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.


Cunningham CM, Hanley GE, Morgan SG. Income inequities in end-of-life health care spending in British Columbia, Canada: A cross-sectional analysis, 2004-2006. Int J Equity Health. 2011 Mar 16;10:12. Read more

Schmid AA, Kroenke K, Hendrie HC, Bakas T, Sutherland JM, Williams LS. Poststroke depression and treatment effects on functional outcomes. Neurology. 2011 Mar 15;76(11):1000-5. Read more

Chafe R, Culyer A, Dobrow M, Coyte PC, Sawka C, O'Reilly S, Laing K, Trudeau M, Smith S, Hoch JS, Morgan S, Peacock S, Abbott R, Sullivan T. Access to cancer drugs in Canada: looking beyond coverage decisions. Healthc Policy. 2011 Feb;6(3):27-36. Read more

Alderman AK, Bynum J, Sutherland J, Birkmeyer N, Collins ED, Birkmeyer J. Surgical treatment of breast cancer among the elderly in the United States. Cancer. 2011 Feb 15;117(4):698-704. Read more

Lu CY, Law MR, Soumerai SB, Graves AJ, LeCates RF, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D, Adams AS. Impact of prior authorization on the use and costs of lipid-lowering medications among Michigan and Indiana dual enrollees in Medicaid and Medicare: results of a longitudinal, population-based study. Clin Ther. 2011 Jan;33(1):135-44. Read more

Kirkham TL, Koehoorn MW, McLeod CB, Demers PA. Surveillance of mesothelioma and workers' compensation in British Columbia, Canada. Occup Environ Med. 2011 Jan;68(1):30-5. Read more

Fransoo R, Marchessault G, Black C, DeCoster C. Panning for population gold: 20 years of research at MCHP. Healthc Policy. 2011 Jan;6(Sp):80-82. Read more

Morgan S, Boothe K. Prescription drug subsidies in Australia and New Zealand. Aust Prescriber 2010;33(1):2-4. Read more

Morgan SG, Cunningham CM, Hanley GE. Individual and contextual determinants of regional variation in prescription drug use: an analysis of administrative data from British Columbia.  PLoS One. 2010 Dec 29;5(12):e15883. Read more

McGregor MJ, Tate RB, Ronald LA, McGrail KM, Cox MB, Berta W, Broemeling AM. Trends in long-term care staffing by facility ownership in British Columbia, 1996 to 2006.  Health Rep. 2010 Dec;21(4):27-33. Read more

Evans RG, Barer ML, Hertzman C, Roos NP, Wolfson M. Why are some books important (and others not)? Can J Public Health. 2010 Nov-Dec;101(6):433-5. Read more

Morgan S, Cunningham CM. Listening for prescriptions: a national consultation on pharmaceutical policy issues. Healthc Policy. 2010 Nov;6(2):48-66. Read more

Greyson DL, Becu AR, Morgan SG. Sex, drugs and gender roles: mapping the use of sex and gender based analysis in pharmaceutical policy research. Int J Equity Health. 2010 Nov 19;9:26. Read more

Evans RG. The TSX gives a short course in health economics: it's the prices, stupid!  Healthc Policy. 2010 Nov;6(2):13-23. Read more

Pomey MP, Morgan S, Church J, Forest PG, Lavis JN, McIntosh T, Smith N, Petrela J, Martin E, Dobson S. Do provincial drug benefit initiatives create an effective policy lab? The evidence from Canada. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2010 Oct;35(5):705-42. Read more

Cunningham CM, Hanley GE, Morgan S. Patterns in the use of benzodiazepines in British Columbia: examining the impact of increasing research and guideline cautions against long-term use.  Health Policy. 2010 Oct;97(2-3):122-9. Read more

Lander B, Hanley GE, Atkinson-Grosjean J. Clinician-scientists in Canada: barriers to career entry and progress.  PLoS One. 2010 Oct 4;5(10). pii: e13168. Read more

Law M, Grépin KA. Is newer always better? Re-evaluating the benefits of newer pharmaceuticals. J Health Econ. 2010 Sep;29(5):743-50. Read more

Ng E, McGrail KM, Johnson JA. Hospitalization risk in a type 2 diabetes cohort. Health Rep. 2010 Sep;21(3):29-35. Read more

Anderson JM, Browne AJ, Reimer-Kirkham S, Lynam MJ, Rodney P, Varcoe C, Wong S, Tan E, Smye V, McDonald H, Baumbusch J, Khan KB, Reimer J,Peltonen A, Brar A. Uptake of critical knowledge in nursing practice: lessons learned from a knowledge translation study. Can J Nurs Res. 2010 Sep;42(3):106-22. Read more