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Select Standing Committee on Health
List of Documents/References Received for Stage-1
of the Select Standing Committee on Health Inquiry, 2011-12 |
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Brief outlining relevant research received June 21, 2011 |
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Andrea M. Kowaz, Ph.D., R.Psych, Registrar, College of Psychologists of British Columbia |
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College of Psychologists of British Columbia, Integrating Psychology into Primary Healthcare: We can’t afford not to!, Brief, June 20, 2011 |
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Peer-reviewed study received December 3, 2011 |
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Franklin White, MD, Pacific Health & Development Sciences, Inc.; Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University |
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Franklin White and Debra Nanan, “A Conversation on Health in Canada: Revisiting Universality and the Centrality of Primary Healthcare,” Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, Vol.32, 2 (2009): 141-149. |
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Research report received December 4, 2011 |
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Upkar Singh Tatlay, BC Institute for Co-operative Studies, University of Victoria |
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Upkar Singh Tatlay, Cory Rushton, Kristen Sinats, and Kathleen Gabelmann, Rainbow Community Health Co-operative: A Case Study (January 2002). |
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Research report received December 5, 2011 |
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Dr. Perry Kendall, OBC, MBBS, MSc, FRCPC, Provincial Health Officer for BC |
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Perry Kendall, Investing in Prevention: Improving Health and Creating Sustainability, BC Office of the Provincial Health Officer(September 2010). |
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Research report received December 14, 2011 |
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Andrew Ramlo, Executive Director, Urban Futures |
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Andrew Ramlo and Ryan Berlin, Sustainable: British Columbia’s Health Care System and Our Aging Population, Report 78 (June 2010). |
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Peer-reviewed study received December 18, 2011 |
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Graham Lowe, Ph.D., President, The Graham Lowe Group Inc. |
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Graham Lowe and Ben Chan, “Using Common Work Environment Metrics to Improve Performance in Healthcare Organizations,” Healthcare Papers, Vol.10, 3 (2010): 8-23. |
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Peer-reviewed studies and research papers received December 19, 2011 |
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Neena Chappell, Ph.D., FRSC,
Canada Research Chair, Social Gerontology; Professor, Centre on Aging and Department of Sociology, UVic; President, Canadian Association of Gerontology |
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Marcus J. Hollander, Neena L. Chappell, Michael J. Prince, and Evelyn Shapiro, “Providing Care and Support for an Aging Population: Briefing Notes on Key Policy Issues,” Healthcare Quarterly, Vol.10, 3 (2007): 34-45. |
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Neena L. Chappell and Marcus J. Hollander, “An Evidence-Based Policy Prescription for an Aging Population,” Healthcare Papers, Vol.11, 1 (2011): 8-18. |
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Neena Chappell and Marcus Hollander, “The Authors Respond” Healthcare Papers, Vol.11, 1 (2011): 86-91. |
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Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF), Better With Age: Health Systems Planning For The Aging Population - Synthesis Report, Ottawa, July 2011. |
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Neena Chappell and Marcus Hollander, Enhancing Compassionate Care for the Elderly: A Systems Perspective, Presentation to the Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassionate Care, (November 9, 2010): 1-23. |
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Marcus J. Hollander, Jo Ann Miller, Margaret MacAdam, Neena Chappell, and David Pedlar, “Increasing Value for Money in the Canadian Healthcare System: New Findings and the Case for Integrated Care for Seniors,” Healthcare Quarterly, Vol.12, 1 (2009): 38-47. |
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Marcus J. Hollander and Michael J. Prince, “Organizing Healthcare Delivery Systems for Persons with Ongoing Care Needs and Their Families: A Best Practices Framework,” Healthcare Quarterly, Vol.11, 1 (2007): 42-52. |
