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.
Pharmacists’ Perspectives on Delivery of Clinical Services and the Current Payment Model in British Columbia, Canada
Angela Pang, Mary H. Berger, Adam Easterbrook, Alexander C.T. Tam, Nick Bansback, Michael R. Law, Craig Mitton, Larry D. Lynd, Peter J. Zed, I Fan Kuo, L. Olivia Tseng and Wei Zhang
Commentary: Enhancing Health Data for Systems Change to Prevent Homelessness in Canada
Angela Russolillo
Pre-Release
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
Authentically and Effectively Addressing Migrant Health Needs
Akshaya Neil Arya
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