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.
Dennis BB, Bowles J, Johnson C, De Wolfe T, Mundel E, Fast D, Boyd J, Fleury M, Bach P, Fairbairn N, Socías ME, Ti L, Hayashi K, DeBeck K, Milloy MJ, Felicella G, Morgan J, Eekhoudt CR, McGrail K, Richardson L, Ryan A, Mbuagbaw L, Guyatt G, Nolan S. Road to Recovery: protocol for a mixed-methods prospective cohort study evaluating the impact of a new model of substance use care in a Canadian setting. BMJ Open. 2024 Sep 17;14(9):e090608. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090608. 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
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
Staples JA, Ho M, Ferris D, Liu G, Brubacher JR, Khan M, Daly-Grafstein D, Tran KC, Sutherland JM. Physician financial incentives for use of outpatient intravenous antimicrobial therapy (OPAT): an interrupted time series analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 16:ciad082. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad082. Online ahead of print. Read more
McClean AR, Cheng L, Bansback N, Clement F, Tadrous M, Harrison M, Law MR. Uptake and spending on biosimilar infliximab and etanercept after new start and switching policies in Canada: An interrupted time series analysis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Feb 8. doi: 10.1002/acr.25099. Online ahead of print. Read more
Laba TL, Worthington HC, Cheng L, Chan FKI, Bansback N, Law MR. The impact of the Choosing Wisely Canada campaign on the simultaneous use of angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers: interrupted time-series analysis. CMAJ Open. 2022 Dec 13;10(4):E1059-E1066. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210185. Print 2022 Oct-Dec. Read more
Miregwa BN, Holbrook A, Law MR, Lavis JN, Thabane L, Dolovich L, Wilson MG. The impact of OHIP+ pharmacare on use and costs of public drug plans among children and youth in Ontario: a time-series analysis. CMAJ Open. 2022 Sep 27;10(3):E848-E855. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210295. Read more
Strumpf E, Goldsmith L, King C, Lavergne R, McCracken R, McGrail K, Simon L. Measuring Access to and Quality of Primary Care in Quebec: Insights from Research on Patient Enrolment Policies. CIRANO. 2022 Jun 6;2022PE-04. https://doi.org/10.54932/TQSB2107. Read more
Peckham A, Saragosa M, King M, Roerig M, Shaw J, Bornstein S, McGrail K, Morris M, Young Y, Papenkov MV, Marchildon G. Policy programs and service delivery models for older adults and their caregivers: Comparing three provinces and two states. Health Soc Care Community. 2022 May 18. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13820. Online ahead of print. Read more
McClean AR, Law MR, Harrison M, Bansback N, Gomes T, Tadrous M. Uptake of biosimilar drugs in Canada: analysis of provincial policies and usage data. CMAJ. 2022 Apr 19;194(15):E556-E560. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.211478. Read more
McKay M, Lavergne MR, Lea AP, Le M, Grudniewicz A, Blackie D, Goldsmith LJ, Marshall EG, Mathews M, McCracken R, McGrail K, Wong S, Rudoler D. Government policies targeting primary care physician practice from 1998-2018 in three Canadian provinces: A jurisdictional scan. Health Policy. 2022 Mar 17:S0168-8510(22)00063-X. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.03.006. Online ahead of print. Read more
Duncan R, Cheng L, Law MR, Shojania K, De Vera MA, Harrison M. The impact of introducing multidisciplinary care assessments on access to rheumatology care in British Columbia: an interrupted time series analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Mar 11;22(1):327. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07715-x. Read more
Marshall EG, Breton M, Green M, Edwards L, Ayn C, Smithman MA, Ryan Carson S, Ashcroft R, Bayoumi I, Burge F, Deslauriers V, Lawson B, Mathews M, McPherson C, Moritz LR, Nesto S, Stock D, Wong ST, Andrew M. CUP study: protocol for a comparative analysis of centralised waitlist effectiveness, policies and innovations for connecting unattached patients to primary care providers. BMJ Open. 2022 Mar 7;12(3):e049686. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049686. Read more
Mathews M, Ryan D, Randall E, Marshall EG, Goldsmith LJ, Jones L, Lavergne MR, Snadden D, Scott I, Wong ST, Stringer K, Horrey K, Grudniewicz A. "At the mercy of some of the regulations": the impact of the residency match and return of service requirement on the early-career decisions of international medical graduates in Canada. Hum Resour Health. 2022 Feb 4;20(1):15. doi: 10.1186/s12960-022-00709-0. Read more
Sutherland J. Health Care Funding Policies for Reducing Fragmentation and Improving Health Outcomes. Calgary, AB: The School of Public Policy Publications Research Paper. 2021 Dec;14(37).Read more
Sutherland J, Redfern K, Mooney D. Value in Healthcare: Evolution or Revolution? Conference Summary. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 2019. Read more
McGrail K, Ahuja M, Huang X, Law M, Wong S, Harrison M, McGregor M, Berg S, Bryan S, Mitton C. An Evaluation of the Accelerated Integrated Primary and Community Care Initiatives. Vancouver, BC: UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; April 2019. Read more
Law MR, Cheng L, Worthington H, Majumdar SR, McGrail KM, Chan F, Laba TL, Mamdani M. Impact of a household-level deductible on prescription drug use among lower-income adults: a quasi-experimental study. CMAJ Open. 2019 Mar 29;7(1):E167-E173. Read more
Hategeka C, Ruton H, Law MR. Effect of a community health worker mHealth monitoring system on uptake of maternal and newborn health services in Rwanda. Glob Health Res Policy. 2019 Mar 22;4:8. Read more
Ruton H, Musabyimana A, Gaju E, Berhe A, Grépin KA, Ngenzi J, Nzabonimana E, Law MR. The impact of an mHealth monitoring system on health care utilization by mothers and children: an evaluation using routine health information in Rwanda. Health Policy Plan. 2018 Aug 28. [Epub ahead of print] Read more