Sisira Sarma

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• The University of Western Ontario - Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
  • http://www.uwo.ca/epidem/
  • location: London, Ontario

Research profile

author of:

• The Effect of Leisure-time Physical Activity on Obesity, Diabetes, High BP and Heart Disease among Canadians: Evidence from 2000/01 to 2005/06 (RePEc:cch:wpaper:130001)
  by Sisira Sarma & Rose Anne Devlin & Jason Gilliland & Karen Campbell & Gregory Zaric
• The Effect of Income on Obesity among Canadian Adults (RePEc:cch:wpaper:14c002)
  by Koffi-Ahoto Kpelitse & Rose Anne Devlin & Sisira Sarma
• Primary Care Access and Emergency Department Utilization: Theory and Evidence from Canada (RePEc:cch:wpaper:170005)
  by Nirav Mehta & Koffi Ahoto Kpelitse & Rose Anne Devlin & Lihua Li & Sisira Sarma
• After-Hours Incentives and Emergency Department Visits: Evidence from Ontario (RePEc:cpp:issued:v:46:y:2020:i:2:p:253-263)
  by Rose Anne Devlin & Koffi Ahoto Kpelitse & Lihua Li & Nirav Mehta & Sisira Sarma
• The effect of physical activity on adult obesity: Evidence from the Canadian NPHS panel (RePEc:eee:ehbiol:v:14:y:2014:i:c:p:1-21)
  by Sarma, Sisira & Zaric, Gregory S. & Campbell, M. Karen & Gilliland, Jason
• Does obesity influence labour market outcomes among working-age adults? Evidence from Canadian longitudinal data (RePEc:eee:ehbiol:v:20:y:2016:i:c:p:26-41)
  by Larose, Samantha L. & Kpelitse, Koffi A. & Campbell, M. Karen & Zaric, Gregory S. & Sarma, Sisira
• The role of supplemental coverage in a universal health insurance system: Some Canadian evidence (RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:100:y:2011:i:1:p:81-90)
  by Devlin, Rose Anne & Sarma, Sisira & Zhang, Qi
• Does team-based primary health care improve patients’ perception of outcomes? Evidence from the 2007–08 Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health (RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:105:y:2012:i:1:p:71-83)
  by Jesmin, Shammima & Thind, Amardeep & Sarma, Sisira
• The impact of improved access to after-hours primary care on emergency department and primary care utilization: A systematic review (RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:124:y:2020:i:8:p:812-818)
  by Hong, Michael & Thind, Amardeep & Zaric, Gregory S. & Sarma, Sisira
• Who is giving up the free lunch? The insured patients' decision to access health insurance benefits and its determinants: Evidence from a low-income country (RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:92:y:2009:i:2-3:p:250-258)
  by Sepehri, Ardeshir & Sarma, Sisira & Serieux, John
• Does the way physicians are paid influence the way they practice? The case of Canadian family physicians' work activity (RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:98:y:2010:i:2-3:p:203-217)
  by Sarma, Sisira & Devlin, Rose Anne & Belhadji, Bachir & Thind, Amardeep
• Do physician remuneration schemes matter? The case of Canadian family physicians (RePEc:eee:jhecon:v:27:y:2008:i:5:p:1168-1181)
  by Devlin, Rose Anne & Sarma, Sisira
• Team-based primary care practice and physician's services: Evidence from Family Health Teams in Ontario, Canada (RePEc:eee:socmed:v:264:y:2020:i:c:s0277953620305293)
  by Somé, N.H. & Devlin, R.A. & Mehta, N. & Zaric, G.S. & Sarma, S.
• Physician remuneration schemes, psychiatric hospitalizations and follow-up care: Evidence from blended fee-for-service and capitation models (RePEc:eee:socmed:v:268:y:2021:i:c:s0277953620306845)
  by Vu, Thyna & Anderson, Kelly K. & Devlin, Rose Anne & Somé, Nibene H. & Sarma, Sisira
• The influence of health insurance on hospital admission and length of stay--The case of Vietnam (RePEc:eee:socmed:v:63:y:2006:i:7:p:1757-1770)
  by Sepehri, Ardeshir & Simpson, Wayne & Sarma, Sisira
• A panel multinomial logit analysis of elderly living arrangements: Evidence from aging in Manitoba longitudinal data, Canada (RePEc:eee:socmed:v:65:y:2007:i:12:p:2539-2552)
  by Sarma, Sisira & Simpson, Wayne
• The influence of prescription drug insurance on psychotropic and non-psychotropic drug utilization in Canada (RePEc:eee:socmed:v:65:y:2007:i:12:p:2553-2565)
  by Sarma, Sisira & Basu, Kisalaya & Gupta, Anil
• How important are individual, household and commune characteristics in explaining utilization of maternal health services in Vietnam? (RePEc:eee:socmed:v:67:y:2008:i:6:p:1009-1017)
  by Sepehri, Ardeshir & Sarma, Sisira & Simpson, Wayne & Moshiri, Saeed
• Transitions in living arrangements of Canadian seniors: Findings from the NPHS longitudinal data (RePEc:eee:socmed:v:68:y:2009:i:6:p:1106-1113)
  by Sarma, Sisira & Hawley, Gordon & Basu, Kisalaya
• Do new cohorts of family physicians work less compared to their older predecessors? The evidence from Canada (RePEc:eee:socmed:v:72:y:2011:i:12:p:2049-2058)
