Evaluating supervised consumption sites and overdose prevention sites
Using a variety of datasets and quasi-experimental study designs, we are estimating the population-level effects of overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in communities across Canada.
Cost-benefit analysis of Montreal’s harm reduction interventions
This study uses comprehensive administrative and surveillance data and a variety of epidemiologic and econometric methods to quantify the disease burden of neglected substance use sequelae (e.g. skin, soft tissue and vascular infections), estimate the population-level effects of harm reduction interventions, and compare their cost-utility as applied in Montreal over the last 20 years.
Exploring the consequences of opioid prescribing on primary care
Beginning in 2016, a variety of policy levers were applied in British Columbia to encourage physicians to expand access to opioid agonist treatment (OAT) and limit the quantity and strength of prescription opioids dispensed. This study focuses on the population-level effects of changes to the public formulary, removal of Section 56 exemptions for buprenorphine and methadone prescribing, elimination of copays for OAT, new billing codes for primary care physicians, and the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons' legally enforceable practice standard on physician prescribing behaviour and patients’ access to and use of quality primary care.
Montreal sans Hep C
The Montreal sans Hep C program aims to meet Canada’s elimination targets within the city and develop a Hepatitis C Virus Elimination Roadmap for the rest of the country using Montreal as proof of concept. My team is synthesizing the qualitative, ethnographic and quantitative data collected over the course of the program to measure the effects of hepatitis C interventions on sequelae and related conditions (e.g. alcohol abuse).
Impact of supervised consumption sites on local property value
To address ‘not in my backyard’ resistance to supervised consumption sites, this project aims to estimate the effects of recently implemented sites on local property values by applying a spatial Difference-in-Differences study design and hedonic price models to Canada-wide housing sales and census tract data.
Using a variety of datasets and quasi-experimental study designs, we are estimating the population-level effects of overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in communities across Canada.
Cost-benefit analysis of Montreal’s harm reduction interventions
This study uses comprehensive administrative and surveillance data and a variety of epidemiologic and econometric methods to quantify the disease burden of neglected substance use sequelae (e.g. skin, soft tissue and vascular infections), estimate the population-level effects of harm reduction interventions, and compare their cost-utility as applied in Montreal over the last 20 years.
Exploring the consequences of opioid prescribing on primary care
Beginning in 2016, a variety of policy levers were applied in British Columbia to encourage physicians to expand access to opioid agonist treatment (OAT) and limit the quantity and strength of prescription opioids dispensed. This study focuses on the population-level effects of changes to the public formulary, removal of Section 56 exemptions for buprenorphine and methadone prescribing, elimination of copays for OAT, new billing codes for primary care physicians, and the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons' legally enforceable practice standard on physician prescribing behaviour and patients’ access to and use of quality primary care.
Montreal sans Hep C
The Montreal sans Hep C program aims to meet Canada’s elimination targets within the city and develop a Hepatitis C Virus Elimination Roadmap for the rest of the country using Montreal as proof of concept. My team is synthesizing the qualitative, ethnographic and quantitative data collected over the course of the program to measure the effects of hepatitis C interventions on sequelae and related conditions (e.g. alcohol abuse).
Impact of supervised consumption sites on local property value
To address ‘not in my backyard’ resistance to supervised consumption sites, this project aims to estimate the effects of recently implemented sites on local property values by applying a spatial Difference-in-Differences study design and hedonic price models to Canada-wide housing sales and census tract data.