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Walter Wodchis

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ProfessorInstitute of Health Policy, Management, and EvaluationUniversity of Toronto

Walter Wodchis

Professor

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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9 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 16 research grants (16 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervisor on 10 trainee awards (10 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Education

PhD, Health Economics
MA, Applied Economics
MA, Gerontology
BMath

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Toronto profile.

Economics of health care Health services and systems

Latest papers

Cost-Effectiveness of Timely Surgery and Timely Inpatient Rehabilitation for the Management of Hip Fracture
JBJS Open Access · 2026 · senior author
Exploring Patient and Caregiver Work and Continuity of Care During Hospital-to-Home Transitions of Care in the Canadian Context.
Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
Amplifying Patient and Caregiver Voices in Academic Conferences: Reflections From a Conference on Integrated Care.
Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026

All 22 publications

Latest funding

Continuity of Care in Multimorbid Older Adults with Diabetes: A multi-method study, comparing indices and longitudinal patterns in Ontario
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Bridging the Gap: Implementing and evaluating equity metrics to advance health system improvement
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
DEFI-PC: Partnership for a Digitally Enabled Future for Integrated Primary Care
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$125,000

All 77 grants and awards

22 publications.

Cost-Effectiveness of Timely Surgery and Timely Inpatient Rehabilitation for the Management of Hip Fracture

Hu ZJ, Mbuagbaw L, Fusch G, Helou SE, Versloot J, Thabane L, Wodchis W

JBJS Open Access2026Senior author

DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.oa.26.00200

Exploring Patient and Caregiver Work and Continuity of Care During Hospital-to-Home Transitions of Care in the Canadian Context.

Singh H, Nelson MLA, Tang T, Kuluski K, Udofia A, Molla Ghanbari H, Cunha Ventura Felipe I, Nie J, Thavorn K, Reid RJ, Wodchis W, Steele Gray C

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2026

DOI: 10.1111/hex.70727 PMID: 42316937

Amplifying Patient and Caregiver Voices in Academic Conferences: Reflections From a Conference on Integrated Care.

Sheikhan NY, Ho T, Goh P, Macaulay Y, Urbanik S, Wodchis W, Goldhar J

Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)2026

DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2026.27861 PMID: 42339632

Identifying differences between those with suicidal ideation-with-action, compared to ideation alone, using a community representative sample.

Chan C, Wodchis W, Kurdyak P, Donnelly P

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317163 PMID: 40440278

Non-adherence to COPD medications and its association with adverse events: A longitudinal population based cohort study of older adults.

Weir DL, Bai YQ, Thavorn K, Guilcher S, Kanji S, Mulpuru S, Wodchis W

Annals of epidemiology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.12.003 PMID: 38141744

"I think we did the best that we could in the space:" A qualitative study exploring individuals' experiences with three unconventional environments for patients with a delayed hospital discharge.

Marcinow M, Cadel L, Birze A, Sandercock J, Baek J, Wodchis W, Guilcher SJT, Kuluski K

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297542 PMID: 38412176

Primary care practice characteristics associated with team functioning in primary care settings in Canada: A practice-based cross-sectional survey

Ndateba I, Wong ST, Beaumier J, Burge F, Martin-Misener R, Hogg W, Wodchis W, McGrail K, Johnston S

Journal of Interprofessional Care202313 citations

DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2022.2099359

Why the US spends more treating high-need high-cost patients: a comparative study of pricing and utilization of care in six high-income countries.

Lorenzoni L, Marino A, Or Z, Blankart CR, Shatrov K, Wodchis W, Janlov N, Figueroa JF, Bowden N, Bernal-Delgado E, Papanicolas I

Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2022.12.004 PMID: 36529552

Exploring Intra and Interorganizational Integration Efforts Involving the Primary Care Sector - A Case Study from Ontario.

Khan AI, Harris JK, Barnsley J, Wodchis W

International journal of integrated care2022Senior author

DOI: 10.5334/ijic.5541 PMID: 36131888

Differences in health outcomes for high-need high-cost patients across high-income countries.

Papanicolas I, Riley K, Abiona O, Arvin M, Atsma F, Bernal-Delgado E, Bowden N, Blankart CR, Deeny S, Estupiñán-Romero F, Gauld R, Haywood P, Janlov N, Knight H, Lorenzoni L, Marino A, Or Z, Penneau A, Schoenfeld AJ, Shatrov K, Stafford M, van de Galien O, van Gool K, Wodchis W, Jha AK, Figueroa JF

Health services research2021

DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13735 PMID: 34378796

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Walter Wodchis

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Cost-Effectiveness of Timely Surgery and Timely Inpatient Rehabilitation for the Management of Hip Fracture

Exploring Patient and Caregiver Work and Continuity of Care During Hospital-to-Home Transitions of Care in the Canadian Context.

Amplifying Patient and Caregiver Voices in Academic Conferences: Reflections From a Conference on Integrated Care.

Identifying differences between those with suicidal ideation-with-action, compared to ideation alone, using a community representative sample.

Non-adherence to COPD medications and its association with adverse events: A longitudinal population based cohort study of older adults.

"I think we did the best that we could in the space:" A qualitative study exploring individuals' experiences with three unconventional environments for patients with a delayed hospital discharge.

Primary care practice characteristics associated with team functioning in primary care settings in Canada: A practice-based cross-sectional survey

Why the US spends more treating high-need high-cost patients: a comparative study of pricing and utilization of care in six high-income countries.

Exploring Intra and Interorganizational Integration Efforts Involving the Primary Care Sector - A Case Study from Ontario.

Differences in health outcomes for high-need high-cost patients across high-income countries.

Frequent collaborators

Kerry Kuluski

Kimberlyn McGrail

Katherine McGilton

Kednapa Thavorn

Hardeep Singh

Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi

Brian Kwon

Sander Hitzig

Swati Mehta

James Shaw

Mylaine Breton

Paul Yoo

Najib Ayas

Jean-Louis Denis

Kelly Arbour-Nicitopoulos

Sunita Mathur

Kei Masani

CESAR MARQUEZ CHIN

Eve Tsai

Anita Kaiser

Michael Walsh

Salhab El Helou

Reem Adel Mustafa

Amit Garg

Philip Devereaux

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

David Ditor

Ruth Martin-Misener

John Lee

Brian Drew

James Milligan

Craig Bauman

Sanjay Pandeya

Laura Gregor

Gerhard Fusch

Murray Krahn

Lora Giangregorio

Eyal Cohen

Jeremy Grimshaw

Astrid Guttmann