Michael Law

Publications authored by Michael Law 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.


Rebić N, Cheng L, Law MR, Cragg JJ, Brotto LA, De Vera MA. Predictors of cost-related medication nonadherence in Canada: a repeated cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Community Health Survey. CMAJ. 2024 Nov 24;196(40):E1331-E1340. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.241024. Read more

Xie EC, Ali S, Law M, Allin S, Proaño D, Sander B. Equity of financial protection for health in high-income countries: scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2024 Nov 21;14(11):e081029. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081029. Read more

Kyomba GK, Law MR, Grépin KA, Mayaka SM, Mambu TN, Mbunga BK, Hategeka C, Mapatano MA, Konde JN, Ngo-Bebe D, Babakazo PD, Mafuta EM, Kiyombo GM. Barriers and facilitators to healthcare facility utilization by non-Ebola patients during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Glob Health Res Policy. 2024 Nov 19;9(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s41256-024-00387-6. Read more

Hardiman S, Fradet G, Kuramoto L, Law M, Robinson S, Sobolev B. The effect of coronary revascularization treatment timing on mortality in patients with stable ischemic heart disease in British Columbia. PLoS One. 2024 Oct 24;19(10):e0303222. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303222. eCollection 2024. Read more

Wickham ME, McGrail KM, Law MR, Cragg A, Hohl CM. Re-Exposure to Culprit Medication Following Adverse Drug Event Diagnosis in Canadian Emergency Department Patients: A Cohort Study. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2024 Sep;33(9):e70012. doi: 10.1002/pds.70012. Read more

Sharma K, Brophy S, Law M, Sriram V. Health worker protests and the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time-series analysis. Bull World Health Organ. 2024 Sep 1;102(9):650-656. doi: 10.2471/BLT.23.290330. Epub 2024 Jul 4. Read more

Johnson KM, Cheng L, Yin Y, Carter R, Chow S, Brigham E, Law MR. The Impact of Eliminating Out-of-Pocket Payments on Asthma Medication Use. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Aug 6. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202402-130OC. Online ahead of print. Read more

Gao C, Cho LL, Dhillon A, Kim S, McGrail K, Law MR, Sunderji N, Barbic S. Understanding the factors related to how East and Southeast Asian immigrant youth and families access mental health and substance use services: A scoping review. PLoS One. 2024 Jul 15;19(7):e0304907. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304907. eCollection 2024. Read more

Hardiman S, Fradet G, Kuramoto L, Law M, Robinson S, Sobolev B. The effect of treatment timing on repeat revascularization in patients with stable ischemic heart disease. JTCVS Open. 2024 Apr 22;19:164-174. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2024.04.009. eCollection 2024 Jun. Read more

Wickham ME, McGrail KM, Law MR, Cragg A, Hohl CM. Validating use of diagnostic codes in Canadian administrative data for identification of adverse drug events. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2024 Apr 11. doi: 10.1111/bcp.16067. Online ahead of print. Read more

Au SW, Law MR, Cheng L, McGrail K, Harrison M. The Impact of reference pricing on prescribing patterns, costs, and health services utilization of proton pump inhibitors: A quasi-experimental study in British Columbia, Canada. Health Policy. 2024 Apr 4;144:105061. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105061. Online ahead of print. Read more

Trenaman L, Guh D, Law MR, Cheng L, Harrison M. Effect of a billing code to reimburse nurse-supported rheumatology care on health care costs and access: an interrupted time series analysis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2024 Feb 25. doi: 10.1002/acr.25317. Online ahead of print. Read more

Law M, Clement F. National Pharmacare: Laying the Groundwork. IRPP Insight No. 51. Montreal: Institute for Research on Public Policy; February 2024. Read more

Wickham ME, McGrail KM, Law MR, Cragg A, Hohl CM. Validating methods used to identify non-adherence adverse drug events in Canadian administrative health data. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2024 Feb 6. doi: 10.1111/bcp.16014. Online ahead of print. Read more

Zeitouny S, McGrail K, Tadrous M, Wong ST, Cheng L, Law M. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on prescription drug use and costs in British Columbia: a retrospective interrupted time series study. BMJ Open. 2024 Jan 4;14(1):e070031. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070031. Read more

Rebić N, Law MR, Brotto LA, Cragg JJ, De Vera MA. The Intersectional Impact of Cost-Related Non-Adherence and Depression: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Canadian Community Health Survey by Sex, Race, and Indigeneity. Community Ment Health J. 2023 Nov 6. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01202-1. Online ahead of print. Read more

Johnson KM, Cheng L, Yin Y, Carter R, Chow S, Brigham E, Law MR. Impact of income-based public drug coverage deductibles on adherence to asthma medications. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2023 Oct 21:S1081-1206(23)01345-5. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2023.10.017. Online ahead of print. Read more

Itiola AJ, Cheng L, Zhang W, Gomes T, Shah BR, Law MR. The Impact of Blood Glucose Test Strips Reimbursement Limits on Utilization, Costs, and Health Care Use in British Columbia. Can J Diabetes. 2023 Aug 21:S1499-2671(23)00193-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2023.08.005. Online ahead of print. Read more

Zeitouny S, Cheng L, Wong ST, Tadrous M, McGrail K, Law MR. Prevalence and predictors of primary nonadherence to medications prescribed in primary care. CMAJ. 2023 Aug 8;195(30):E1000-E1009. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.221018. Read more

Cui Z, Karamouzian M, Law M, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Kerr T. The Impact of Longitudinal Substance Use Patterns on the Risk of Opioid Agonist Therapy Discontinuation: A Repeated Measures Latent Class Analysis. Int J Ment Health Addict. 2023 Jun. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01098-8. Read more