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.
Lavergne MR, Peterson S, McKendry R, Sivananthan S, McGrail K. Full-service family practice in British Columbia: policy interventions and trends in practice, 1991-2010. Healthc Policy. 2014 May;9(4):32-47. Read more
Barer ML, Evans RG, Hedden L. Two wings and a prayer: should Canada make it easier for Canadian doctors trained abroad to enter practice here? Healthc Policy. 2014 May;9(4):12-9. Read more
Barer ML, Evans RG, Hedden L. False hope for Canadians who study medicine abroad. CMAJ. 2014 Apr 15;186(7):552. 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
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
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
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
Law MR, Ma T, Fisher J, Sketris IS. Independent pharmacist prescribing in Canada. Can Pharm J (Ott). 2012 Jan;145(1):17-23.e1. Read more
McGrail KM, Evans RG, Barer ML, Kerluke KJ, McKendry R. Diagnosing senescence: contributions to physician expenditure increases in British Columbia, 1996/97 to 2005/06. Healthc Policy. 2011 Aug;7(1):41-54. Read more
McGregor MJ, Tate RB, Ronald LA, McGrail KM, Cox MB, Berta W, Broemeling AM. Trends in long-term care staffing by facility ownership in British Columbia, 1996 to 2006. Health Rep. 2010 Dec;21(4):27-33. Read more
Law MR, Morgan SG, Majumdar SR, Lynd LD, Marra CA. Effects of prescription adaptation by pharmacists. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010 Nov 17;10:313. Read more
UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. Lost in knowledge translation?: innovations in health human resources policy : a summary of the 2010 CHSPR Health Policy Conference. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Mar 2010. Read more
Evans RG, Schneider D, Barer M. Health Human Resources Productivity: What it is, how it’s measured, why (how you measure) it matters, and who’s thinking about it. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Health Services Research Foundation; Feb 2010. Read more
Evans RG, Barer ML, Schneider DG. Pharaoh and the Prospects for Productivity in HHR. Healthc Policy. 2010 Feb;5(3):17-26. Read more
Regan S, Wong ST, Watson DE. Public perspectives on health human resources in primary healthcare: context, choices and change. Healthc Policy. 2010 Feb;5(3):e162-72. Read more
Wong ST, Watson DE, Young E, Mooney D. Supply and distribution of primary healthcare registered nurses in British Columbia. Healthc Policy. 2009 Nov;5 Spec no:91-104. Read more
Watson DE, McGrail KM. More doctors or better care? Healthc Policy. 2009 Aug;5(1):26-31.Read more
Wong S, MacLeod M, Farrally V. Health human resource: scoping literature review and synthesis. Vancouver (BC): Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research; Jun 2009. Read more
Watson D, Black C, Peterson S, Mooney D, Reid RJ. Who are the primary health care physicians in British Columbia? 1996/97-2004/05. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Aug 2006. Read more
Wong ST, Watson DE, Young E, Mooney D, MacLeod M. Who are the primary health care registered nurses in British Columbia? Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Mar 2006. Read more