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Margaret MacAdam, Frameworks of Integrated Care for the Elderly: A Systematic Review, Canadian Policy Research Networks, Research Report, April 2008. |
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Marcus J. Hollander, Guiping Liu, and Neena L. Chappell, “Who Cares and How Much? The imputed economic contribution to the Canadian healthcare system of middle-aged and older unpaid caregivers providing care to the elderly,” Healthcare Quarterly, Vol.12, 2 (2009): 42-49. |
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Research report and peer-reviewed studies received December 19, 2011 |
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Steve Morgan, Ph.D., Associate Director, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, UBC; Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC; President, Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research |
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Canadian Institute of Health Information, Health Care Cost Drivers: The Facts, November 3, 2011. |
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Steven G. Morgan, “Prescription Drug Expenditures and Population Demographics,” Health Research and Educational Trust, Vol.41, 2 (April 2006): 411-428. |
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Steven Morgan and Colleen Cunningham, “Population Aging and the Determinants of Healthcare Expenditures: The Case of Hospital, Medical and Pharmaceutical Care in British Columbia, 1996 to 2006,” Healthcare Policy, Vol.7, 1 (2011): 68-79. |
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Research report and references received January 4, 2012 |
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Michael M. Rachlis, MD, MSc FRCPC LLD (Honoris Causa); Health Policy Consultant; Associate Professor (status only), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto |
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Hugh Mackenzie and Michael Rachlis, The Sustainability of Medicare, The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, Ottawa, August 2010. |
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Michael Rachlis, Demographics, aging and financial sustainability, PowerPoint presentation delivered at the Better With Age: Health Systems Planning for the Aging Population – A Regional Roundtable Series, Calgary, October 7, 2010. |
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Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSR), Better With Age: Health Systems Planning for the Aging Population – A Regional Roundtable Series: Report on the British Columbia and Alberta Regional Roundtable, Calgary, October 7, 2010; June 2011. |
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CHSR, Better With Age: Health Systems Planning for the Aging Population – A Regional Roundtable Series: Report on the National Roundtable, Ottawa, October 20, 2010; June 2011. |
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Research reports received January 4, 2012 |
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Barbara Kaminsky, Chair, BC Healthy Living Alliance, CEO, Canadian Cancer Society, BC & Yukon; Mary Collins, Director, BC Healthy Living Alliance Secretariat |
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BC Healthy Living Alliance, Healthy Living Initiatives 2007 to 2010, Vancouver, BC, October 2010. |
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BC Healthy Living Alliance, Recommendations for Tackling Overweight and Obesity in BC Submission to the BC Government, Vancouver, BC, May 2010. |
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BC Healthy Living Alliance, Healthy Futures for BC Families: Policy Recommendations for Improving the Health of British Columbians, Vancouver, BC, September 2009. |
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Summary report received January 11, 2011 |
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Dr. Nasir Jetha, President, British Columbia Medical Association (BCMA) |
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BCMA, Charting the course: Designing British Columbia’s health care system for the next 25 years, prepared for the Select Standing Committee on Health, January 2012. |
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Research reports received January 11 and 13, 2012 |
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Seth Klein, MA, Director, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), BC Office; Co-chair, BC Poverty Reduction Coalition; Board member, Columbia Institute Centre for Civic Governance; Advisor, Instructor, Next Up |
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Marcy Cohen, Margaret MacGregor, Iglika Ivanova, and Chris Kinkaid, Beyond the Hospital Walls: Activity Based Funding Versus Integrated Health Care Reform, CCPA, BC Office, January 2012. |
