Morris L. Barer

Director, Faculty Director, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research Professor, School of Population and Public Health Division Co-Chair, Division of Health Care Services and Systems, School of Population and Public Health, UBC Email: mbarer@chspr.ubc.ca Phone: 604-822-5992

Education

PhD, Economics, University of British Columbia
MBA, University of British Columbia
BSc, Mathematics, University of British Columbia

Research Interests

• Shifting patterns of service provision by physicians
• Canadian pharmaceutical policy
• Separating fact from fiction concerning access to care, wait lists, the effects of an aging population, and health care financing
• Interplay between research evidence and vested interests in the evolution of health care policy

Current Research Projects

• Phase-specific and lifetime costs of cancer in Ontario and British Columbia
• Effectiveness of an intervention to increase communication and collaboration between solo/small group practice general practitioners and home health staff
• Pharmaceutical sales representatives and patient safety: comparative cross-sectional survey
• Return on investment from pharmaceutical care: measuring population-based causes and consequences of prescription drug utilization and expenditure
• Equity in PharmaCare: measuring access to and financing of prescription drugs within and across population subgroups
• Anatomy of a doctor ‘shortage’ – a population-based analysis of changing patterns of physician practice in British Columbia

Currently Recruiting Graduate Students Interested in the Following Areas

• Physician resource policy
• Health care financing
• Health human resources research
• Analysis of changes in patterns of hospital, home care, or physician services utilization
• The discordance between commonly known ‘truths’ about health care, and research evidence

Affiliations and Awards

• Founding (and Current) Director, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
• Inaugural Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
• Former Member, Federal-Provincial-Territorial Advisory Committee on Health Services
• Former Senior Editor, Health Economics with Social Science and Medicine
• Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
• Health Services Research Advancement Award, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (2006)
• Emmett Hall Memorial Lecturer, The Justice Emmett M. Hall Memorial Foundation, Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (2004)

Current Graduate Students

• Francois Dionne, PhD candidate
Resource allocation processes; specifically, the identification of options for resource releases or of options for programs to scale back or terminate
• Shannon Berg, PhD candidate
Interface between home and community care services and primary health care services

Publications

Influencing Drug Prices through Formulary-Based Policies: Lessons from New Zealand. Morgan S, Hanley G, McMahon M, Barer M. Healthcare Policy. 3(1) 2007: 1-20.

Wait Time Benchmarks, Research Evidence and the Knowledge Translation Process. Watson DE, Barer ML, Matkovitch HM. Healthcare Policy. 2007;2(3):56-62.

Healthier Societies: From Analysis to Action. Heymann J, Hertzman C, Barer ML, Evans RG (editors). New York: Oxford University Press; 2006 (417 p).

Experts and Evidence: New Challenges in Knowledge Translation. Barer ML. In: Flood CM, Roach K, Sossin L, editors. Access to Care, Access to Justice: The Legal Debate Over Private Health Insurance in Canada. Toronto (ON): University of Toronto Press; 2005. p.216-9.

Breakthrough Drugs and Growth in Expenditure on Prescription Drugs in Canada. Morgan S, Bassett KL, Wright JM, Evans R, Barer ML, Caetano P, Black C. British Medical Journal. 2005 October 8;331:815-816, doi:10.1136/bmj.38582.703866.AE (Epub 2005 September 2).

Journey to a Journal. Barer ML. Healthcare Policy. 2005 September;1(1):8-12.

Introduction of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs in Canada: An Opinion Survey on Regulatory Policy. Mintzes B, Barer ML, Lexchin J, Bassett KL. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. 2005 June;1(2):310-330.

Evidence, Interests and Knowledge Translation: Reflections of an Unrepentant Zombie Chaser. Barer M. Healthcare Quarterly. 2005;8(1):46-53.


