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Kimberlyn McGrail
Research areas
Investigating the supply, distribution and service provision of physicians and nurses
Investigating population-wide patterns of health and health services use
Kimberlyn McGrail
Selected Publications
McGrail KM, Lilly M, McGregor MJ, Broemeling A, Salomons K, Peterson S, et al. Who Uses Assisted Living in British Columbia? An Initial Exploration. Vancouver(BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 2012.
Sutherland JM, McGrail KM, Law M., Barer ML, Crump RT. British Columbia hospitals: examination and assessment of payment reform (B-CHeaPR). BMC Health Services Research. 2011;11:150.
McGrail KM. Long-term care as part of the continuum. Healthcare Papers . 2011;10(4):39-43; discussion 58-62.
McGregor MJ, Baumbusch J, Abu-Laban RB, McGrail KM, Andrusiek D, Globerman J, et al. A survey of nursing home organizational characteristics associated with potentially avoidable hospital transfers and care quality in one large british columbia health region. Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissementCan.J.Aging. 2011;30(4):551-561.
Sutherland JM, McGrail KM, Law M., Barer ML, Crump T. British Columbia Hospitals: Examination and Assessment of Payment Reform. BMC Health Services Research. 2011;11(1):150.
McGregor MJ, Tate RB, Ronald LA, McGrail KM, Cox MB, Berta W, et al. Trends in long-term care staffing by facility ownership in British Columbia, 1996 to 2006. Health reports / Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Health Information = Rapports sur la sante / Statistique Canada, Centre canadien d'information sur la santeHealth Rep.. 2010;21(4):27-33.
McGrail KM, Law M., Hébert PC. No more dithering on e-health: let’s keep patients safe instead. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 2010;182(6):535.
Watson DE, McGrail KM. More doctors or better care? Healthcare policy = Politiques de santeHealthc.Policy.. 2009;5(1):26-31.
Watson DE, McGrail KM. More doctors or better care? Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)Healthc.Q.. 2009;12(4):101-104.
McGrail KM, Zierler A, Ip I. Getting what we pay for? The value-for-money challenge. HealthcarePapersHealthc.Pap.. 2009;9(4):8-22.
Education
Research Interests
Profile
Dr. Kim McGrail is an assistant professor in the School of Population and Public Health, an Associate Director of the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, a senior researcher with Statistics Canada and an associate with the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation. Her current research interests are in variations in health care services use, aging and health care services use, understanding health care as a determinant of health, comparative health policy, and the development of health information and technology to improve evidence and practice. She has conducted collaborative research with provinical and national agencies including the BC Ministry of Health Services, the Canadian Institute for Health Information and the Health Council of Canada. Dr. McGrail earned her PhD from the University of British Columbia and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Statistics Canada. She has a master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan.
I am happy to talk to graduate students interested in these and related areas of research.
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