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Marc Lee, Is BC’s Health Care System Sustainable: A Closer Look at the Costs of Aging and Technology, CCPA, BC Office, November 2006. |
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Alan Cassels, Jaclyn van Wiltenburg, and Wendy Armstrong, What's in a Scan? How well are consumers informed about the benefits and harms related to screening technology (CT and PET scans) in Canada?, CCPA, BC Office, March 2009 |
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Alicia Priest, Michael Rachlis, and Marcy Cohen, Why Wait? Public Solutions to Cure Surgical Waitlists, CCPA, BC Office, May 2007. |
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Marcy Cohen, Jeremy Tate, and Jennifer Baumbusch, An Uncertain Future for Seniors: BC's Restructuring of Home and Community Care, 2001-2008, CCPA, BC Office, April 2009. |
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Marcy Cohen, Nancy Hall, Janice Murphy, and Alicia Priest, Innovations in Community Care: From Pilot Project to System Change, CCPA, BC Office, April 2009. |
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Iglika Ivanova, The Cost of Poverty in BC, CCPA, BC Office, July 2011. |
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Marcy Cohen, Arlene McLaren, Zena Sharman, Stuart Murray, Merrilee Hughes, and Aleck Ostry, From Support to Isolation: The High Cost of BC’s Declining Home Support Services, CCPA, BC Office, June 2006. |
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Marcy Cohen, Janice Murphy, Kelsey Nutland, and Aleck Ostry, Continuing Care Renewal or Retreat?: BC Residential and Home Health Care Restructuring 2001-2004, CCPA, BC Office, April 2005. |
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Research reports received January 12, 2011 |
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Maureen O’Neil, O.C., President, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) |
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Livio Di Matteo and Rosanna Di Matteo, The Fiscal Sustainability of Canadian Publicly Funded Healthcare Systems and the Policy Response to the Fiscal Gap, CHSRF, Series of reports on financing models: Paper 5, January 2012. |
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Alexandra Constant, Stephen Petersen, Charles D. Mallory, and Jennifer Major, Research synthesis on cost drivers in the health sectors and proposed policy options, CHSRF, Series on cost drivers and health system efficiency: Paper 1, February 2011. |
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CHSRF, The Aging Population is to Blame for Uncontrollable Healthcare Costs, Mythbusters, February 2011. |
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Peer-reviewed studies received January 12, 2012 |
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Margaret J. McGregor, BA (McG.), MD, MHSc (Br.Col.), CCFP, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, UBC, Research Associate, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, UBC, Research Associate, Vancouver Coastal Health, Centre for Clinical and Evaluative Epidemiology |
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Margaret J. McGregor and Lisa A. Ronald, Residential Long-Term Care for Canadian Seniors Nonprofit, For-Profit or Does It Matter? IRPP, No.14, January 2011. |
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Margaret McGregor, Dan Pare, Areta Wong, Michelle B. Cox, Penny Brasher, “Correlates of a ‘do not hospitalize’ designation: in a sample of frail nursing home residents in Vancouver,” Canadian Family Physician, Vol.56, 11 (November 2010): 1158-1164. |
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Margaret J. McGregor, Robert B. Tate, Kimberlyn M. McGrail, Lisa A. Ronald, Anne-Marie Broemeling, and Marcy Cohen, “Care Outcomes in Long-Term Care Facilities in British Columbia, Canada: Does Ownership Matter?” Med Care, Vol.44, 10 (October 2006): 929-935. |
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Research reports received January 12, 2012 |
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Drew McArthur, Chair, Board of Directors,
The Arthritis Society, BC & Yukon Division |
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Arthritis in British Columbia, prepared by the Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit for The Arthritis Society, April 2010. |
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Arthritis Alliance of Canada, The Impact of Arthritis in Canada: Today and Over the Next 30 Years, Fall (October 27) 2011. |
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Life with Arthritis in Canada: A personal and public health challenge, Public Health Agency of Canada, 2010. |
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Arthritis and Osteoporosis Service Framework, The Arthritis Society; Osteoporosis Canada, BC Division; Pre-Final Draft, Prepared in Collaboration with Regional and Community Stakeholders, September 15, 2008. |
