Healthcare Policy
Healthcare policy research and translation. Peer reviewed. For health system policy makers, decision makers, academics and students. Authors come from a broad range of disciplines including healthcare, social sciences, humanities, ethics, law, management sciences, and knowledge translation. Average time to initial decision is two to three weeks. Average time to first review is 12 weeks. Edited by Dr. Jason Sutherland, Director, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
Barriers and Solutions to Healthcare Access for Immigrants in Canada
Michael Y. Guo, Ahmer A. Karimuddin, Michael Bond and Jason M. Sutherland
Electronic Access to and Exchange of Patient Information Among Physicians Practising in Canada
Waldo Beausejour, Bobby Gheorghiu, Owen Adams, Rashaad Bhyat and Simon Hagens
Pre-Release
Healthcare Partnerships, Medical Scandals and Canada’s Lack of Transparency in Pharmaceutical Donations
Sharon Batt
Wildfire Evacuation Lessons from La Ronge, a Northern Saskatchewan Site: Physician Debriefings
Max Karnitsky, Jeffrey DC Irvine, Daniel Irvine and Veronica McKinney
Use of Publicly Reported Surgical Wait Time Information by Community Family Physicians in Toronto, Canada
Olivia J.S. Varkul, Noah Ivers, Julie L. Takata, Vasily Giannakeas and David R. Urbach
A Population-based Comparison of Wait-times for Common Elective General Surgery Procedures between Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in British Columbia.
Michael Y. Guo, Christine Li, Ahmer A. Karimuddin and Jason M. Sutherland
Lack of transparency in pharmaceutical industry payments to Canadian physicians and patient groups
Joel Lexchin
Unlocking Surgical Capacity Through Collectable Time: A Multi-Level Policy Framework for Canadian Health Systems
Jean-Pierre Eskander and Trevor Bardell