Who's the Fairest of Them All? Which Provincial Pharmacare Model Would Best Protect Canadians Against Catastrophic Drug Costs? Coombes ME, Morgan SG, Barer ML, Pagliccia N. Longwoods Review. 2004;2(3):13-26.

Seniors' Prescription Drug Cost Inflation and Cost Containment: Evidence from British Columbia. Morgan SG, Agnew J, Barer ML. Health Policy. 2004 June;68(3):299-307.

Justice Emmett Hall Memorial: Evidence, Interests, and Knowledge Translation: Reflections of an Unrepentant Zombie Chaser. Barer ML. Originally delivered as the Justice Emmett Hall Memorial lecture at the inaugural conference of the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research; 2004 May 27; Montreal, QC. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 2004. (26 pages)

Beneath the Calm Surface: The Changing Face of Physician-Service Use in British Columbia, 1985/86 Versus 1996/97. Barer ML, Evans RG, McGrail KM, Green B, Hertzman C, Sheps SB. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2004 March 2;170(5):803-807.

Conspicuous Consumption: Characterizing High Users of Physician Services in One Canadian Province. Reid RJ, Evans RG, Barer ML, Sheps S, Kerluke K, McGrail K, Hertzman C, Pagliccia N. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 2003 October;8(4):215-224.

The Economics of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription-Only Drugs: Prescribed to Improve Consumer Welfare? Morgan SG, Mintzes B, Barer ML. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 2003 October;8(4):237-244.

Strangulation or Rationalization? Costs and Access in Canadian Hospitals. Barer ML, Morgan SG, Evans RG. Longwoods Review. 2003;1(4):10-19.

How Does Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Affect Prescribing? A Survey in Primary Care Environments With and Without Legal DTCA. Mintzes B, Barer ML, Kravitz RL, Bassett K, Lexchin J, Kazanjian A, Evans RG, Pan R, Marion SA. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2003 September 2;169(5):405-412.

Patient-Focused Care Over Time: Measurement, Prevalence and Strategies for Improvement Among Patient Populations. Reid RJ, Barer M, McKendry R, McGrail K, Prosser B, Green B et al. Paper prepared for and published by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF). Ottawa (ON): CHSRF; July 2003. (32 pages)

The Doctor is Out: Physician Participation in the Rationed Access Day Work Stoppage in British Columbia, 1998/99. Reid RJ, Schneider D, Barer M, Hanvelt R, McGrail K, Pagliccia N, Evans RG. Longwoods Review. 2003;1(1):3-10.

Whither Seniors' Pharmacare: Lessons From (and For) Canada. Morgan SG, Barer ML, Agnew JD. Health Affairs. 2003 May/June;22(3):49-59.

An Assessment of the Health System Impacts of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Medicines. Vol. III Mintzes B, Barer ML, Bassett K, Kazanjian A, Evans RG. Patient Information on Medicines. Comparative Patient/Doctor Survey in Vancouver and Sacramento.
Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; August 2001. (65 pages)

Phantoms In The Snow: Canadians' Use Of Health Care Services In The United States. Katz SJ, Cardiff K, Pascali M, Barer ML, Evans RG. Health Affairs. 2002 May/June;21(3):19-31.

An Assessment of the Health System Impacts of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Medicines. Vol. I Mintzes B, Barer ML, Kazanjian A, Bassett K, Evans RG, Morgan S. Executive Summary.
Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; February 2002. (11 pages)
Évaluation des effets, sur le système de santé, de la publicité des médicaments de prescription orientée directement vers le consommateur (PODC): Tome I: Résumé. février 2002. (13 pages)

Influence of DTC pharmaceutical advertising and patients' requests on prescribing decisions: two site cross sectional survey. Mintzes B, Barer ML, Kravitz RL, Kazanjian A, Bassett K, Lexchin J, Evans RG, Pan R, Marion SA. British Medical Journal. 2002;324:278-9.

