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Raisa Deber

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Professor Emeritus/EmeritaInstitute of Health Policy, Management, and EvaluationUniversity of Toronto

Raisa Deber

Professor Emeritus/Emerita

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (5 CIHR, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2012.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2011.

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Publications

218

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Publications by year

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Research

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Accountability Community Care Governance International

Latest papers

Deployed in Disaster: Perspectives of Personnel Deployed in Ontario Long‐Term Care During the Pandemic
International Nursing Review · 2025
COVID-19 in Long-Term Care: A Two-Part Commentary
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine · 2024
The Disadvantaged Home Care Personal Support Worker: Differences in Job Characteristics, Unionization, Pensions, Participation, and Wages by Care Sector in Canada.
Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023

All 27 publications

Latest funding

Integration of brain and spinal cord injury care for older Ontarians: current state and action strategies
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$149,493
Long-Term Care in Crisis: The Reality of COVID-19
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$959,328
Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 22 grants and awards

27 publications.

Deployed in Disaster: Perspectives of Personnel Deployed in Ontario Long‐Term Care During the Pandemic

Oldenburger D, Baumann A, Crea‐Arsenio M, Deber R, Baba V

International Nursing Review20252 citations

DOI: 10.1111/inr.70083

COVID-19 in Long-Term Care: A Two-Part Commentary

Oldenburger D, Baumann A, Crea-Arsenio M, Deber R, Baba V

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine20241 citations

DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x23006611

The Disadvantaged Home Care Personal Support Worker: Differences in Job Characteristics, Unionization, Pensions, Participation, and Wages by Care Sector in Canada.

Zagrodney K, Deber R, Saks M, Laporte A

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2023

DOI: 10.1177/07334648221146260 PMID: 36524373

Personal Support Worker Socio-Demographic Differences Across Care Sectors in Canada.

Zagrodney KAP, Deber R, Saks M, Laporte A

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2023

DOI: 10.1177/07334648221142301 PMID: 36464973

Nurses’ work, work psychology, and the evolution & devolution of care provision in nursing homes: A scoping review

Stewart C, Berta WB, Laporte A, Deber R, Baumann A

International Journal of Advanced Nursing Studies202318 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2023.100133

Income-Generating Processes of Free Web-Based Digital Health Tools to Engage Patients: Qualitative Analysis.

Lai C, Deber R, Jadad AR, Shachak A

Journal of medical Internet research2021

DOI: 10.2196/23654 PMID: 33533722

Shining a Light: Examining Similarities and Differences in the Work Psychology of Health Support Workers Employed in Long-Term Care and Home and Community Care Settings.

Perreira TA, Berta W, Laporte A, Ginsburg L, Deber R, Elliott G, Lum J

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2019

DOI: 10.1177/0733464817737622 PMID: 29164989

Relationships between work outcomes, work attitudes and work environments of health support workers in Ontario long-term care and home and community care settings

Berta W, Laporte A, Perreira T, Ginsburg L, Dass AR, Deber R, Baumann A, Cranley L, Bourgeault I, Lum J

Human Resources for Health201860 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12960-018-0277-9 PMID: W2803103815

Organizational responses to accountability requirements: Do we get what we expect?

Gray CS, Berta W, Deber R, Lum J

Health care management review2017

DOI: 10.1097/hmr.0000000000000089 PMID: 26415079

Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada

Contandriopoulos D, Benoît F, Bryant-Lukosius D, Carrier A, Carter N, Deber R, Duhoux A, Greenhalgh T, Larouche C, Leclerc B-S

Implementation Science201715 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s13012-017-0642-4 PMID: W2754166363

Integration of brain and spinal cord injury care for older Ontarians: current state and action strategies

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr.: Policy Research for HST - IHSPR - Health Care Policy Res./Systems Res.

