CHSPR Reports

Reports authored by CHSPR faculty and staff and published by CHSPR 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.


Lavergne R, McGrail K, Peterson S, Sivananthan S, McKendry R, Mooney D. Defining and measuring full service family practice in BC, 1991-2006. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Aug 2013. Read more

Wong ST, Haggerty J. Measuring patient experiences in primary health care: a review and classification of items and scales used in publicly-available questionnaires.  Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; May 2013. Read more

McGrail KM, Lilly M, McGregor MJ, Broemeling A, Salomons K, Peterson S, McKendry R, Barer M. Who uses assisted living in British Columbia? : an initial exploration. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 2012. Read more

Sutherland JM. Estimating the marginal costs of hospitalizations: discussion paper. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Jun 2012. Read more

McGrail K. How do they do that?: what can we learn from Everett, Washington about improving quality and outcomes without increasing costs? Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Aug 2011. Read more

WorkSafeBC-CHSPR Research Partnership. Annual Report: 2009-2010. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Nov 2010. Read more

WorkSafeBC-CHSPR Research Partnership. The burden of asbestos-related disease in British Columbia: final workshop report, May 14, 2010 - Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 2010. Read more

Wong ST, MacDonald M, Valaitis RK, Kaczorowski J, Munroe V, Blatherwick J. An environmental scan of primary care and public health in the province of British Columbia: a series report. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Apr 2010. Read more

UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. Lost in knowledge translation?: innovations in health human resources policy : a summary of the 2010 CHSPR Health Policy Conference. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Mar 2010. Read more

McGrail KM, Broemeling AM, McGregor MJ, Salomons K, Ronald LA, McKendry R. Home health services in British Columbia: a portrait of users and trends over time. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Oct 2008. Read more

Watson D, Mooney D, McKendry R, Martin D, McLeod C, Regan S, Wong S. On the road to renewal: mapping primary health care in British Columbia. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Sept 2009. Read more

Morgan S, Cunningham C, Hanley G, Mooney D. The British Columbia medical and hospital atlas : a companion to the British Columbia Rx atlas, 2nd edition. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Sept 2009. Read more

Morgan S, Cunningham C, Hanley G, Mooney D. The British Columbia Rx atlas, 2nd edition. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Sept 2009. Read more

Watson D, Peterson S, Black CD. In pursuit of quality: opportunities to improve patient experiences in British Columbian emergency departments. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Jan 2009. Read more

Morgan S, Raymond C, Mooney D, Martin D. The Canadian Rx atlas, 2nd edition. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Dec 2008. Read more

Evans RG. Political arithmetick: physician productivity in concept and measurement: draft discussion paper. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Nov 2008. Read more

Morgan S, Mochrie C. Pharmaceutical innovation: can health and economic goals be met? Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; July 2008. Read more

Wong ST, Peterson S, Regan S, Watson DE, Black C. Understanding British Columbians’ experiences with primary health care: developing a sector-specific survey. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Sept 2007. Read more

Evans RG, McGrail KM, on behalf of the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. A written submission to the British Columbia Conversation on Health. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Aug 2007. Read more

Balma C, editor. Voices and choices: public engagement in health care policy: a summary of the 2007 health policy conference of the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; May 2007. Read more