  by Sarma, Sisira & Thind, Amardeep & Chu, Man-Kee
• Does the financial protection of health insurance vary across providers? Vietnam's experience (RePEc:eee:socmed:v:73:y:2011:i:4:p:559-567)
  by Sepehri, Ardeshir & Sarma, Sisira & Oguzoglu, Umut
• Canadian family physicians’ decision to collaborate: Age, period and cohort effects (RePEc:eee:socmed:v:75:y:2012:i:10:p:1811-1819)
  by Sarma, Sisira & Devlin, Rose Anne & Thind, Amardeep & Chu, Man-Kee
• Numerical methods for the solution of a human capital model (RePEc:sce:scecf1:206)
  by Sisira K. Sarma
• Demand for outpatient healthcare (RePEc:spr:aphecp:v:7:y:2009:i:4:p:265-277)
  by Sisira Sarma
• Socioeconomic inequalities in adult obesity risk in Canada: trends and decomposition analyses (RePEc:spr:eujhec:v:15:y:2014:i:2:p:203-221)
  by Mohammad Hajizadeh & M. Karen Campbell & Sisira Sarma
• The impact of the diabetes management incentive on diabetes-related services: evidence from Ontario, Canada (RePEc:spr:eujhec:v:21:y:2020:i:9:d:10.1007_s10198-020-01216-6)
  by Thaksha Thavam & Rose Anne Devlin & Amardeep Thind & Gregory S. Zaric & Sisira Sarma
• Primary care services and emergency department visits in blended fee-for-service and blended capitation models: evidence from Ontario, Canada (RePEc:spr:eujhec:v:25:y:2024:i:3:d:10.1007_s10198-023-01591-w)
  by Michael Hong & Rose Anne Devlin & Gregory S. Zaric & Amardeep Thind & Sisira Sarma
• Does prescribing apixaban or rivaroxaban versus warfarin for patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation save health system costs? A multivalued treatment effects analysis (RePEc:spr:eujhec:v:25:y:2024:i:3:d:10.1007_s10198-023-01594-7)
  by Michael Situ & Ute I. Schwarz & Guangyong Zou & Eric McArthur & Richard B. Kim & Amit X. Garg & Sisira Sarma
• Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Pharmacogenomics (PGx)-Based Warfarin, Apixaban, and Rivaroxaban Versus Standard Warfarin for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Ontario, Canada (RePEc:spr:pharme:v:42:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s40273-023-01309-z)
  by Aneeka Hafeez & Lauren E. Cipriano & Richard B. Kim & Gregory S. Zaric & Ute I. Schwarz & Sisira Sarma
• The Potential Clinical and Economic Value of Primary Tumour Identification in Metastatic Cancer of Unknown Primary Tumour: A Population-Based Retrospective Matched Cohort Study (RePEc:spr:pharmo:v:2:y:2018:i:3:d:10.1007_s41669-017-0051-2)
  by Malek B. Hannouf & Eric Winquist & Salaheddin M. Mahmud & Muriel Brackstone & Sisira Sarma & George Rodrigues & Peter K. Rogan & Jeffrey S. Hoch & Gregory S. Zaric
• A microeconometric analysis of Canadian health care utilization (RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:15:y:2006:i:3:p:219-239)
  by Sisira Sarma & Wayne Simpson
• Does non‐profit health insurance reduce financial burden? Evidence from the Vietnam living standards survey panel (RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:15:y:2006:i:6:p:603-616)
  by Ardeshir Sepehri & Sisira Sarma & Wayne Simpson
• Physician's production of primary care in Ontario, Canada (RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:19:y:2010:i:1:p:14-30)
  by Sisira Sarma & Rose Anne Devlin & William Hogg
• The Effect of Leisure‐Time Physical Activity on Obesity, Diabetes, High BP and Heart Disease Among Canadians: Evidence from 2000/2001 to 2005/2006 (RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:24:y:2015:i:12:p:1531-1547)
  by Sisira Sarma & Rose Anne Devlin & Jason Gilliland & M. Karen Campbell & Gregory S. Zaric
• Family physician remuneration schemes and specialist referrals: Quasi‐experimental evidence from Ontario, Canada (RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:27:y:2018:i:10:p:1533-1549)
  by Sisira Sarma & Nirav Mehta & Rose Anne Devlin & Koffi Ahoto Kpelitse & Lihua Li
• Production of physician services under fee‐for‐service and blended fee‐for‐service: Evidence from Ontario, Canada (RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:28:y:2019:i:12:p:1418-1434)
  by Nibene H. Somé & Rose Anne Devlin & Nirav Mehta & Greg Zaric & Lihua Li & Salimah Shariff & Bachir Belhadji & Amardeep Thind & Amit Garg & Sisira Sarma
• Stirring the pot: Switching from blended fee‐for‐service to blended capitation models of physician remuneration (RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:29:y:2020:i:11:p:1435-1455)
  by Nibene H. Somé & Rose Anne Devlin & Nirav Mehta & Gregory S. Zaric & Sisira Sarma
• Primary care payment models and avoidable hospitalizations in Ontario, Canada: A multivalued treatment effects analysis (RePEc:wly:hlthec:v:33:y:2024:i:10:p:2288-2305)
  by Nibene Habib Somé & Rose Anne Devlin & Nirav Mehta & Sisira Sarma