Director, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Professor, UBC School of Population and Public Health
jason.sutherland@ubc.ca
(604) 822-6812
www.healthcarefunding.ca
Profile
Dr. Jason M. Sutherland is a Professor in 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, in the Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences; 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 Director of CHSPR, 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
- 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, MSc 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
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
Yusuf FLA, Karim ME, Gustafson P, Sutherland JM, Zhu F, Zhao Y, Marrie RA, Tremlett H. The misclassification of depression and anxiety disorders in the multiple sclerosis prodrome: A probabilistic bias analysis. Ann Epidemiol. 2024 Dec 17;101:67-73. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.12.006. Online ahead of print. Read more
van Gaal SC, Alimohammadi A, Karim ME, Zhang W, Sutherland J. Investigation of treatment delay in a complex healthcare process using physician insurance claims data: an application to symptomatic carotid artery stenosis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Nov 29;24(1):1507. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11860-w. Read more
Sutherland JM. Engaging Canadians in Health Policy Is No Trivial Matter. Healthc Policy. 2024 Sep;20(SP):6-9. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2024.27418. Read more
Bond M, Charest-Morin R, Street J, Fisher C, Dea N, Singh S, Paquet J, Abraham E, Bailey C, Weber M, Nataraj A, Attabib N, Kelly A, Rampersaud R, Manson N, Phan P, Thomas K, Soroceanu A, LaRue B, Ahn H, Marion T, Christie S, Glennie A, Zhi W, Hall H, Sutherland JM. The Influence of Wait Time on Surgical Outcomes in Elective Lumbar Degenerative Spine Conditions: A Retrospective Multicentre Cohort Study. Global Spine J. 2024 Sep 25:21925682241287463. doi: 10.1177/21925682241287463. Online ahead of print. Read more
Sutherland JM. Does Productivity in Healthcare Matter? An Unfortunate Post-Pandemic Legacy. Healthc Policy. 2024 Aug;20(1):6-18. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2024.27521. Read more
Clement F, Sutherland JM. Spending on Healthcare: What Is the Right Number? Healthc Policy. 2024 Aug;19(4):6-18. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2024.27379. Read more
de Lemos J, Sharaf M, Moadebi S, Low-Beer S, Cassidy B, Sutherland JM, Deziel C, Nagendran S. Replacing the Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment-Alcohol revised with the modified Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale for alcohol withdrawal to support management of alcohol withdrawal symptoms: potential impact on length of stay and complications. CJEM. 2024 May 26. doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00710-7. Online ahead of print. Read more
Khan M, Yu Y, Daly-Grafstein D, Naik H, Sutherland JM, Tran KC, Nasmith T, Lyden JR, Staples JA. Patient-Physician Sex Discordance and "Before Medically Advised" Discharge from Hospital: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 May 15. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08697-8. Online ahead of print. Read more
Staples JA, Yu Y, Khan M, Naik H, Liu G, Brubacher JR, Karimuddin A, Sutherland JM. Physician financial incentives to reduce unplanned hospital readmissions: A propensity score weighted cohort study. Am J Med. 2024 May 13:S0002-9343(24)00278-X. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.04.042. Online ahead of print. Read more
Jerath A, Wallis CJD, Fremes S, Rao V, Yau TM, Heybati K, Lee DS, Wijeysundera HC, Sutherland J, Austin PC, Wijeysundera DN, Ko DT. Days alive and out of hospital for adult female and male cardiac surgery patients: a population-based cohort study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2024 Apr 20;24(1):215. doi: 10.1186/s12872-024-03862-7. Read more
Sutherland J. A Call for Bigger Thinking and Meaningful Improvements in Health and Well-Being: Time to Move on From Small-Scale Changes. Healthc Policy. 2024 Feb;19(3):6-20. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2024.27316. Read more
Crump RT, Siljedal G, Weis E, Ragan A, Sutherland JM. The Eye-Opening Truth About Private Surgical Facilities in Canada. Healthc Policy. 2024 Feb;19(3):33-41. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2024.27283. Read more
Dhiman K, Hall M, Crump T, Hoens AM, Lacaille D, Rankin JA, Then KL, Hazlewood G, Barnabe C, Katz S, Sutherland J, Dempsey E, Barber CEH. Content validity testing of the INTERMED Self-Assessment in a sample of adults with rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatology healthcare providers. Health Expect. 2024 Feb;27(1):e13978. doi: 10.1111/hex.13978. Read more
Tang K, Sutherland JM, Liu G, Crump T, Bazzarelli A, Dingee C, Pao JS, Warburton R, McKevitt E. Preoperative depression and anxiety associated with younger age and receipt of immediate breast reconstruction. Am J Surg. 2024 Feb 8:S0002-9610(24)00101-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.02.012. Online ahead of print. Read more