Kim McGrail

Faculty, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research

Scientific Director, Health Data Research Network Canada (and SPOR Canadian Data Platform)
Scientific Director, Population Data BC
Director of Research, UBC Health
Professor, UBC School of Population and Public Health

kim.mcgrail@ubc.ca
(778) 998-3821

Profile

Kimberlyn McGrail is a Professor in the UBC School of Population and Public Health and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Director of Research for UBC Health, and Scientific Director of Population Data BC and Health Data Research Network Canada. Her research interests are quantitative policy evaluation and all aspects of population data science. Kim is Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Population Data Science, the 2009-10 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Associate in Health Care Policy and Practice, 2016 recipient of the Cortlandt JG Mackenzie Prize for Excellence in Teaching, and 2017 recipient of a UBC award for Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research. She was part of the Expert Advisory Group for the pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy and is currently a member of the Global Partnership for AI as part of the Data Governance Working Group.

Research Interests

  • Evaluations of policy interventions
  • Aging, use and cost of health care services, and health care financing
  • Equity
  • Population data science

Current Projects

Affiliations and Awards

  • 2017 recipient of a UBC award for Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research
  • 2016 recipient of the Cortlandt JG Mackenzie Prize for Excellence in Teaching
  • Honorary Research Fellow, Swansea University, Wales, UK
  • Associate, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation
  • 2009/10 Commonwealth Fund Canadian Harkness Associate in Health Care Policy and Practice
  • Founding member, International Population Data Linkage Network
  • Statistics Canada Post-Doctoral Fellow
  • CIHR Post-Doctoral Fellow (declined)
  • CIHR Doctoral Research Award

Current Graduate Students

  • Andreea Bratu, PhD student, School of Population and Public Health
  • Olivia Brooks, MSc student, School of Population and Public Health
  • Mary Helmer-Smith, MSc student, School of Population and Public Health (with Sabrina Wong)
  • Jackson Loyal, PhD student, School of Population and Public Health
  • Jeffrey Morgan, PhD student, School of Population and Public Health (with Seonaid Nolan)

Courses Currently Taught

  • SPPH 531 Health Care Systems Analysis

Recent Publications

Maxwell CJ, Dayes L, Amuah JE, Hogan DB, Lane NE, McGrail KM, Gruneir A, Griffith LE, Chamberlain SA, Rutter EC, Corbett K, Hoben M. Coping Behaviors and Health Status During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Caregivers of Assisted Living Residents in Western Canada. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2022 Dec 22:S1525-8610(22)00995-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2022.12.017. Online ahead of print. Read more

Rudoler D, Peterson S, Stock D, Taylor C, Wilton D, Blackie D, Burge F, Glazier RH, Goldsmith L, Grudniewicz A, Hedden L, Jamieson M, Katz A, MacKenzie A, Marshall E, McCracken R, McGrail K, Scott I, Wong ST, Lavergne MR. Changes over time in patient visits and continuity of care among graduating cohorts of family physicians in 4 Canadian provinces. CMAJ. 2022 Dec 12;194(48):E1639-E1646. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.220439. Read more

Huang X, Lavergne MR, Peterson S, Ahuja M, McGrail K. Does using information on long-standing chronic conditions improve predictive performance of the ACG case-mix system? Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Sep 2022. Read more

Hedden L, McCracken RK, Spencer S, Narayan S, Gooderham E, Bach P, Boyd J, Chakanyuka C, Hayashi K, Klimas J, Law M, McGrail K, Nosyk B, Peterson S, Sutherland C, Ti L, Yung S, Cameron F, Fernandez R, Giesler A, Strydom N. Advancing virtual primary care for people with opioid use disorder (VPC OUD): a mixed-methods study protocol. BMJ Open. 2022 Sep 26;12(9):e067608. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067608. Read more

Tsui TCO, Zeitouny S, Bremner KE, Cheung DC, Mulder C, Croxford R, Del Giudice L, Lapointe-Shaw L, Mendlowitz A, Wong WWL, Perlis N, Sander B, Teckle P, Tomlinson G, Walker JD, Malikov K, McGrail KM, Peacock S, Kulkarni GS, Pataky RE, Krahn MD. Initial health care costs for COVID-19 in British Columbia and Ontario, Canada: an interprovincial population-based cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2022 Sep 20;10(3):E818-E830. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210328. Read more

Hoben M, Baumbusch J, B Hogan D, Gruneir A, A Chamberlain S, Corbett K, E Griffith L, McGrail KM, E Amuah J, E Lane N, J Maxwell C. Caregivers' Concerns About Assisted Living Residents' Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey Study. J Fam Nurs. 2022 Sep 20:10748407221124159. doi: 10.1177/10748407221124159. Online ahead of print. Read more

Lane NE, Hoben M, Amuah JE, Hogan DB, Baumbusch J, Gruneir A, Chamberlain SA, Griffith LE, McGrail KM, Corbett K, Maxwell CJ. Prevalence and correlates of anxiety and depression in caregivers to assisted living residents during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatr. 2022 Aug 12;22(1):662. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03294-y. Read more

Ndateba I, Wong ST, Beaumier J, Burge F, Martin-Misener R, Hogg W, Wodchis W, McGrail K, Johnston S. Primary care practice characteristics associated with team functioning in primary care settings in Canada: A practice-based cross-sectional survey. J Interprof Care. 2022 Jul 26:1-10. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2022.2099359. Online ahead of print. Read more

Moe J, Wang YE, Schull MJ, Dong K, McGregor MJ, Hohl CM, Holroyd BR, McGrail KM. Characterizing people with frequent emergency department visits and substance use: a retrospective cohort study of linked administrative data in Ontario, Alberta, and B.C., Canada. BMC Emerg Med. 2022 Jul 14;22(1):127. doi: 10.1186/s12873-022-00673-x. Read more

Braatu A, Helmer-Smith M, Mooney D, Yung S, McGrail KM. Medicare at a Crossroads: Myths and Realities 50 Years In: Conference Summary. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Jun 2022. Read more

Woods RR, Kliewer EV, McGrail KM, Spinelli JJ. Stage-Specific Risk of Breast Cancer among Canadian Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Women. J Immigr Minor Health. 2022 Jun 29. doi: 10.1007/s10903-022-01378-w. Online ahead of print. Read more

Strumpf E, Goldsmith L, King C, Lavergne R, McCracken R, McGrail K, Simon L. Measuring Access to and Quality of Primary Care in Quebec: Insights from Research on Patient Enrolment Policies. CIRANO. 2022 Jun 6;2022PE-04. https://doi.org/10.54932/TQSB2107. Read more

McGrail KM. Excess mortality, COVID-19 and health care systems in Canada. CMAJ. 2022 May 30;194(21):E741-E745. doi: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.220337. Read more

Peckham A, Saragosa M, King M, Roerig M, Shaw J, Bornstein S, McGrail K, Morris M, Young Y, Papenkov MV, Marchildon G. Policy programs and service delivery models for older adults and their caregivers: Comparing three provinces and two states. Health Soc Care Community. 2022 May 18. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13820. Online ahead of print. Read more

Schummers L, McGrail K, Darling EK, Dunn S, Gayowsky A, Kaczorowski J, Norman WV. A more accurate approach to define abortion cohorts using linked administrative data: an application to Ontario, Canada. International Journal of Population Data Science. 2022 Apr 29;7(1). Read more

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