Principal investigator: Margaret Penning
Institution: University of Victoria
Funding agency: Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
Data sets requested
- Medical Services Plan (BC Ministry of Health)
- Consolidation file (Medical Services Plan Premium Registration and Billing) (BC Ministry of Health)
- Hospital Separations (BC Ministry of Health)
- Home and Continuing Care (BC Ministry of Health)
- Births (BC Vital Statistics Agency)
- Deaths (BC Vital Statistics Agency)
- Pharmacare (BC Ministry of Health Services
Publications
Journal articles
Lin G, Allan Dand Penning M (2002) ”Examining distance effects on hospitalisations using GIS: A study of three health regions in British Columbia, Canada” Environment and Planning 34(11): 2037-53
Reports
McCarthy S, Allan D, Penning M, Roos L and Walld R (2002) "Regionalization and utilization of health care services in British Columbia and Manitoba: A Comparison, 1990-1999"
Penning M and Allan D (2000) "Health Care Restructuring and Community-based Care: A First Look at Three Regions in British Columbia" Year 1 Report submitted to the Capital Health Region, Okanagan/Similkameen Health Region and Upper Island/Central Coast Health Region, Province of British Columbia
Conference papers
Penning M, Allan D and Paille B (2002) "Health care reform: Implications for equitable access to home care services" presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Montreal, Quebec, October
Allan Dand Penning M (2001) "Regionalization and health service utilization among older adults: Rural-urban differences" presented at the annual meetings of the International Association on Gerontology, Vancouver, British Columbia, July
Penning M, Allan D and Brackley M.(2001) "Health care restructuring: Impact on home care service utilization among older adults in British Columbia" presented at the annual meetings of the International Association on Gerontology, Vancouver, British Columbia, July
Brackley M, Allan D, and Penning M "Examining health system reorganization and cancer diagnoses and treatment procedures in British Columbia (1990-99)" presented at the annual meetings of the International Association on Gerontology, Vancouver, British Columbia, July
Penning M (2000) "Viewpoint of a researcher. Invited discussant. Interdisciplinary Seminar on ‘Reform of Canada’s Health Care System and its Impact on Public Health" sponsored by the Public Health Dept., Regional Board of Health and Social Services of Montreal-Centre, Montreal, Quebec, November
Penning M, Learning C and Allan D (2000) "Age-related differences in physician and hospital utilization in British Columbia: 1990-1998" presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association of Gerontology, Edmonton, Alberta, October
Penning M (1999) "Aging, health and health care" iInvited address at the University of Victoria Downtown Dean’s Lecture Series, Victoria, BC, March
Penning, M (1998) "Self, informal and formal community-based care: Impact on medical and institutional care" presented at the 14th World Congress of Sociology, International Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, July
