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.


Evans RG. Fat zombies, Pleistocene tastes, autophilia and the "obesity epidemic". Healthc Policy. 2006 Nov;2(2):18-26. Read more

Sutherland JM, Preyra C. A mixture model approach to updating payment weights with an application to ICD-10 implementation.  Health Care Manag Sci. 2006 Nov;9(4):349-57. Read more

Morgan S, Evans RG, Hanley GE, Caetano PA, Black C. Income-based drug coverage in British Columbia: lessons for BC and the rest of Canada. Healthc Policy. 2006 Nov;2(2):115-27. Read more

McGregor MJ, Tate RB, McGrail KM, Ronald LA, Broemeling AM, Cohen M. Care outcomes in long-term care facilities in British Columbia, Canada. Does ownership matter? Med Care. 2006 Oct;44(10):929-35. Read more

Morgan SG, McMahon M, Mitton C, Roughead E, Kirk R, Kanavos P, Menon D. Centralized drug review processes in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Clin Ther. 2006 Aug;28(8):1217-24. Read more

Evans RG. From world war to class war: the rebound of the rich. Healthc Policy. 2006 Jul;2(1):14-24. Read more

Black C. The research collective: a model for developing timely, contextually relevant and dynamic approaches to research synthesis? Healthc Policy. 2006 May;1(4):76-81. Read more

Evans RG, Cardiff K, Sheps S. High reliability versus high autonomy: Dryden, Murphy and patient safety. Healthc Policy. 2006 May;1(4):12-20. Read more

Morgan SG. Prescription drug expenditures and population demographics. Health Serv Res. 2006 Apr;41(2):411-28. Read more

Evans RG. The blind men, the elephant and the CT scanner. Healthc Policy. 2006 Mar;1(3):12-8. Read more

Wong ST, Kao C, Crouch JA, Korenbrot CC. Rural American Indian Medicaid health care services use and health care costs in California. Am J Public Health. 2006 Feb;96(2):363-70. Read more

Wong ST, Yoo GJ, Stewart AL. The changing meaning of family support among older Chinese and Korean immigrants. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2006 Jan;61(1):S4-9. Read more

Evans RG. Kafka, New Orleans, the OARs and the KT boundary: reverse the flow of Kafka's fable of the Imperial Message and you have the problem of Knowledge Transfer--the message is not getting through. Healthc Policy. 2006 Jan;1(2):14-20. Read more

Evans RG. Economic ideology or economic interests: why is American health care so different? Open Spaces. 2005;8(1):16-21. Read more

Wong ST, Yoo GJ, Stewart AL. Examining the types of social support and the actual sources of support in older Chinese and Korean immigrants. Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2005;61(2):105-21. Read more

Law M, Wilson K, Eyles J, Elliott S, Jerrett M, Moffat T, Luginaah I. Meeting health need, accessing health care: the role of neighbourhood. Health Place. 2005 Dec;11(4):367-77. Read more

Barer M. Evidence, interests and knowledge translation: reflections of an unrepentant zombie chaser. Healthc Q. 2005;8(1):46-53, 2. Read more

Wong ST, Gildengorin G, Nguyen T, Mock J. Disparities in colorectal cancer screening rates among Asian Americans and non-Latino whites. Cancer. 2005 Dec 15;104(12 Suppl):2940-7. Read more

Wong ST, Galbraith A, Kim S, Newacheck PW. Disparities in the financial burden of children's healthcare expenditures. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Nov;159(11):1008-13. Read more

Morgan SG, Bassett KL, Wright JM, Evans RG, Barer ML, Caetano PA, Black CD. "Breakthrough" drugs and growth in expenditure on prescription drugs in Canada. BMJ. 2005 Oct 8;331(7520):815-6.Read more