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List of references received January 12, 2011 |
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Lew MacDonald, Coordinator, BC Health Coalition |
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Robert G. Evans, Sustainability of health care: Myths and facts, Medicare.ca, June 2010. |
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Frank T. Denton and Byron G. Spencer, “Chronic health conditions: Changing prevalence in an aging population and some implications for the delivery of health care services,” Canadian Journal on Aging, Vol.29, 1 (2010): 11-21. |
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Canadian Union of Public Employees, Residential Long Term Care in Canada: Our Vision for Better Seniors' Care (October 2009). |
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Greg Flanagan, Crisis? What Crisis? Public health care affordability in Alberta, Parkland Institute (June 2009). |
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Iglika Ivanova, Towards An Enhanced and More Accessible Home Support System for BC's Seniors, CCPA BC Office (May 2009). |
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CCPA, Claims and Facts About Home and Community Health Care in BC, Fact Sheet (April 2009). |
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Charmaine Spencer et al., National Snapshot: Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults in Institutions, Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, prepared for the national project: A Way Forward: Promoting Promising Approaches to Abuse Prevention in Institutional Settings (May 2008). |
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Charmaine Spencer, An Introduction to Canadian Laws and Regulations to Protect Adults in Institutional Care Settings from Abuse and Neglect: British Columbia, Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, prepared for the national project: A Way Forward: Promoting Promising Approaches to Abuse Prevention in Institutional Settings (2008). |
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Martin Kitchener, Janis O’Meara, Ab Brody, Hyang Yuol Lee, and Charlene Harrington, “Shareholder value and the performance of a large nursing home chain,” Health Research and Educational Trust, Vol.43, 3 (June 2008): 1062-1084. |
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BCMA, Bridging the Islands - Rebuilding BC's Home & Community Health Care System, Policy Paper (May 2008). |
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Charlene Harrington and John A. Hartford, Trends in Nursing Home Ownership and Quality, US House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, November 15, 2007. |
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Robert G. Evans, Economic Myths and Political Realities: The Inequality Agenda and the Sustainability of Medicare, Working Paper, CHSPR (July, 2007). |
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Kimberlyn M. McGrail, Margaret J. McGregor, Marcy Cohen, Robert B. Tate, and Lisa A. Ronald, “For-profit versus not-for-profit delivery of long-term care,” Commentary, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol.176, 1 (January 2, 2007): 57-58. |
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Michael P. Hillmer, Walter P. Wodchis, Sudeep S. Gill, Geoffrey M. Anderson, and Paula A. Rochon, “Nursing home profit status and quality care: is there any evidence of an association?” Medical Care Research and Review, Vol.62, 2 (April 2005): 139-166. |
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John F. Schnelle, Sandra F. Simmons, Charlene Harrington,
Mary Cadogan, Emily Garcia, and Barbara M. Bates-Jensen, “Relationship of nursing home staffing to quality of care,” HSR: Health Services Research, Vol.39, 2 (April 2004): 225-250. |
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Robert G. Evans and Morris Barer, “Health Care in Canada: Organization, Financing and Access,” Issues for the 21st Century Think Social Harmony Canada-Japan Social Policy Symposium (June 22-23, 2001), Osaka: Kwansei Gakunin, 2002. |
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Robert G. Evans, Interpreting and Addressing Inequalities in Health: From Black to Acheson to Blair to…?: 7th annual lecture, London: Office of Health Economics (2002). |
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Robert G. Evans, “Financing health care: taxation and the alternatives,” Funding Health Care: Options for Europe, Eds. Elias Mossialos, Anna Dixon, Josep Figueras, and Joe Kutzin, Philadelphia: Open University Press, 2002: 31-58. |
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Marcus Hollander and Neena Chappell, Final report of the national evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of home care, National Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Home Care, Synthesis Report, Prepared for the Health Transition Fund, Health Canada, Victoria, BC, 2002. |
