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Jason M. Sutherland, BA, MSc, PhD
Professor, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia,, Vancouver, BC
Senior Editor
François Béland, PHD
Professor, Department of Health Administration, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Member, Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé (GRIS), Co-Director, Groupe de recherche Université de Montréal–Université McGill sur les personnes âgées, Montréal, QC
Editors
Fiona Clement, PHD
Director, Health Technology Assessment Unit, Associate Professor, O’Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Raisa B. Deber, PHD
Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Joel Lexchin, MSC, MD
Professor Emeritus, School of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Health, York University, Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto ON.
Claude Sicotte, PHD
Professor, Department of Health Administration, Faculty of medicine, Université de Montréal, Researcher, Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé (GRIS), Montréal, QC
Sabrina Wong, RN, PhD, FAAN
Faculty, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Professor, UBC School of Nursing, Vancouver, BC
Contributing Editor
Steven Lewis
President, Access Consulting Ltd., Saskatoon (temporarily in Melbourne, Australia); Adjunct Professor of Health Policy, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
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Editorial Advisory Board
Toni Ashton
Associate Professor Health Economics, School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ
Luc Boileau, MD, MSC, FRCPC
President and Chief Executive Officer, Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de la Montérégie, Montréal, QC
Philip Davies
Government Social Research Unit, London, UK
Michael Decter
Founding and Former Chair, Health Council of Canada, Toronto, ON
Robert G. Evans
Professor, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia, Member, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Kenneth Fyke
Victoria, BC
Stefan Greß
Department of Health Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany
Chris Ham
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Health Services Management Centre, The University of Birmingham,, Birmingham, UK
Paul Lamarche
Professor, Departments of Health Administration & Social and Preventive Medicine, Director, GRIS, Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC
David Levine
Président directeur général, Agence de développement de réseaux locaux de services de santé et de services sociaux de Montréal-Centre, Montréal, QC
Chris Lovelace
Senior Manager, World Bank, Kyrgyz Republic Country Office, Central Asia Human Development, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
Theodore R. Marmor
Professor of Public Policy and Management, Professor of Political Science, Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT
Vicente Ortún
Economics and Business Department and Research Center on Health and Economics (CRES), Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain
Robin Osborn
Vice President and Director, International Program in Health Policy and Practice, Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY
Dorothy Pringle
Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Marc Renaud
Lisbon, Portugal (on sabbatical)
Jean Rochon
Expert associé, Systèmes de soins et services, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Foy, QC
Noralou P. Roos
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Professor, Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Richard Saltman
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Hon. Hugh D. Segal, CM
Senator, Kingston-Frontenac-Leeds, Ottawa, ON
Alan Wolfson
South Africa
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