Publications

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

Puyat JH, Daw JR, Cunningham CM, Law MR, Wong ST, Greyson DL, Morgan SG. Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of antipsychotic medication: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2013 Dec;48(12):1861-72. Read more

Wong ST, Farrally V. Implementation of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in British Columbia. Vancouver (BC): Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research; 2013. Read more

Morgan S, Smolina K, Mooney D, Raymond C, Bowen M, Gorczynski C, Rutherford K. Canadian Rx atlas. 3rd edition. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Dec 2013. Read more

Lavergne R, McGrail K, Peterson S, Sivananthan S, McKendry R, Mooney D. Defining and measuring full service family practice in BC, 1991-2006. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Aug 2013. Read more

Wong ST, Lavoie JG, Browne AJ, Macleod ML, Chongo M. Patient confidentiality within the context of group medical visits: is there cause for concern? Health Expect. 2013 Dec 9. Read more

Cheng AH, Sutherland JM. British Columbia's pay-for-performance experiment: part of the solution to reduce emergency department crowding? Health Policy. 2013 Nov;113(1-2):86-92. Read more

Balaban DY, Dhalla IA, Law MR, Bell CM. Private expenditures on brand name prescription drugs after generic entry.Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2013 Oct;11(5):523-9. Read more

Green ME, Wong ST, Lavoie JG, Kwong J, MacWilliam L, Peterson S, Liu G, Katz A. Admission to hospital for pneumonia and influenza attributable to 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 influenza in First Nations communities in three provinces of Canada. BMC Public Health. 2013 Oct 30;13:1029. Read more

Mintzes B, Lexchin J, Sutherland JM, Beaulieu MD, Wilkes MS, Durrieu G, Reynolds E. Pharmaceutical sales representatives and patient safety: a comparative prospective study of information quality in Canada, France and the United States. J Gen Intern Med. 2013 Oct;28(10):1368-75. Read more

Morgan SG, Thomson PA, Daw JR, Friesen MK. Canadian policy makers' views on pharmaceutical reimbursement contracts involving confidential discounts from drug manufacturers. Health Policy. 2013 Oct;112(3):248-54. Read more

Law MR, Kratzer J.  The road to competitive generic drug prices in Canada. CMAJ. 2013 Sep 17;185(13):1141-4. Read more

Housden L, Wong ST, Dawes M. Effectiveness of group medical visits for improving diabetes care: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ. 2013 Sep 17;185(13):E635-44. Read more

Kratzer J, McGrail K, Strumpf E, Law MR. Cost-control mechanisms in Canadian private drug plans. Healthc Policy. 2013 Aug;9(1):35-43. Read more

Sutherland JM, Crump TR.  Alternative level of care: Canada's hospital beds, the evidence and options. Healthc Policy. 2013 Aug;9(1):26-34. Read more

Kozhimannil K, Law MR, Peterson-Blauer C, Zhang F, Wharam JF. The impact of high-deductible health plans on men and women: an analysis of emergency department care. Med Care. 2013 Aug;51(8):639-45. Read more

Sivananthan SN, Puyat JH, McGrail KM. Variations in self-reported practice of physicians providing clinical care to individuals with dementia: a systematic review. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Aug;61(8):1277-85. Read more

Morgan S, Daw J, Law M. Rethinking Pharmacare in Canada. Toronto (ON): C.D. Howe Institute; Jun 2013. Commentary no.384. Read more

Haggerty JL, Lévesque JF, Hogg W, Wong S. The strength of primary care systems.  BMJ. 2013 Jun 13;346:f3777. Read more

Wong ST, Wu L, Boswell B, Housden L, Lavoie J. Strategies for moving towards equity in recruitment of rural and Aboriginal research participants. Rural Remote Health. 2013 Apr-Jun;13(2):2453. Read more

McGrail KM, Lilly MB, McGregor MJ, Broemeling AM, Salomons K, Peterson S, McKendry R, Barer ML. Health care services use in assisted living: a time series analysis. Can J Aging. 2013 Jun;32(2):173-83. Read more