of print. Read more
Guo M, Mourad N, Karimuddin A, Sutherland JM. A population-based exploration of immigrants undergoing general surgery procedures in British Columbia: Do immigrants present for emergency surgeries more than non-immigrants? Health Policy. 2025 Aug 5;161:105410. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105410. Online ahead of print. Read more
Yusuf FLA, Karim ME, Sutherland JM, Zhu F, Zhao Y, Marrie RA, Tremlett H. Heterogeneity in health care pathways preceding the classical recognition of adult-onset multiple sclerosis: A multichannel state sequence analysis. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2025 Jun 25;102:106595. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2025.106595. Online ahead of print. 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. eCollection 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
Sutherland JM. Provincial Leadership and Green Shoots: Where to Look for Innovation. Healthc Policy. 2025 May;20(3):6-14. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2025.27599. Read more
Crump T, Dehghani M, Sutherland JM, Mueller C, Ferri LE. Calculating the minimally important difference for the FACT-E from esophageal cancer surgery to recovery using distribution-based methods. Dis Esophagus. 2025 May 3;38(3):doaf042. doi: 10.1093/dote/doaf042. Read more
Heybati K, Satkunasivam R, Aminoltejari K, Thomas HS, Salles A, Coburn N, Wright FC, Gotlib Conn L, Luckenbaugh AN, Ranganathan S, Riveros C, Sutherland J, McCartney C, Armstrong K, Bass B, Detsky AS, Jerath A, Wallis CJD. Surgeon Sex and Postoperative Resource Utilization: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Ann Surg Open. 2025 May 2;6(2):e569. doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000569. eCollection 2025 Jun. Read more
Liu C, Beresford A, Saleeb M, Liu G, Crump T, Warburton R, Pao JS, Dingee CK, Bazzarelli A, Sutherland JM, McKevitt EC. Preoperative and Postoperative Change in Patient-Reported Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Breast Cancer Surgery Patients Across Surgical Modalities: A Prospective Study. Cancers (Basel). 2025 Apr 23;17(9):1409. doi: 10.3390/cancers17091409. Read more
Farmer JR, Sutherland JM, Field TS, McIsaac DI, Gelb AW, Zhou LW, Sun T, Schwarz SKW, Flexman AM. Outcomes Following Perioperative Stroke in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Apr 10:S1053-0770(25)00314-3. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2025.04.010. Online ahead of print. Read more