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.


Sutherland JM, Rajapakshe S, Crump T, Chartrand A, Liu G, Karimuddin A. Comparing patient-reported outcomes across countries: An assessment of methodological challenges. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2021 Feb 7:1355819621990696. Read more

Sutherland JM. The Mounting Opportunity Cost of Pivoting to COVID-19-Related Health Systems and Services Research. Healthc Policy. 2021 Feb;16(3):6-15. Read more

McKevitt E, Liu G, Warburton R, Dingee CK, Pao J, Bazzarelli A, Crump T, SutherlandJ. Patients Awaiting Mastectomy Report Increased Depression, Anxiety, and Decreased Quality of Life Compared to Patients Awaiting Lumpectomy for Treatment of Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Onc. 2021 Feb;28(SUPPL1):S67. Read more

Sutherland JM, Albanese CM, Wing K, Zhang YJ, Younger A, Veljkovic A, Penner M. Effect of Patient Demographics on Minimally Important Difference of Ankle Osteoarthritis Scale Among End-Stage Ankle Arthritis Patients. Foot Ankle Int. 2021 Jan 27:1071100720977842. Read more

Karimuddin A, Albanese M, Crump T, Liu G, Sutherland JM. Measuring the impact of delayed access to elective cholecystectomy through patient's cost-utility: An observational cohort study. Int J Qual Health Care. 2021 Jan 25;mzab018. Read more

Johnston S, Hogg W, Wong ST, Burge F, Peterson S. Differences in Mode Preferences, Response Rates, and Mode Effect Between Automated Email and Phone Survey Systems for Patients of Primary Care Practices: Cross-Sectional Study. J Med Internet Res. 2021 Jan 11;23(1):e21240. Read more

Holbrook AM, Wang M, Lee M, Chen Z, Garcia M, Nguyen L, Ford A, Manji S, Law MR. Cost-related medication nonadherence in Canada: a systematic review of prevalence, predictors, and clinical impact. Syst Rev. 2021 Jan 6;10(1):11. Read more

O'Doherty KC, Shabani M, Dove ES, Bentzen HB, Borry P, Burgess MM, Chalmers D, De Vries J, Eckstein L, Fullerton SM, Juengst E, Kato K, Kaye J, Knoppers BM, Koenig BA, Manson SM, McGrail KM, McGuire AL, Meslin EM, Nicol D, Prainsack B, Terry SF, Thorogood A, Burke W. Toward better governance of human genomic data. Nat Genet. 2021 Jan;53(1):2-8. Read more

Sutherland JM, Albanese CM, Crump T, Liu G, Karimuddin A. The minimally important difference of the Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index for symptomatic gallstone surgery. Surg Endosc. 2021 Jan 4. Online ahead of print. Read more

Yung S. Immigrant Status and Unmet Home Care Needs: Results from the Canadian Community Health Survey. J Immigr Minor Health. 2021 Jan 2. doi: 10.1007/s10903-020-01135-x. Online ahead of print. Read more

Moe J, O'Sullivan F, McGregor MJ, Schull MJ, Dong K, Holroyd BR, Grafstein E, Hohl CM, Trimble J, McGrail KM. Identifying subgroups and risk among frequent emergency department users in British Columbia. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2021 Jan 2;2(1):e12346. Read more

Stewart M, Fortin M, Brown JB, Ryan BL, Pariser P, Charles J, Pham TN, Boeckxstaens P, Reichert SM, Zou GY, Bhattacharya O, Katz A, Piccinini-Vallis H, Sampalli T, Wong ST, Zwarenstein M. Patient-centred innovation for multimorbidity care: a mixed-methods, randomised trial and qualitative study of the patients' experience. Br J Gen Pract. 2020 Dec 14:bjgp21X714293. Online ahead of print. Read more

Aaltonen M, El Adam S, Martin-Matthews A, Sakamoto M, Strumpf E, McGrail KM. Dementia and Poor Continuity of Primary Care Delay Hospital Discharge in Older Adults: A Population-Based Study From 2001 to 2016. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Dec 22:S1525-8610(20)31016-1. Online ahead of print. Read more

Sutherland JM. Health Services Research and Government’s Spending on Healthcare Programs: A Welcome Misalignment? Healthc Policy. 2020 Nov;16(2):6-13. Read more

Wong J, Milroy S, Sun K, Iorio P, Seto M, Monakova J, Sutherland JM. Reallocating Cancer Surgery Payments for Alternate Level of Care in Ontario: What Are the Options? Healthc Policy. 2020 Nov;16(2):41-54. Read more

Jerath A, Sutherland J, Austin PC, Ko DT, Wijeysundera HC, Fremes S, Karanicolas P, McCormack D, Wijeysundera DN. Delayed discharge after major surgical procedures in Ontario, Canada: a population-based cohort study. CMAJ. 2020 Nov 16;192(46):E1440-E1452. Read more

Dahl LT, Katz A, McGrail K, Diverty B, Ethier JF, Gavin F, McDonald JT, Paprica PA, Schull M, Walker JD, Wu J. The SPOR-Canadian Data Platform: a national initiative to facilitate data rich multi-jurisdictional research. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2020 Nov 9;5(1):1374. Read more

Qureshi D, Isenberg S, Tanuseputro P, Moineddin R, Quinn K, Meaney C, McGrail K, Seow H, Webber C, Fowler R, Hsu A. Describing the characteristics and healthcare use of high-cost acute care users at the end of life: a pan-Canadian population-based study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Oct 31;20(1):997. Read more

Hategeka C, Ruton H, Karamouzian M, Lynd LD, Law MR. Use of interrupted time series methods in the evaluation of health system quality improvement interventions: a methodological systematic review. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Oct;5(10):e003567. Read more

Sheehan KJ, Sobolev B, Guy P, Kim JD, Kuramoto L, Beaupre L, Levy AR, Morin SN, Sutherland JM, Harvey EJ; Canadian Collaborative Study on Hip Fractures. Variation in surgical demand and time to hip fracture repair: a Canadian database study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Oct 10;20(1):935. Read more