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.
Bond M, Beresford A, Noonan VK, Rotem-Kohavi N, Kwon BK, Liu G, Sutherland JM. Longitudinal healthcare utilization among traumatic spinal cord injury patients: a 20 year retrospective study using population-based data. BMC Health Serv Res. 2025 Dec 15. doi: 10.1186/s12913-025-13895-z. Online ahead of print. Read more
Yusuf FLA, Karim ME, Sutherland JM, Zhu F, Zhao Y, Marrie RA, Tremlett H. Injury Preceding the Classical Recognition of Multiple Sclerosis: A Population-Based Study. Ann Epidemiol. 2025 Dec 5:S1047-2797(25)00340-0. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.11.008. Online ahead of print. Read more
Marchand K, Liu G, Hastings KG, Palis H, Mathias S, Sutherland JM, Barbic S. The multidimensional social ecological needs and service utilization patterns of youth using non-medical prescription opioids: an observational study of routinely collected data in a provincial integrated youth services initiative. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2025 Nov 26;20(1):51. doi: 10.1186/s13011-025-00682-6. Read more
Barbic SP, Warren C, Marchand K, Beggs T, Tsou S, Smit B, Lockhart L, Turuba R, Mathias S, Ben-David S. "My Day is Already Planned Out Before I Even Get to Choose it": Using Youth-Oriented Research to Understand and Measure What Matters to Youth Aged 12-15 Years and the Implications for Mental Health Services. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2025 Nov 10. doi: 10.1007/s10578-025-01926-z. Online ahead of print. Read more
Guo M, Mourad N, Karimuddin A, Sutherland JM. A population-based exploration of immigrants undergoing general surgery procedures in British Columbia: Do immigrants present for emergency surgeries more than non-immigrants? Health Policy. 2025 Aug 5;161:105410. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105410. Online ahead of print. Read more
Trenaman L, Guh D, Bryan S, McGrail K, Karim ME, Sawatzky R, Yu M, Parker M, Wheeler K, Harrison M. Can patient-reported data improve predictions about who will be a high-need, high-cost patient in British Columbia? Qual Life Res. 2025 Jul 9. doi: 10.1007/s11136-025-04008-8. Online ahead of print. Read more
Yusuf FLA, Karim ME, Sutherland JM, Zhu F, Zhao Y, Marrie RA, Tremlett H. Heterogeneity in health care pathways preceding the classical recognition of adult-onset multiple sclerosis: A multichannel state sequence analysis. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2025 Jun 25;102:106595. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2025.106595. Online ahead of print. Read more
Yusuf FLA, Karim ME, Sutherland JM, Zhu F, Zhao Y, Marrie RA, Tremlett H. Informative patterns of health care utilization preceding the recognition of adult-onset multiple sclerosis: A population-based study. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2025 Jun 1;101:106560. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2025.106560. Online ahead of print. Read more
Heybati K, Satkunasivam R, Aminoltejari K, Thomas HS, Salles A, Coburn N, Wright FC, Gotlib Conn L, Luckenbaugh AN, Ranganathan S, Riveros C, Sutherland J, McCartney C, Armstrong K, Bass B, Detsky AS, Jerath A, Wallis CJD. Surgeon Sex and Postoperative Resource Utilization: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Ann Surg Open. 2025 May 2;6(2):e569. doi: 10.1097/AS9.0000000000000569. eCollection 2025 Jun. Read more
Trenaman L, Guh D, McGrail K, Karim ME, Sawatzky R, Bryan S, Li LC, Parker M, Wheeler K, Harrison M. Longitudinal trajectories of healthcare costs among high-need high-cost patients: a population-based retrospective cohort study in British Columbia, Canada. BMJ Open. 2025 Apr 25;15(4):e089693. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089693. Read more
Vijh R, Waheed Z, Peterson S, Bunka M, Pang N, Edwards L, Ghanbarian S, Wong G, Cressman S, Riches L, Austin J, Bryan S, Hoens A, McGrail K. Relationship between pharmacotherapy for major depressive disorder and healthcare utilisation in British Columbia, Canada: a retrospective population-based cohort. BMJ Open. 2024 Dec 20;14(12):e078287. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078287. 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
Lavoie JG, Clark W, McDonnell L, Toor J, Nickel N, Anang P, Kusugak MA, Evaluardjuk-Palmer T, Brown N, Voisey Clark G, Wong S, Sanguins J. Inuit mental health service utilisation in Manitoba: results from the qanuinngitsiarutiksait study. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2024 Dec;83(1):2413228. doi: 10.1080/22423982.2024.2413228. Epub 2024 Oct 14. Read more
Hoben M, Maxwell CJ, Ubell A, Doupe MB, Goodarzi Z, Allana S, Beleno R, Berta W, Bethell J, Daly T, Ginsburg L, Rahman AS, Nguyen H, Tate K, McGrail K. EXploring Patterns of Use and Effects of Adult Day Programs to Improve Trajectories of Continuing Care (EXPEDITE): Protocol for a Retrospective Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Aug 30;13:e60896. doi: 10.2196/60896. Read more
Marquis S, Lunsky Y, McGrail KM, Baumbusch J. Fetal alcohol syndrome and population level health care usage in British Columbia, Canada. Disabil Health J. 2024 Aug 14:101684. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101684. 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
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
Ow N, Marchand K, Liu G, Mallia E, Mathias S, Sutherland J, Barbic SP. Patterns of service utilization among youth with substance use service need: a cohort study. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy. 2023 Nov 3;18(1):62. doi: 10.1186/s13011-023-00572-9. Read more
Zeitouny S, Cheung DC, Bremner KE, Pataky RE, Pequeno P, Matelski J, Peacock S, Del Giudice ME, Lapointe-Shaw L, Tomlinson G, Mendlowitz AB, Mulder C, Tsui TCO, Perlis N, Walker JD, Sander B, Wong WWL, Krahn MD, Kulkarni GS. The impact of the early COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare system resource use and costs in two provinces in Canada: An interrupted time series analysis. PLoS One. 2023 Sep 8;18(9):e0290646. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0290646. eCollection 2023. 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