Jason Sutherland

Jason

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

  • 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, 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. 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

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

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

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

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 Rep. 2025 Apr 9;6(1):311-321. doi: 10.1089/neur.2025.0012. Read more

Clement F, Sutherland JM. From Talking to Action: Changing Healthcare in Provinces and Territories. Healthc Policy. 2025 Feb;20(2):6-16. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2025.27560. 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

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