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Kimberlyn M. McGrail, Robert G. Evans, Morris L. Barer,
Samuel B. Sheps, Clyde Hertzman, and Arminee Kazanjian, "The Quick and the Dead: The Utilization of Hospital Services in British Columbia, 1969-1995/96," HRS: Health Services Research, Vol.35, 6 (February 2001): 1319-1338. |
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Michael Rachlis, Robert G. Evans, Patrick Lewis, and Morris L. Barer, Revitalizing Medicare: Shared Problems, Public Solutions, Prepared for the Tommy Douglas Institute, Vancouver, BC: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, January 2001. |
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Robert G. Evans, Kimberlyn M. McGrail, Steven G. Morgan, Morris L. Barer, and Clyde Hertzman, “Apocalypse No: Population Aging and the Future of Health Care Systems,” Canadian Journal on Aging, Vol.20, 1 (2001): 160-191. |
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Robert G. Evans, Health for All or Wealth for Some? Conflicting Goals in Health Care Reform, CHSPR, Health Policy Research Unit 98: 12D (October 1998), revised and based on proceedings of the Eighth Annual Forum on Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, April 20-24, 1998. |
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Summary report and peer-reviewed study received January 13, 2012 |
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Dr. John Millar, MHSc, MD, former Executive Director, Population Health Surveillance, BC Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA); Board Member, Public Health Association of BC |
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Dr. John Millar, Sustainability of the Health Care System, prepared for the Public Health Association of BC and endorsed by the Health Officers Council of BC and First Call, BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, January 13, 2012. |
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Bobby Milstein, Jack Homer, Peter Briss, Deron Burton, and Terry Pechacek, “Why Behavioral and Environmental Interventions are Needed to Improve Health at Lower Cost,” Health Affairs, Vol.30, 5 (2011): 823-832. |
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Research proposal received January 13, 2012 |
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Dr. Deborah Roberts, Ph.D., Professor, Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Associate Director, Graduate Studies and Research, UBC Okanagan |
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Deborah Roberts, Gord Lovegrove, Julie Johnson, and Craig Hostland, Sustainable Indoor Environments: Addressing consequential sickness from indoor mould exposure utilizing policy to effect change in the provision of health care, prepared for the Select Committee for Health Sustainability, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia – Okanagan, January 13, 2012. |
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Research reports and peer-reviewed studies received January 13, 2011 |
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Danielle Martin, CCFP, MD, Women's College Hospital; Chair, Canadian Doctors for Medicare; Toronto Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto |
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Canadian Doctors for Medicare, Neat, Plausible and Wrong: The Myth of Health Care Unsustainability, Toronto, Ontario, February 2011. |
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Kimberlyn M. McGrail, Robert G. Evans, Morris Barer, Kerry J. Kerluke, and Rachael McKendry, “Diagnosing Senescence: Contributions to Physician Expenditure Increases in British Columbia, 1996/97 to 2005/06,” Healthcare Policy, Vol.7, 1 (2011): 41-54. |
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Unto Häkkinen, Pekka Martikainen, Anja Noro, Elina Nihtilä, and Mikko Peltola, “Aging, health expenditure, proximity to death, and income in Finland,” Health Economics, Policy and Law, Vol.3, 2 (April 2008): 165-195. |
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Andreas Werblow, Stefan Felder, and Peter Zweifel, “Population ageing and health care expenditure: a school of ‘red herrings’?” Health Economics, Vol.16, 10 (October 2007): 1109-1126. |
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European Commission, Healthy ageing: keystone for a sustainable Europe – EU health policy in the context of demographic change, Health & Consumer Protection Directorate-General, Discussion Paper, January, 2007. |
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Chapin White, “Health Care Spending Growth: How Different Is The United States From The Rest Of The OECD?” Health Affairs, Vol.26, 1 (2007): 154-161. |
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Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, and Michelle I. Banker, “The Effect Of Population Aging On Future Hospital Demand,” Health Affairs, Vol.25, 3 (2006): 141-149. |