Principal investigators: Bayley, Mark T; Phillips, Lacey

Keywords: Brain Injury; Care Pathways; Cost Effectiveness; Health Equity; High-Performing Healthcare Systems; Integrated Care; Older Adults; Person With Lived Experience Engagement; Spinal Cord Injury; System Planning And Policymaking

$149,493

Long-Term Care in Crisis: The Reality of COVID-19

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Clinical Mgmt/Health System Interventions

Principal investigators: Baumann, Andrea

Keywords: Accountability; Case Exemplars; Costing; Health Workforces; Long-Term Care; Scenario Planning

$959,328

Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Contandriopoulos, Damien

Keywords: Health Relevant Policies; Heath Policy; Knowledge Exchange; Policy Making; Social Network Analysis

$100,000

The Invisible Workforce: Exploring the Roles & Significance of Health Support Workers in Caring for Older Canadians

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Berta, Whitney B; Laporte, Audrey

Keywords: Aging; Forecasting; Health Support Workers; Home Care; Long Term Care; Mixed Methods; Production Estimates; Semi-Structured Interviews; Survey

$345,635

Understanding and Implementing Best Practices in Accountability: Strengths and Challenges of Different Approaches Across Settings

Nominated PICIHR2012Healthcare Renewal Policy Analysis

Principal investigators: Deber, Raisa S; Paprica, P. Alison

Keywords: Accountability; Community Care; Governance; International

$150,000

Improving Cancer Screening Among First Nations and Metis

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Tinmouth, Jill M; Kewayosh, Alethea; Rabeneck, Linda

Keywords: Cancer Screening; Community Readiness; Determinants Of Health; First Nations And Metis; Health Policy; Health System; Knowledge Translation

$558,890

Development of a microsimulation tool to inform finance decision-making in healthcare

Nominated PICIHR2011Operating Grant : Adv Theoretical Meth Innov Hlth Res-Longitudinal Studies Aging

Principal investigators: Deber, Raisa S

Keywords: Health Care Costs; Health Financing; Health Survey Data; Microsimulation

$197,786

Paying for primary care: The impact of reform in Ontario on costs and access

SupervisorCIHR2011Doctoral Research Award - PA:Patient-Oriented Research - Health Economics

Principal investigators: Rudoler, David

Keywords: Access To Care; Administrative Data; Health Economics; Health Policy; Health Services Research; Health System Costs; Payment Models; Primary Care; Selection Effects

$105,000

Paying for primary care: Relationship between incentives and patient/provider characteristics

Nominated PICIHR2011Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Deber, Raisa S; Barnsley, Janet

Keywords: Access; Distribution Of Health Expenditures; Physician Payment; Primary Health Care

$360,156

Home is where the heart is: The Benefits of Home Care and Community Services

Co-investigatorCIHR2011CIHR Café Scientifique Program

Principal investigators: VanderBent, Sue; Tran, Chau

Keywords: Community Services; Home Care Services

$3,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 25, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Raisa Deber

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Deployed in Disaster: Perspectives of Personnel Deployed in Ontario Long‐Term Care During the Pandemic

COVID-19 in Long-Term Care: A Two-Part Commentary

The Disadvantaged Home Care Personal Support Worker: Differences in Job Characteristics, Unionization, Pensions, Participation, and Wages by Care Sector in Canada.

Personal Support Worker Socio-Demographic Differences Across Care Sectors in Canada.

Nurses’ work, work psychology, and the evolution & devolution of care provision in nursing homes: A scoping review

Income-Generating Processes of Free Web-Based Digital Health Tools to Engage Patients: Qualitative Analysis.

Shining a Light: Examining Similarities and Differences in the Work Psychology of Health Support Workers Employed in Long-Term Care and Home and Community Care Settings.

Relationships between work outcomes, work attitudes and work environments of health support workers in Ontario long-term care and home and community care settings

Organizational responses to accountability requirements: Do we get what we expect?

Structural analysis of health-relevant policy-making information exchange networks in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Audrey Laporte

Margaret Andrea Baumann

Whitney Berta

Mary Crea-Arsenio

Angela Colantonio

Robert Schwartz

Mark Bayley

Liane Ginsburg

Vishwanath Baba

Ruth Martin-Misener

David Rudoler

Lisa Cranley

Janet Durbin

Anna Durbin

Adrian Levy

Tyrone Perreira

Brenda Gamble

Candace Nykiforuk

Noralou Roos

Katerina Maximova

Nancy Marie Carter

Ruth Martin-Misener

Ivy Bourgeault

Ivy Bourgeault

Denise Bryant-Lukosius

Sabrina Wong

Kimberlyn McGrail