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. Reversing the Stigma around Canada’s Poor-Performing Healthcare Systems. Healthcare Policy. 2023 Aug;19(1):8-22. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2023.27162. Read more

Dev R, Behlouli H, Parry M, Raparelli V, Norris CM, Pilote L; GOING-FWD Consortium. The impact of sex and gender on metabolic syndrome in adults: a retrospective cohort study from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN). Can J Diabetes. 2023 Sep 1:S1499-2671(23)00216-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjd.2023.08.008. Online ahead of print. Read more

Wallace A, Martin A, Bédard A, Pitre C, Lemieux S, Randall Simpson JA, Kirkpatrick SI, Hutchinson JM, Williams TE, Westaway AM, Lamarche B, Day M, Guenther PM, Jessri M, L'Abbé MR, Louzada ML, Olstad DL, Prowse R, Reedy J, Vatanparast H, Vena JE, Haines J. Development of the Canadian Eating Practices Screener to assess eating practices based on 2019 Canada's Food Guide recommendations. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2023 Aug 30. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0081. Online ahead of print. Read more

Hedden L, Spencer S, Allin S, Contandriopoulos D, Gavin F, Grudniewicz A, Lavergne MR, Leaver C, Lexchin J, McKay M, Mathews M, McCracken RK, McGrail K, Palmer KS, Poitras ME, Rudoler D, Spithoff S, Vanstone M. For health or for profit? Understanding how private financing and for-profit delivery operate within Canadian healthcare (4H|4P): protocol for a multimethod knowledge mobilisation research project. BMJ Open. 2023 Aug 21;13(8):e077783. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077783. 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

Sasseville M, Supper W, Gartner JB, Layani G, Amil S, Sheffield P, Gagnon MP, Hudon C, Lambert S, Attisso E, Bureau Lagarde V, Breton M, Poitras ME, Pluye P, Roux-Levy PH, Plaisimond J, Bergeron F, Ashcroft R, Wong S, Groulx A, Beaudet N, Paquette JS, D'Anjou N, Langlois S, LeBlanc A. Clinical Integration of Digital Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Primary Health Care for Chronic Disease Management: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Aug 18;12:e48155. doi: 10.2196/48155. Read more

Lavergne MR, Rudoler D, Peterson S, Stock D, Taylor C, Wilton AS, Wong ST, Scott I, McGrail KM, McCracken RK, Marshall EG, MacKenzie A, Katz A, Jamieson M, Hedden L, Grudniewicz A, Goldsmith LJ, Glazier RH, Burge F, Blackie D. Changes in comprehensiveness of services delivered by Canadian family physicians: Analysis of population-based linked data in 4 provinces. Can Fam Physician. 2023 Aug;69(8):550-556. doi: 10.46747/cfp.6908550. Read more

Zeitouny S, Cheng L, Wong ST, Tadrous M, McGrail K, Law MR. Prevalence and predictors of primary nonadherence to medications prescribed in primary care. CMAJ. 2023 Aug 8;195(30):E1000-E1009. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.221018. Read more

Hedden L, McGrail K. The best defence is a good offence: Ensuring equitable access to primary care in Canada. Healthc Manage Forum. 2023 Jul 27:8404704231182260. doi: 10.1177/08404704231182260. Online ahead of print. Read more

Bubela T, Flood CM, McGrail K, Straus SE, Mishra S. How Canada's decentralised covid-19 response affected public health data and decision making. BMJ. 2023 Jul 24;382:e075665. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-075665. Read more

Menear M, Duhoux A, Bédard M, Paquette JS, Baron M, Breton M, Courtemanche S, Dubé S, Dufour S, Fortin M, Girard A, Larouche-Côté É, L'Espérance A, LeBlanc A, Poitras ME, Rivet S, Sasseville M, Achim A, Archambault P, Bajurny V, Brown JB, Carrier JD, Côté N, Couturier Y, Dogba MJ, Gagnon MP, Ghio SC, Marshall EG, Kothari A, Lussier MT, Mair FS, Smith S, Vachon B, Wong S. Understanding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the care experiences of people with mental-physical multimorbidity: protocol for a mixed methods study. BMC Prim Care. 2023 Jul 24;24(1):154. doi: 10.1186/s12875-023-02106-5. Read more

Marquis SN, McGrail KM, Lunsky Y, Baumbusch J. The Use of Medically Required Dental Services by Youth with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities in British Columbia, Canada. J Can Dent Assoc. 2023 Jul;89:n7. Read more

Hoben M, Hogan DB, Poss JW, Gruneir A, McGrail K, Griffith LE, Chamberlain SA, Estabrooks CA, Maxwell CJ. Comparing quality of care outcomes between assisted living and nursing homes before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Jul 10. doi: 10.1111/jgs.18499. Online ahead of print. Read more

Grant A, Roy-Gagnon MH, Bastasic J, Talekar A, Jessri M, Li G, Buhrmann R, Freeman EE. Alcohol Consumption, Genetic Risk, and Intraocular Pressure and Glaucoma: The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023 Jul 3;64(10):3. doi: 10.1167/iovs.64.10.3. Read more

King M, Peckham A, Marani H, Roerig M, Yung S, McGrail K, Young Y, Shaw J, Marchildon G. Gaps in the System: Supporting People Living with Dementia. J Aging Soc Policy. 2023 Jul 2:1-21. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2023.2226341. Online ahead of print. Read more

Wong ST, Morkem R, Salman A, Barber D, Leis JA. Value in Primary Care: Evidence from the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network. Healthcare Policy. 2023 May;18(4):57-71. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2023.27093. Read more

Sutherland JM. A Problem of Money and Health: The Need for Value in Healthcare. Healthcare Policy. 2023 May;18(4):8-17. doi:10.12927/hcpol.2023.27097. Read more

Cui Z, Karamouzian M, Law M, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Kerr T. The Impact of Longitudinal Substance Use Patterns on the Risk of Opioid Agonist Therapy Discontinuation: A Repeated Measures Latent Class Analysis. Int J Ment Health Addict. 2023 Jun. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01098-8. Read more

Sutherland JM, Crump RT, Karimuddin AA, Liu G, Wing K, Janjua A, Isaac K. Case mix-based changes in health status: A prospective study of elective surgery patients in Vancouver, Canada. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2023 Jun 11:13558196231182630. doi: 10.1177/13558196231182630. Online ahead of print. Read more

Garrison SR, Kelmer M, Korownyk T, Kolber MR, Allan GM, Bakal J, Singer A, Katz A, Mcalister F, Padwal RS, Lewanczuk R, Hill MD, McGrail K, O'Neill B, Greiver M, Manca DP, Mangin D, Wong ST, Kirkwood JEM, McCormack JP, Yeung JMS, Green L. Tolerability of bedtime diuretics: a prospective cohort analysis. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 6;13(6):e068188. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068188. Read more