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Johan J. Polder, Jan J. Barendregt, and Hans van Oers, “Health care costs in the last year of life - The Dutch experience,” Social Science & Medicine, Vol.63, 7 (October 2006): 1720-31. |
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Helle Wallach Kildemoes, Terkel Christiansen, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen, Ivar Sønbø Kristiansen, and Morten Andersen, “The impact of population ageing on future Danish drug expenditure,” Health Policy, Vol.75, 3 (February 2006): 298-311. |
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Alastair Gray, Population Ageing and Health Care Expenditure, Ageing Horizons, Oxford Institute of Ageing, No.2 (2005): 15-20. |
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Ellen Meara, Chapin White, and David M. Cutler, “Trends In Medical Spending By Age, 1963-2000,” Health Affairs, Vol.21, 4 (2004): 176-183. |
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Uwe E. Reinhardt, “Does The Aging Of The Population Really Drive The Demand For Health Care?” Health Affairs, Vol.22, 6 (2003): 27-39. |
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Stefan Felder, Markus Meier, and Horst Schmitt, “Health care expenditure in the last months of life,” Journal of Health Economics, Vol.19, 5 (September 2000): 679-95. |
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Peter Zweifel, Stefan Felder, and Markus Meiers, “Ageing of population and health care expenditure: a red herring?” Health Economics, Vol.8, 6 (September 1999): 485-496. |
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Research reports and peer-reviewed studies received January 13, 2011 |
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Ciprian Jauca, Program Coordinator, Therapeutics Initiative, UBC; Managing Editor, Cochrane Hypertension Review Group |
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The submission from the UBC Therapeutics Initiative provides articles and research reports from a variety of perspectives and covering the following alphabetized issue areas:
A. Examples of evidence-based publications from the Therapeutics Initiative:
Jennifer Berg Hrachovec, Marc Mora, James M. Wright, et al., “Reporting of 6-Month vs 12-Month Data in a Clinical Trial of Celecoxib,” Journal of American Medical Association, Vol.286, 19 (November 21, 2001): 2398-2403.
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B. Trends in utilization of prescription drugs:
Colin R. Dormuth, Richard L. Morrow, Greg Carney, “Trends in Health Care Utilization in British Columbia Following Public Coverage for Tiotropium,” Value In Health, Vol.14 (2011): 600-606. |
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Colin R. Dormuth, Jesse Yamaguchi, Brett Wilmer, David Hosick, Til Stürmer, Greg Carney, “Comparative Health-Care Cost Advantage of Ipratropium over Tiotropium in COPD Patients,” Value In Health (2012).
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C. Influence of prescription drug advertising and marketing on potentially or proven inappropriate use of drugs:
Barbara Mintzes, Steve Morgan, and James M. Wright, “Twelve Years’ Experience with Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs in Canada: A Cautionary Tale,” PLoS ONE, Vol.4, 5 (May 2009): 1-7. |
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Marc-André Gagnon and Joel Lexchin, “The Cost of Pushing Pills: A New Estimate of Pharmaceutical Promotion Expenditures in the United States,” PLoS Medicine, Vol.5, 1 (January 2008): 29-33. |
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Adriane Fugh-Berman and Shahram Ahari, “Following the Script: How Drug Reps Make Friends and Influence Doctors,” PLoS Medicine, Vol.4, 4 (April 2007): 621-625. |
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Samuel D. Krumholz, David S. Egilman, and Joseph S. Ross, “Study of Neurontin: Titrate to Effect, Profile of Safety (STEPS) Trial: A Narrative Account of a Gabapentin Seeding Trial,” Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol.171, 12 (June 27, 2011): 1100-1107. |
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Kevin P. Hill, Joseph S. Ross, David S. Egilman, and Harlan M. Krumholz, “The ADVANTAGE Seeding Trial: A Review of Internal Documents,” Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol.149 (2008): 251-258. |
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Michael A. Steinman, Lisa A. Bero, Mary-Margaret Chren, and C. Seth Landefeld, “Narrative Review: The Promotion of Gabapentin: An Analysis of Internal Industry Documents,” Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol.145 (2006): 284-293. |
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Michael A. Steinman, G. Michael Harper, Mary-Margaret Chren, C. Seth Landefeld, and Lisa A. Bero, “Characteristics and Impact of Drug Detailing for Gabapentin,” PLoS Medicine, Vol.4, 4 (April 2007): 743-751.
