Publications authored by CHSPR faculty and staff from 2009 to the present are listed here. Older peer-reviewed publications are usually available from individual journals and can be searched for using PubMed. Older reports published by CHSPR (from 1973) are available from the UBC Library cIRcle database. If you cannot find a specific publication, please contact us.
Latest publications
Hohl CM, McGrail K, Sobolev B. The effect of pharmacist-led medication review in high-risk patients in the emergency department: an evaluation protocol. CMAJ Open. 2015 Jan 13;3(1):E103-10. Read more
Homma Y, Saewyc E, Wong ST, Zumbo B. Sexual health and risk behaviour among East Asian adolescents in British Columbia. Can J Hum Sex. 2013;22(1):13-24. Read more
Browne AJ, Varcoe CM, Wong ST, Smye VL, Khan KB. Can ethnicity data collected at an organizational level be useful in addressing health and healthcare inequities? Ethn Health. 2014;19(2):240-54. Read more
Morgan SG, Daw JR, Thomson PA. Pharmaceuticals. In: Marchildon GP, Di Matteo L, editors. Bending the cost curve in health care: Canada's provinces in international perspective. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Higher Education Division; 2014. Read more
Homma Y, Zumbo BD, Saewyc EM, Wong ST. Psychometric evaluation of the 6-item version of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure with East Asian adolescents in Canada. Identity. 2014;14(1):1-18. Read more
Black C, Mooney D, Peterson S. Patient experiences with outpatient cancer care in British Columbia, 2012/13. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Jan 2014. Read more
Law MR, Kratzer J, Cheng L, Donovan S. Utilization patterns and reimbursement options for diabetes test strips in British Columbia. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; June 2014. Read more
Wong ST, Browne AJ, Varcoe C, Lavoie J, Fridkin A, Smye V, Godwin O, Tu D. Development of health equity indicators in primary health care organizations using a modified Delphi. PLoS One. 2014 Dec 5;9(12):e114563. Read more
Bryan S, Davis J, Broesch J, Doyle-Waters MM, Lewis S, McGrail K, McGregor MJ, Murphy JM, Sawatzky R, Dalzell K, Dawes M, Smith M. Choosing your partner for the PROM: a review of evidence on patient-reported outcome measures for use in primary and community care. Healthc Policy. 2014 Nov;10(2):38-51. Read more
Smolina K, Morgan S. The drivers of overspending on prescription drugs in Quebec. Healthc Policy. 2014 Nov;10(2):19-26. Read more
Terry AL, Stewart M, Fortin M, Wong ST, Kennedy M, Burge F, Birtwhistle R, Grava-Gubins I, Webster G, Thind A. Gaps in primary healthcare electronic medical record research and knowledge: findings of a pan-Canadian study. Healthc Policy. 2014;10(1):46-59. Read more
Zillich AJ, Snyder ME, Frail CK, Lewis JL, Deshotels D, Grove S, Dunham P, Jaynes H, and Sutherland J.M. A randomized controlled pragmatic trial of telephonic medication therapy management to reduce hospitalization in home health patients. Health Serv Res. 2014 Oct;49(5):1537-54. Read more
Wong ST, Manca D, Barber D, Morkem R, Khan S, Kotecha J, Williamson T, Birtwhistle R, Patten S. The diagnosis of depression and its treatment in Canadian primary care practices: an epidemiological study. CMAJ Open. 2014 Oct 1;2(4):E337-42. Read more
Homma Y, Wong ST, Zumbo BD, Saewyc EM. Ethnic Identity and Sexual Initiation Among East Asian Youth in Canada. J Immigr Minor Health. 2014 Sep 10. Read more
Law MR, Kratzer J, Dhalla IA. The increasing inefficiency of private health insurance in Canada. CMAJ. 2014 Sep 2;186(12):E470-E474. Read more
Williamson T, Green ME, Birtwhistle R, Khan S, Garies S, Wong ST, Natarajan N, Manca D, Drummond N. Validating the 8 CPCSSN case definitions for chronic disease surveillance in a primary care database of electronic health records. Ann Fam Med. 2014 Jul;12(4):367-72. d Read more
Wener E, McKendry R, Lewis S, Wu L, Wong S. Performance Anxiety: Can performance measurement and reporting help to improve Canadian healthcare? Conference Summary. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 2014. Read more
Stewart M, Wuite S, Ramsden V, Burge F, Beaulieu MD, Fortin M, Godwin M, Harris S, Reid G, Haggerty J, Brown JB, Thomas R, Wong S. Transdisciplinary understandings and training on research: successfully building research capacity in primary health care. Can Fam Physician. 2014 Jun;60(6):581-2. Read more
McGregor MJ, McGrail KM, Abu-Laban RB, Ronald LA, Baumbusch J, Andrusiek D, Cox MB. Emergency department visit rates and patterns in Canada's Vancouver coastal health region. Can J Aging. 2014 Jun;33(2):154-62. Read more
MacEntee MI, Wong ST, Smith A, Beattie BL, Brondani M, Bryant SR, Graf P, Soheilipour S. Oral healthcare challenges for older Punjabi-speaking immigrants. Can J Aging. 2014 Jun;33(2):196-207. Read more