Access to Physicians in Underserviced Communities in Canada: Something Old, Something New. Chan B, Barer ML. In: Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee and Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. 5th International Medical Workforce Conference 2000: Papers. Sydney, Australia: Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee;2001. pp. 329-362.

Apocalypse No: Population Aging and the Future of Health Care Systems. Evans RG, McGrail KM, Morgan SG, Barer ML, Hertzman C. Canadian Journal on Aging. 2001;20(suppl. 1):160-191.

Health Care in Canada: Organization, Financing and Access. [Revised version] Barer ML, Evans RG. Paper prepared for the Canada-Japan Social Policy Research Project conference; 2001 June 22-23; Osaka, Japan.
Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; June 2001. (36 pages)

The Quick and the Dead: 'Managing' Inpatient Care in British Columbia Hospitals, 1969 to 1995/96. McGrail KM, Evans RG, Barer ML, Sheps SB, Hertzman C, Kazanjian A. Health Services Research. 2001 February;35(6):1319-1338. [Originally released as a discussion paper in 1998.]

Revitalizing Medicare: Shared Problems, Public Solutions. Rachlis M, Evans RG, Lewis P, Barer ML. A study prepared for the Tommy Douglas Research Institute. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; January 2001. (61 pages)

Buying Science, Selling Drugs. Morgan SG, Barer ML, Evans RG. Health Matters. Winter 2000/01;43:12-13.

Tales from the Other Drug Wars. Barer ML, McGrail K, Cardiff K, Wood L, Green CJ (editors). Papers from the 12th Annual CHSPR Health Policy Conference; 1999 November 26; Vancouver, BC. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; November 2000. (39 pages)

Health Economists Meet the Fourth Tempter: Drug Dependency and Scientific Discourse. Morgan S, Barer ML, Evans RG. Health Economics. 2000;9(8):659-667.

The Great Canadian Physician Exodus? Barer ML, Webber WA. Canadian Journal of Policy Research. 2000 Autumn;1(2):94-101.

Hospital downsizing and trends in health care use among elderly people in British Columbia. Sheps SB, Reid RJ, Barer ML, Krueger H, McGrail KM, Green B, Evans RG, Hertzman C. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2000 August 22;163(4):397-401.

Waiting for Health Care in Canada: Problems and Prospects. Barer ML, Lewis S. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; May 2000.

Age, costs of acute and long-term care and proximity to death: evidence for 1987-88 and 1994-95 in British Columbia. McGrail K, Green B, Barer ML, Evans RG, Hertzman C, Normand C. Age and Ageing. 2000;29:249-253.

Ending Waiting-list Mismanagement: Principles and Practice. Lewis S, Barer ML, Sanmartin C, Sheps S, Shortt SED, McDonald PW. Canadian Medical Association Journal [Commentary]. 2000 May 2;162(9):1297-1300.

Waiting for Medical Services in Canada: Lots of Heat, but Little Light. Sanmartin C, Shortt SED, Barer ML, Sheps S, Lewis S, McDonald PW. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2000 May 2;162(9):1305-1310.

Private Highway, One-Way Street: The Deklein and Fall of Canadian Medicare? Evans RG, Barer ML, Lewis S, Rachlis M, Stoddart GL. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; March 2000.

The Effects of Rationed Access Days (RADs) on Physician Fee-for-Service Payments in B.C. Hanvelt RA, Reid RJ, Schneider D, Pagliccia N, McGrail K, Barer ML, Evans RG. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; March 2000. (54 pages)

Immigration and Emigration of Physicians to and from Canada. Barer ML, Webber WA. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; December 1999 (32 pages).

Improving Access to Needed Medical Services in Rural and Remote Canadian Communities: Recruitment and Retention Revisited. Barer ML, Stoddart GL. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; June 1999 (48 pages).

Mortality Rates After Cataract Extraction. Meddings DR, Marion SA, Barer ML, Evans RG, Green B, Hertzman C, Kazanjian A, McGrail KM, Sheps SB. Epidemiology. 1999 May;10(3):288-293.