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D. Bias, fraudulent or misleading publication of clinical trials:
Natalie McGauran, Beate Wieseler, Julia Kreis, Yvonne-Beatrice Schüler, Heike Kölsch, and Thomas Kaiser, “Reporting bias in medical research - a narrative Review,” Trials, Vol11, 37 (2010): 1-15. |
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S. Swaroop Vedula, Lisa Bero, Roberta W. Scherer, and Kay Dickersin, “Outcome Reporting in Industry-Sponsored Trials of Gabapentin for Off-Label Use,” The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol.361, 20 (November 12, 2009): 1963-1971. |
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Erick H. Turner, Annette M. Matthews, Eftihia Linardatos, Robert A. Tell, and Robert Rosenthal, “Selective Publication of Antidepressant Trials and Its Influence on Apparent Efficacy,” The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol.358, 3 (January 17, 2008): 252-260. |
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Glen I. Spielmans and Peter I. Parry, “From Evidence-based Medicine to Marketing-based Medicine: Evidence from Internal Industry Documents,” Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Vol.7, 1 (2010): 13-29. |
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Aaron S. Kesselheim, David M. Studdert, and Michelle M. Mello, “Whistle-Blowers’ Experiences in Fraud Litigation against Pharmaceutical Companies,” The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol.362, 19 (May 13, 2010): 1832-1839. |
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Catherine D. DeAngelis and Phil B. Fontanarosa, “Ensuring Integrity in Industry-Sponsored Research: Primum Non Nocere, Revisited,” Journal of American Medical Association, Editorial, Vol.303, 12 (2010): 1196-1198. |
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E. Jane Garland, “Facing the evidence: antidepressant treatment in children and adolescents,” Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol.170, 4 (February 17, 2004): 489-491.
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E. Influential guidelines are often not based on scientific evidence:
Allen F. Shaughnessy and David C. Slawson, “What happened to the valid POEMs? A survey of review articles on the treatment of type 2 diabetes,” British Medical Journal, Vol.327, (July/August 2003): 1-7. |
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Alejandro R. Jadad, Matthew J. To, Mahamed Emara, and Jennifer Jones, “Consideration of Multiple Chronic Diseases in Randomized Controlled Trials,” Journal of American Medical Association, Research Letter, Vol.306, 24 (December 28, 2011): 2670-2672. |
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Daniel W. Coyne, “Influence of Industry on Renal Guideline Development,” Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol.2, 1 (January 2007): 3-7. |
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Gerald Gartlehner et al., “Comparative Benefits and Harms of Second-Generation Antidepressants for Treating Major Depressive Disorder,” Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol.55, 11 (December 6, 2011): 772-785. |
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Ronald Klein, “Intensive treatment of hyperglycaemia: ACCORD,” The Lancet, Vol.376, 9739 (August 7, 2010): 391-392. |
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The ACCORD Study Group, “Effects of Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus,” The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol.362 (2010): 1575-1585. |
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Peter M. Nilsson, “ACCORD and Risk-Factor Control in Type 2 Diabetes,” The New England Journal of Medicine, Editorial, Vol.362 (April 29, 2010): 1628-1630. |
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John S. Yudkin, Kasia J. Lipska, and Victor M. Montori, “The idolatry of the surrogate,” British Medical Journal, Vol.343 (December 28, 2011): 1-3.
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F. Polypharmacy versus rational therapeutics:
Simon Maxwell, “Good prescribing: better systems and prescribers needed,” Canadian Medical Association Journal, Commentary, Vol.182, 6 (April 6, 2010): 540-541. |
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Doron Garfinkel and Derelie Mangin, “Feasibility Study of a Systematic Approach for Discontinuation of Multiple Medications in Older Adults: Addressing Polypharmacy,” Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol.170, 18 (October 11, 2010): 1648-1654. |
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Gordon D. Schiff, William L. Galanter, Jay Duhig, Amy E. Lodolce, Michael J. Koronkowski, and Bruce L. Lambert, “Principles of Conservative Prescribing,” Archives of Internal Medicine, Vol.171, 16 (September 2011): 1433-1440.
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