Journal Articles

Peer-reviewed journal articles 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.


King C, Lavergne MR, McGrail K, Strumpf EC; Quebec-British Columbia Patient Enrolment Project Team. Reporting a regular medical doctor index: A new measure of patient-physician affiliation for health administrative data. PLoS One. 2024 Dec 2;19(12):e0314381. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314381. eCollection 2024. Read more

van Gaal SC, Alimohammadi A, Karim ME, Zhang W, Sutherland J. Investigation of treatment delay in a complex healthcare process using physician insurance claims data: an application to symptomatic carotid artery stenosis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Nov 29;24(1):1507. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11860-w. Read more

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

Emerson SD, McLinden T, Sereda P, Yonkman AM, Trigg J, Peterson S, Hogg RS, Salters KA, Lima VD, Barrios R. Secondary use of routinely collected administrative health data for epidemiologic research: Answering research questions using data collected for a different purpose. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2024 Nov 19;9(1):2407. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2407. eCollection 2024. 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

Hoben M, Shrestha S, Dampf H, Hogan DB, McGrail K, Knopp-Sihota J, Maxwell CJ. Association Between Organizational Context and Resident Pain in Assisted Living: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2024 Nov;39(11):e70005. doi: 10.1002/gps.70005. 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

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

McGrail KM, Teng J, Bentley C, O'Doherty KC, Burgess MM. Research data use in a digital society: a deliberative public engagement. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2024 Oct 14;9(1):2372. doi: 10.23889/ijpds.v9i1.2372. eCollection 2024. Read more

Sutherland JM. Engaging Canadians in Health Policy Is No Trivial Matter. Healthc Policy. 2024 Sep;20(SP):6-9. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2024.27418. Read more

Bond M, Charest-Morin R, Street J, Fisher C, Dea N, Singh S, Paquet J, Abraham E, Bailey C, Weber M, Nataraj A, Attabib N, Kelly A, Rampersaud R, Manson N, Phan P, Thomas K, Soroceanu A, LaRue B, Ahn H, Marion T, Christie S, Glennie A, Zhi W, Hall H, Sutherland JM. The Influence of Wait Time on Surgical Outcomes in Elective Lumbar Degenerative Spine Conditions: A Retrospective Multicentre Cohort Study. Global Spine J. 2024 Sep 25:21925682241287463. doi: 10.1177/21925682241287463. Online ahead of print. Read more

Jacobs AC, Jessri M. Canadian Dietary Intakes Assessed by Nutrient Profiling Models and Association with Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease. Can J Diet Pract Res. 2024 Sep 24:1-8. doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2024-017. Online ahead of print. 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

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

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

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

Clement F, Sutherland JM. Spending on Healthcare: What Is the Right Number? Healthc Policy. 2024 Aug;19(4):6-18. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2024.27379. 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

Hudon C, Chouinard MC, Doucet S, Piccinini-Vallis H, Fairman K, Sampalli T, Zed J, Brodeur M, Chênevert D, Dépelteau A, Dupont M, Karam M, Légaré F, Luke A, Macdonald M, Morvannou A, Ramsden VR, Rodriguez Del Barrio L, Wong ST, Lambert M, Bisson M, Schwarz C, Benoit R, Poirier MD, Rock-Hervieux AL, Rubenstein D, Wilhelm L. Case management in primary healthcare for people with complex needs to improve integrated care: a large-scale implementation study protocol. BMJ Open. 2024 Aug 12;14(8):e083783. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083783. Read more