Toward Improved Access to Medical Services for Relatively Underserved Populations: Canadian Approaches, Foreign Lessons. Barer ML, Wood L, Schneider DG. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; May 1999 (144 pages).

Proceedings of the Second Trilateral Physician Workforce Conference, November 14-16, 1997, Vancouver. Barer ML, Wood L. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; December 1998.

Financing and Delivering Health Care in Canada: Lots of Sound and Fury, but Little "Reform". Evans RG, Barer ML. Korean Review of Public Administration. 1998;3(1):25-49.

Waiting Lists and Waiting Times for Health Care in Canada: More Management!! More Money?? Full Report. McDonald P, Shortt S, Sanmartin C, Barer ML, Lewis S, Sheps S. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; July 1998.

Waiting Lists and Waiting Times for Health Care in Canada: More Management!! More Money?? Summary Report. McDonald P, Shortt S, Sanmartin C, Barer ML, Lewis S, Sheps S. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; July 1998.

Does health care support independence or threaten it: A population based, person specific analysis of patterns of use by seniors Evans RG, Barer ML, Hertzman C, Sheps SB, Kazanjian A. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; June 1998. [Final report to Health Canada Seniors Independence Research Program (SIRP). Ottawa: Health Canada. National Health Research and Development Program project no. 6610-2117-602.]

Lies, Damned Lies, and Health Care Zombies: Discredited Ideas that Will Not Die. Barer ML, Evans RG, Hertzman C, Johri M. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; March 1998 (78 pages). [This paper was also released as HPI Discussion Paper #10 by the Health Policy Institute, The University of Texas-Houston, Health Science Center.]

Canadians' Use of U.S. Medical Services: Canadians do Come to the U.S. for Care, But Not to the Extent of Popular Perception. Katz SJ, Verrilli D, Barer ML. Health Affairs. 1998 Jan/Feb;17(1):225-235.

Common Problems, Different "Solutions": Learning from International Approaches to Improving Medical Services Access for Underser Barer ML, Wood L. Dalhousie Law Journal. 1997;20(2):321-58.

Common Problems, Different 'Solutions': Learning from International Approaches to Improving Medical Services Access for Underser Barer ML, Wood L. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; October 1997.

The Eyes Have It: Cataract Surgery and Changing Patterns of Outpatient Surgery. Meddings DR, McGrail KM, Barer ML, Hertzman C, Sheps SB, Evans RG, Kazanjian A. Medical Care Research Review. 1997 September;54(3):286-300.

Utilization of Physician Services in the United States By Residents of Ontario. Katz SJ, Verrilli D, Barer ML. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; January 1997. [This report was also published by The Urban Institute, Washington, DC.]

Emergency Department Use as a Component of Total Ambulatory Care: A Population Perspective. Mustard CA, Kozyrskyj AL, Barer ML, Sheps SB. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 1998 January 13;158(1):49-55.

Evaluating Amendments to the Canadian Patent Act. Morgan S, Barer ML. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; January 1997.

Socioeconomic Status, Mortality, and the Development of Cataract at a Young Age. Meddings DR, Hertzman C, Barer ML, Evans RG, Kazanjian A, McGrail K, Sheps SB. Social Science and Medicine. 1998 January 1;46(11):1451-57.

Creating a Population-Based Linked Health Database: A New Resource for Health Services Research. Chamberlayne R, Green B, Barer ML, Hertzman C, Lawrence WJ, Sheps SB. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 1998 July-August;89(4):270-273.

Population-Based Linked Health Data and Technology Assessment: An Emerging Evaluative Resource. Barer M, Bassett K, Hertzman C. International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care: 12th Annual Meeting (San Francisco).

Re-minding Our P's and Q's: Medical Cost Controls in Canada. Barer ML, Lomas J, Sanmartin C. Health Affairs. 1996 Summer;15(2):216-234.

