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Kimberlyn McGrail
Kimberlyn McGrail
Selected Publications
Barer ML, Evans RG, McGrail KM, Green B, Hertzman C, Sheps SB. Beneath the calm surface: the changing face of physician-service use in British Columbia, 1985/86 versus 1996/97. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienneCMAJ. 2004;170(5):803-807.
Yang Q, Chen Y, Shi Y, Burnett RT, McGrail KM, Krewski D. Association between ozone and respiratory admissions among children and the elderly in Vancouver, Canada. Inhalation toxicologyInhal.Toxicol.. 2003;15(13):1297-1308.
Reid R, Evans R, Barer ML, Sheps S, Kerluke K, McGrail KM, et al. Conspicuous consumption: characterizing high users of physician services in one Canadian province. Journal of health services research & policyJ.Health Serv.Res.Policy. 2003;8(4):215-224.
Brehaut JC, Miller A, Raina P, McGrail KM. Childhood behavior disorders and injuries among children and youth: a population-based study. PediatricsPediatrics. 2003;111(2):262-269.
Reid RJ, Schneider D, Barer ML, Hanvelt R, McGrail KM, Pagliccia N, et al. The doctor is out: physician participation in the Rationed Access Day work stoppage in British Columbia, 1998/99. Hospital quarterlyHosp.Q.. 2002;6(2):suppl 3-10; discussion suppl 11.
McGrail KM, Schaub P. BC Health Atlas, First Edition. Vancouver(BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 2002.
Miller AR, Lalonde CE, McGrail KM, Armstrong RW. Prescription of methylphenidate to children and youth, 1990-1996. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienneCMAJ. 2001;165(11):1489-1494.
McGrail KM, Evans RG, Barer ML, Sheps SB, Hertzman C, Kazanjian A. The quick and the dead: "managing" inpatient care in British Columbia hospitals, 1969-1995/96. Health services researchHealth Serv.Res.. 2001;35(6):1319-1338.
Barer ML, McGrail KM, Cardiff K, Wood L, Green CJ. Tales from the Other Drug Wars: Papers from the 12th Annual CHSPR Health Policy Conference. In: Competing Interests, Competing Evidence: The Uses and Barriers to Use of Research Evidence (12th Annual CHSPR Health Policy Conference). Vancouver, BC: Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; 2000.
Sheps SB, Reid RJ, Barer ML, Krueger H, McGrail KM, Green B, et al. Hospital downsizing and trends in health care use among elderly people in British Columbia. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienneCMAJ. 2000;163(4):397-401.
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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