Sisira Sarma

Adjunct Scientist (Full Status)

ICES Affiliation

ICES Western
Primary Care & Health Systems Research Program

Phone
519-661-2111 Ext. 87583

Biography

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Education

PhD, Economics, University of Manitoba
MPhil, Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
MA, Economics, Berhampur University, India
BA (Hons), Economics, Berhampur University, India

Research Focus

Health economics
Health services research
Health policy/reform
Health care program evaluation

Other Affiliations

Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University

Recent ICES Grants

Formation of Ontario Health Teams and quadruple-aim outcomes: quasi-experimental evaluation

Principal investigator: Sarma S
Co-investigator: Garg A
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Catalyst Grant
2022-2023; $100,000
Primary care reform and inequalities in the utilization of healthcare services and health status: analyses using Canadian Community Health Surveys linked with the Ontario health administrative data

Principal investigator: Sarma SK
Co-investigators: Ali S, Anderson KK, Bauer GR, Devlin RA, Garg A, Hajizadeh M, Hong M, Mathews M, Stranges S, Thind A
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2025; $416,924
Do primary care reforms influence physician performance and patient outcomes? Econometric analyses of Ontario's primary healthcare delivery models

Principal investigator: Sarma S
Co-investigators: Devlin R, Garg A, Shariff S, Thind A, Zaric G
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant
2013-2017; $467,529

Recent Awards & Recognition

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Career Scientist Award

2009: Awarded to Dr. Sisira Sarma for "Understanding the Impact of Practice Settings on Physician Behaviour and Patient Outcomes".
5/14/2009

Recent ICES Publications

3/16/2021

Risk of hospital encounters with kidney stones in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a cohort study

Kalatharan V, Welk B, Nash DM, Dixon SN, Slater J, Pei Y, Sarma A, Garg AX. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2021; 8:20543581211000227. Epub 2021 Mar 16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/20543581211000227

1/18/2021

Emergency department use following incentives to provide after-hours primary care: a retrospective cohort study

Hong M, Thind A, Zaric GS, Sarma S. CMAJ. 2021; 193(3):85-93. Epub 2021 Jan 18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.200277

1/5/2021

Mental health services provision in primary care and emergency department settings: analysis of blended fee-for-service and blended capitation models in Ontario, Canada

Vu T, Anderson KK, Somé NH, Thind A, Sarma S. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2021; 48(4):654-67. Epub 2021 Jan 5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-020-01099-y

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