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Kimberlyn McGrail
Kimberlyn McGrail
Selected Publications
McGregor MJ, Tate RB, McGrail KM, Ronald LA, Broemeling AM, Cohen M. Care outcomes in long-term care facilities in British Columbia, Canada. Does ownership matter? Medical careMed.Care. 2006;44(10):929-935.
McGregor MJ, Tate RB, McGrail KM, Broemeling A, Cohen M. Care Outcomes in Long-Term Care Facilities in British Columbia, Canada: Does Ownership Matter? Medical Care. 2006;44(10):929-935.
Yang Q, Chen Y, Krewski D, Burnett RT, Shi Y, McGrail KM. Effect of short-term exposure to low levels of gaseous pollutants on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease hospitalizations. Environmental researchEnviron.Res.. 2005;99(1):99-105.
McGrail KM, Black CD. Access to data in health information systems. Bulletin of the World Health OrganizationBull.World Health Organ.. 2005;83(8):563.
McGrail KM, Schaub P, Black CD. BC Health Atlas, Second Edition. 2nd ed. UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 2004.
Yang Q, Chen Y, Krewski D, Shi Y, Burnett RT, McGrail KM. Association between particulate air pollution and first hospital admission for childhood respiratory illness in Vancouver, Canada. Archives of Environmental HealthArch.Environ.Health. 2004;59(1):14-21.
Miller AR, Brehaut JC, Raina P, McGrail KM, Armstrong RW. Use of medical services by methylphenidate-treated children in the general population. Ambulatory pediatrics : the official journal of the Ambulatory Pediatric AssociationAmbul.Pediatr.. 2004;4(2):174-180.
Miller AR, Lalonde CE, McGrail KM. Children's persistence with methylphenidate therapy: a population-based study. Canadian journal of psychiatry.Revue canadienne de psychiatrieCan.J.Psychiatry. 2004;49(11):761-768.
Lin M, Chen Y, Villeneuve PJ, Burnett RT, Lemyre L, Hertzman C, et al. Gaseous air pollutants and asthma hospitalization of children with low household income in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. American Journal of EpidemiologyAm.J.Epidemiol.. 2004;159(3):294-303.
Barer ML, Evans RG, McGrail KM. Sustainability of health care in Canada. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienneCMAJ. 2004;170(11):1647.
Education
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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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