Physician Expenditure Control in Canada: Re-mind our P's and Q's. BarerML, Sanmartin CC, Lomas J. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; September 1995.

Health Care Reform in the United States: On the Road to Nowhere (Again)? Barer ML, Marmor TR, Morrison EM. Social Science and Medicine. 41(4):453-460.

So Near, And Yet So Far: A Canadian Perspective on U.S. Health Reform. Barer ML. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Summer 1995;20(2):463-76.

User Fees for Health Care: Why a Bad Idea Keeps Coming Back (Or, What's Health Got to Do with It?). Evans RG, Barer ML, Stoddart GL. Canadian Journal on Aging. 1995;14(2):360-390.

The Effects of British Columbia's Physician Payment Initiatives: Making Sense of the Dollars. Evans RG, Pascali MV, Barer ML. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; March 1995.

It Ain't Necessarily So: The Cost Implications of Health Care Reform in the United States. Barer ML, Evans RG, Holt M, Morrison JI. Health Affairs. Fall 1994;13(4):88-99.

Canadian Physicians May Hear Footsteps of Change as U.S. Tiptoes Toward Health Care Reform. Barer ML, Morrison E, Morrison I. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 150(6):980-987.

Avalanche or Glacier? Health Care and the Demographic Rhetoric. Barer ML, Evans RG, Hertzman C. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 1995. Note: A revised version of this paper was published in the Canadian Journal on Aging. 1995;14(2):193-224.

Who Are the Zombie Masters, and What Do They Want? Evans RG, Barer ML, Stoddart GL, Bhatia V. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; December 1993.

Charging Peter to Pay Paul: Accounting for the Financial Effects of User Charges. Evans RG, Barer ML, Stoddart GL. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; December 1993.

User Charges, Snares and Delusions: Another Look at the Literature. Stoddart GL, Barer ML, Evans RG. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; December 1993.

Why Not User Charges? The Real Issues. Stoddart GL, Barer ML, Evans RG, Bhatia V. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; December 1993.

It's Not the Money, It's the Principle: Why User Charges for Some Services, and Not Others. Evans RG, Barer ML, Stoddart GL, Bhatia V. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; December 1993.

The Remarkable Tenacity of User Charges. Barer ML, Bhatia V, Stoddart GL, Evans RG. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; December 1993.

User Charges in Health Care: A Bibliography. Bhatia V, Stoddart GL, Barer ML, Evans RG. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; December 1993.

User Fees for Health Care: Why a Bad Idea Keeps Coming Back. Evans RG, Barer ML, Stoddart GL. Toronto: CIAR Program in Population Health, August 1993.

Trends and Determinants of Prescription Drug Expenditures in the Elderly: Data from the British Columbia Pharmacare Program. Anderson GM, Kerluke KJ, Pulcins IR, Hertzman C, Barer ML. Inquiry. Summer 1993;30:199-207.

Toward Integrated Medical Resource Policies for Canada: Canadian Medical Association Journal Series. Barer ML, Stoddart GL. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 146(3), (5), (7), (9), (11); 147(1), (3), (5), (7), (9), (11); 148(1).

Hospital Financing in Canada. Barer ML. Vancouver (BC): HPRU, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; April 1993.

Fee Practice Medical Service Expenditures per Capita and Full-Time-Equivalent Physicians in British Columbia, 1989-1990. Kazanjian A, Wong Fung P, Barer ML. Vancouver (BC): Health Human Resources Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; November, 1992.

On Being Old and Sick: The Burden of Health Care for the Elderly in Canada and the United States. Barer ML, Hertzman C, Miller R, Pascali MV. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 1992 Winter;17(4):763-682.

Perspective: Interpreting Canada: Models, Mind-Sets and Myths. Barer ML, Evans RG. Health Affairs. 1992 Spring;11(1):44-61.

Toward Integrated Medical Resource Policies for Canada: Appendices. Barer ML, Stoddart GL. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; June 1991.

