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.


Morgan S, Orr K, Mah C. Graduate Attributes for Master's Programs in Health Services and Policy Research: Results of a National Consultation. Healthc Policy. 2010 Aug;6(1):64-86. Read more

Birkmeyer JD, Gust C, Baser O, Dimick JB, Sutherland JM, Skinner JS. Medicare payments for common inpatient procedures: implications for episode-based payment bundling.  Health Serv Res. 2010 Dec;45(6 Pt 1):1783-95. Read more

Sanmartin C, McGrail K, Dunbar M, Bohm E. Using population data to measure outcomes of care: the case of hip and knee replacements. Health Rep. 2010 Jun;21(2):23-30. Read more

Lynam MJ, Loock C, Scott L, Wong ST, Munroe V, Palmer B. Social pediatrics: creating organizational processes and practices to foster health care access for children ‘at risk’. J Res Nurs. 2010 Jul;15(4):331-47. Read more

Song Y, Skinner J, Bynum J, Sutherland J, Wennberg JE, Fisher ES. Regional variations in diagnostic practices. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jul 1;363(1):45-53. Read more

Morgan S, Kennedy J. Prescription drug accessibility and affordability in the United States and abroad. Issue Brief (Commonw Fund). 2010 Jun;89:1-12. Read more

Fan JK, McLeod CB, Koehoorn M. Sociodemographic, clinical, and work characteristics associated with return-to-work outcomes following surgery for work-related knee injury. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2010 Jun;36(4):332-8. Read more

Leong VW, Morgan S, Wong ST, Hanley GE, Black C. Registration for public drug benefits across areas of differing ethnic composition in British Columbia, Canada. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010 Jun 17;10:171. Read more

Wong ST, Homma Y, Johnson JL, Saewyc E. The unmet health needs of East Asian high school students: are homestay students at risk? Can J Public Health. 2010 May-Jun;101(3):241-5. Read more

Hanley GE, Morgan S, Reid RJ. Explaining prescription drug use and expenditures using the adjusted clinical groups case-mix system in the population of British Columbia, Canada.  Med Care. 2010 May;48(5):402-8. Read more

Kling RN, McLeod CB, Koehoorn M. Sleep problems and workplace injuries in Canada. Sleep. 2010 May;33(5):611-8. Read more

Weeks WB, Gottlieb DJ, Nyweide DE, Sutherland JM, Bynum J, Casalino LP, Gillies RR, Shortell SM, Fisher ES. Higher health care quality and bigger savings found at large multispecialty medical groups.  Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 May;29(5):991-7. Read more

Evans RG. Tough on crime? Pfizer and the CIHR. Healthc Policy. 2010 May;5(4):16-25. Read more

Smith PM, Stock SR, McLeod CB, Koehoorn M, Marchand A, Mustard CA. Research opportunities using administrative databases and existing surveys for new knowledge in occupational health and safety in Canada, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. Can J Public Health. 2010 Mar-Apr;101 Suppl 1:S46-52. Read more

Law MR, Lu CY, Soumerai SB, Graves AJ, LeCates RF, Zhang F, Ross-Degnan D, Adams AS. Impact of two Medicaid prior-authorization policies on antihypertensive use and costs among Michigan and Indiana residents dually enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare: results of a longitudinal, population-based study. Clin Ther. 2010 Apr;32(4):729-41; discussion 716. Read more

Poole B, Black C, Gelmon K, Kan L. Is Canadian women's breast cancer screening behaviour associated with having a family doctor? Can Fam Physician. 2010 Apr;56(4):e150-7. Read more

Gottlieb DJ, Zhou W, Song Y, Andrews KG, Skinner JS, Sutherland JM. Prices don't drive regional Medicare spending variations. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010 Mar-Apr;29(3):537-43. Read more

McGrail K, Law M, Hébert PC. No more dithering on e-health: let's keep patients safe instead. CMAJ. 2010 Apr 6;182(6):535. Read more

Sutherland JM, Hamm J, Hatcher J. Adjusting case mix payment amounts for inaccurately reported comorbidity data.  Health Care Manag Sci. 2010 Mar;13(1):65-73. Read more

Wong ST, Nordstokke D, Gregorich S, Pérez-Stable EJ. Measurement of social support across women from four ethnic groups: evidence of factorial invariance. J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2010 Mar;25(1):45-58. Read more