Healthcare Policy
Healthcare policy research and translation. Peer reviewed. For health system policy makers, decision makers, academics and students. Authors come from a broad range of disciplines including healthcare, social sciences, humanities, ethics, law, management sciences, and knowledge translation. Average time to initial decision is two to three weeks. Average time to first review is 12 weeks. Edited by Dr. Jason Sutherland, Director, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
A Population-Based Comparison of Wait Times for Common Elective General Surgery Procedures Between Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in British Columbia
Michael Y. Guo, Christine Li, Ahmer A. Karimuddin and Jason M. Sutherland
Efficiency Through Equity: Prioritizing Gynecologic Surgery to Improve Health System Performance
Amity E. Quinn and Erin A. Brennand
When Safety Promotion Impairs Access to Care: Lessons From Endoscopy Across Canada
Simon Houston and Amanda Porter
Pre-Release
Commentary: Beyond Preparedness: What Rural Wildfire Evacuations Reveal about Health System Interfaces
Ellen Schenk
Commentary: Healthcare Partnerships, Medical Scandals and Canada’s Lack of Transparency in Pharmaceutical Donations
Sharon Batt
Wildfire Evacuation Lessons from La Ronge, a Northern Saskatchewan Site: Physician Debriefings
Max Karnitsky, Jeffrey DC Irvine, Daniel Irvine and Veronica McKinney