Toward Integrated Medical Resource Policies for Canada: Background Document. Barer ML, Stoddart GL. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; June 1991.

The Meeting of the Twain: Managing Health Care Capital, Capacity and Costs in Canada. Barer ML, Evans RG. Vancouver (BC): Health Policy Research Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; June, 1991.

Canadian-American Health Care Comparisons: Reflections On The HIAA'S Analysis. Barer ML, Welch WP, Antioch L. Health Affairs. 1991 Fall;10(3):229-239. Originally released June 1991.

Reflections on the Financing of Hospital Capital: A Canadian Perspective. Barer ML, Evans RG. Vancouver (BC): Health Policy Research Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; June, 1990.

The 20-Year Experiment: Accounting For, Explaining and Evaluating Health Care Cost Containment in Canada and the United States. Evans RG, Barer ML, Hertzman C. Annual Review of Public Health. 12:481-518.

Sapphires in the Mud? The Export Potential of American Health Care Financing. What Can Europeans Learn from Americans? Evans RG, Barer ML. Health Care Financing Review, Annual Supplement 1989.

Acute Care Hospital Utilization Under Canadian National Health Insurance: The British Columbia Experience from 1969 to 1988. Anderson GM, Pulcins IR, Barer ML, Evans RG, Hertzman C. Inquiry. 27:352-358.

The Long Goodbye: The Great Transformation of the British Columbia Hospital System. Evans RG, Barer ML, Hertzman C, Anderson GM, Pulcins IR, Lomas J. Health Services Research. 1989 October;24(4):435-459.

From Medibank to Medicare: Trends in Australian Medical Care Costs and Use From 1976 to 1986. Barer ML, Nicoll M, Diesendorf M, Harvey R. Community Health Studies. XIV(1):8-18.

Fee Practice Medical Service Expenditures Per Capita and Full-Time-Equivalent Physicians in British Columbia, 1987-88. Kazanjian A, Wong Fung P, Barer ML. Vancouver (BC): Health Human Resources Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; August, 1989.

Trends in Use of Medical Services by the Elderly in British Columbia. Barer ML, Pulcins IR, Evans RG, Hertzman C, Lomas J, Anderson GM. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 1989 July 1;141(1):39-45.

Controlling Health Expenditures: The Canadian Reality. Evans RG, Lomas J, Barer ML, Labelle RJ, Fooks C, Stoddart GL, Anderson GM, Feeny D, Gafni A, Torrance GW, Tholl WG. New England Journal of Medicine. 320(9):571-577.

Flat on Your Back or Back to your Flat? Sources of Increased Hospital Services Utilization Among the Elderly in BC. Hertzman C, Pulcins IR, Barer ML, Evans RG, Anderson GM, Lomas J. Social Science and Medicine. 30(7):819-828.

Accommodating Rapid Growth in Physician Supply: Lessons from Israel, Warnings for Canada. Barer ML, Gafni A, Lomas J. International Journal of Health Services. 1989;19(1):95-115.

Where Have All the Children Gone? Accounting for the Paediatric Hospital Implosion. Evans RG, Robinson GC, Barer ML. In RS Tonkin and JR Wright (eds). Redesigning Relationships in Child Health Care. BC Children's Hospital, 63-76.

Fee Controls as Cost Control: Tales From the Frozen North. Barer ML, Evans RG, Labelle RJ. The Milbank Quarterly. 66(1):1-64.

Supply of and Requirements for Academic Medical Manpower in British Columbia. Barer ML, Kazanjian A, Pagliccia N. Vancouver (BC): Health Human Resources Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; May, 1988.

Regulating Physician Supply: The Evolution of British Columbia's Bill 41. Barer ML. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 13(1):1-25.

Diagnostic Ultrasound in British Columbia, 1986. Kinnis C, Barer ML. Vancouver (BC): Health Human Resources Unit, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; March, 1988.