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
Law M. Canadians pay too much for generic drugs. In: Roos N, Manson Singer S, O’Grady K, Tapp C, Turczak S. Canadian health policy in the news: why evidence matters. University of Manitoba: Evidence Network, 2012; 334-37. Read more
Morgan SG, Thomson PA, Daw JR, Friesen MK, Dijkstra A. The public provision of pharmaceuticals: a synthesis of policies in ten developed countries. Vancouver (BC): Pharmaceutical Policy Research Collaboration; Dec 2012. Read more
McGrail KM, Lilly M, McGregor MJ, Broemeling A, Salomons K, Peterson S, McKendry R, Barer M. Who uses assisted living in British Columbia? : an initial exploration. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 2012. Read more
Bryan S, McGregor MJ, McGrail KM, Murphy JM, Kuramoto L, Poss J, Huang R. Does the on-site presence of a Registered Nurse (24 hours a day) in Saskatchewan long-term care facilities increase the quality of resident care? Vancouver (BC): Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute; 2012. Read more
Sivananthan SN, Peterson S, Lavergne R, Barer ML, McGrail KM. Designation, diligence and drift: understanding laboratory expenditure increases in British Columbia, 1996/97 to 2005/06. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012 Dec 21;12:472. Read more
Mills L, Wong ST, Bhagat R, Quail D, Triolet K, Weber T. Developing and sustaining leadership in public health nursing: findings from one British Columbia health authority. Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont). 2012 Dec;25(4):63-75. Read more
Liva SJ, Hall WA, Klein MC, Wong ST. Factors associated with differences in Canadian perinatal nurses' attitudes toward birth practices. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2012 Nov-Dec;41(6):761-73. Read more
McGrail K, Lewis S. Fraser Health: healthcare spending quantum analysis. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement; Nov 2012. Read more
Baker GR, DenisJ-L, Grudniewicz A, Black C. Fraser Health: exploring a model of clinical care management systems. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement; Nov 2012. Read more
McGrail K. Seniors will not bankrupt Canada's health system. Lancet. 2012 Nov 17;380(9855):1740. Read more
Evans RG. Putting some mustard into economic growth. Healthc Policy. 2012 Nov;8(2):14-22. Read more
Sutherland JM, Hellsten E, Yu K. Bundles: an opportunity to align incentives for continuing care in Canada? Health Policy. 2012 Oct;107(2-3):209-17. Read more
Martin-Misener R, Valaitis R, Wong ST, Macdonald M, Meagher-Stewart D, Kaczorowski J, O-Mara L, Savage R, Austin P; Strengthening Primary Health Care through Public Health and Primary Care Collaborations Team. A scoping literature review of collaboration between primary care and public health. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2012 Oct;13(4):327-46. Read more
Browne AJ, Varcoe CM, Wong ST, Smye VL, Lavoie J, Littlejohn D, Tu D, Godwin O, Krause M, Khan KB, Fridkin A, Rodney P, O'Neil J, Lennox S. Closing the health equity gap: evidence-based strategies for primary health care organizations. Int J Equity Health. 2012 Oct 13;11:59. Read more
Wong ST, Lynam MJ, Khan KB, Scott L, Loock C. The social paediatrics initiative: a RICHER model of primary health care for at risk children and their families. BMC Pediatr. 2012 Oct 4;12:158. Read more
Morgan SG, Cunningham C, Law MR. Drug development: innovation or imitation deficit? BMJ. 2012 Sep 4;345:e5880. Read more
Puyat JH, Law MR, Wong ST, Sutherland JM, Morgan SG. The essential and potentially inappropriate use of antipsychotics across income groups: an analysis of linked administrative data. Can J Psychiatry. 2012 Aug;57(8):488-95. Read more
Crump RT, Llewellyn-Thomas HA. The importance of measuring strength-of-preference scores for health care options in preference-sensitive care. J Clin Epidemiol. 2012 Aug;65(8):887-96. Read more
Morgan SG, Daw JR. Canadian pharmacare: looking back, looking forward. Healthc Policy. 2012 Aug;8(1):14-23. Read more
Valaitis R, Martin-Misener R, Wong ST, MacDonald M, Meagher-Stewart D, Austin P, Kaczorowski J, O-Mara L, Savage R; Strengthening Primary Health Care through Public Health and Primary Care Collaboration Team. Methods, strategies and technologies used to conduct a scoping literature review of collaboration between primary care and public health. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2012 Jul;13(3):219-36. Read more