Angus, Douglas

Biography

Douglas Angus is a Full Professor in the Telfer School of Management with expertise in health economics and health policy. He was the Director of the PhD Program in Population Health from 2003 to 2010. Previously, he was Vice Dean and Associate Dean in the School from 1999-2002, and Director of the MHA Program from 1997-2001. From 2001 until 2007, Professor Angus also served as a member of the University of Ottawa’s Board of Governors.

Research Activities and Interests

Professor Angus has research activities at the international, national, provincial and regional levels in areas related to health economics, health policy, program evaluation and health care management. He has been Principal Investigator and/or Co Investigator on research projects funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), most recently on a study comparing support services for seniors in the Champlain Local Health Integration Network in Ontario and Marseilles, France. Finally, he has been supervising graduate students in the PhD Program in Population Health and the MSc Program in Health Systems Management.

Publications during the last 7 years

Books

Angus, D. and Boutsioli, Z. Health Studies: Economic, Management and Policy. Athens, Greece: Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), 2011.

Chapters in Books

Richard, N., Chreim, S., Bourgeault, I.L., Angus, D.E., 2012, “Chronically Ill Patients' Experience of Illness and Healing Relationships in Integrative Medicine”, in Alternative Medicine: Practices, Health Benefits, and Controversies, Carter, K.R., Murphy, G.E. (Eds.) , Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY.

Papers in Refereed Journals

Hogg, W., Zhao, X., Angus, D., Fortier, M., Zhong, J., O'Sullivan, T., Sigal, R., Blanchard, C., 2012
“The Cost of Integrating a Physical Activity Counselor in the Primary Health Care Team”, American Board of Family Medicine, Journal of the , 25(2): 250-252.

Pomey, M.-P., Angus, D.E., Champagne, F., Lemieux-Charles, L., Contandriopoulos, A.P. and Shaba, A. 2010. Does Accreditation Stimulate Change? A Study of the Context and the Impact of the Accreditation Process on Canadian Healthcare Organizations. Implementation Science, 5(31).

Johnston, J.C., Durieux-Smith, A., Fitzpatrick, E., Benzies, K., O'Connor, A. and Angus, D., Schramm, D. 2010. Estimation of Risks Associated with Paediatric Cochlear Implantation. Cochlear Implants International, 11(3): 146-169.

Johnston, C., Durieux-Smith, A., Angus, D., O'Connor, A. and Fitzpatrick, E. 2009. Bilateral Paediatric Cochlear Implants: A Critical Review. International Journal of Audiology, 48(9): 601-617.

Johnston, C., Durieux-Smith, A., O'Connor, A., Fitzpatrick, E., Angus, D. and Benzies, K. 2009. The Development and Piloting of a Decision Aid for Parents Considering Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implantation for Their Child With Hearing Loss. The Volta Review, 109(2/3): 121-141.

Fitzpatrick, E., Angus, D.E., Durieux-Smith, A., Graham, I. and Coyle, D. 2008. Parents' Needs Following Identification of Childhood Hearing Loss. American Journal of Audiology, 17(1): 38-49.

Papadakis, S., Reid, R.D., Coyle, D., Beaton, L., Angus, D. and Oldridge, N. 2008. Cost-Effectiveness of Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Delivery Models in Patients at Varying Cardiac Risk, Reason for Referral, and Sex. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, 15(3): 347-353.

Johnston, J.C., Durieux-Smith, A., Fitzpatrick, E, O'Connor, A., Benzies, K. and Angus, D. 2008. An Assessment of Parent's Decision-Making Regarding Paediatric Cochlear Implants. Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 32(4): 169-182.

Fitzpatrick, E., Durieux-Smith, A., Angus, D., Graham, I., Coyle, D. and Gaboury, I. 2007. Parents' Preferences for Services for Children with Hearing Loss: A Conjoint Analysis Study. Ear and Hearing, 28(6): 842-849.

Fitzpatrick, E., Graham, I., Durieux-Smith, A., Angus, D. and Coyle, D. 2007. Parents' Perspectives on the Impact of the Early Diagnosis of Childhood Hearing Loss. International Journal of Audiology, 46(2): 97-106.

Fitzpatrick, E., Topshee Johnston, J.C., Angus, D. and Durieux-Smith, A. 2006. Fitting Audiology within the Population Health Framework (Commentary). Canadian Journal of Public Health, 97(2): 153-155.

Fitzpatrick, E., Durieux-Smith, A., Angus, D.E., Olds, J., Schramm, D. and Whittingham, J. 2006. Economic Evaluation of Cochlear Implants in Children. Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 30(4): 215-223.

Eccles, M., Hamma, S., Logan, J., Graham, J., Tetroe, J. and Angus, D.E., et. al. 2006. Designing Theoretically-Informed Implementation Interventions: The Improved Clinical Effectiveness through Behavioural Research Group (ICEBeRG). Implementation Science, 1(4): 1-8.

Invited Contributions and/or Technical Reports

Angus, D. E. 2011. "The Burden of Injury in Ottawa Report 2010", Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa, ON, 8p.

Angus, D.E. 2010. "Review of Community Health Center (CHC) Flu Assessment Center Operations", Community Health Centers, Ottawa, 20 p.p.

Angus, D.E. and Madar, A. 2009. "Parental Work Absences Associated With Child Illness", Human Resource and Social Development Canada, Ottawa, 94 p.p.

Angus, D.E. 2009. "KB Demonstration Site Program: Evaluation Systhesis and Future Directions", Canadian Health Serivces Research Foundation, Ottawa, 32 p.p.

Angus, D.E. and Madar, A. 2008. "Proposed Method to Conduct an Economic Burden of Hypertension Study", Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, March, 52 p.p.

Brown, A., Angus, D.E., Chen, S., Tang, Z., Milne, S. and Pfaff, H.L., Mensinkai, S. 2005. "Cost and Outcomes of Chiropractic Treatment for Low Back Pain", Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 76 p.p.

Peters, R. DeV., Petrunka, K., Angus, D.E., Arnold, R., Bélanger, J-M. and Boyce, W., Brophy, K., Burke, S.O., Craig, W., Currie, A., Evers, S., Herry, Y., Hoch, J., Irving, L.G., Khan, S., Kocher, P., Mamatis, D., Nelson, G., Pancer, M., Parket, K., Russell, C.C., Towson, S. 2005. "Do Better Beginnings Lead to Better Futures? Three-Year Follow-up Outcomes for Grade 6 Children and Their Families", Better Beginnings, Better Futures Research Coordination Unit, Kingston, ON, October, 250p.

Other Scholarly Contributions

(Book review) Angus, D.E. and Lahey, W. 2011. "Canadian Health Care 2020". McGill-Queen's University Press

(Book review) Angus, D.E. and Sklokin, I., Gosselin, P. 2011. "Innovation Procurement in Health Care: A Missed Opportunity for Canada?".

Funded Research during the last 7 years

*Purpose = C: Contract (R and D), E: Equipment Grant, R: Research Grant, S: Support Award, P: Pedagogical Grant, O: Other, U: Unknown

**Type= C: Granting Councils, G: Government, F: Foundations, I: UO Internal Funding, O: Other, U: Unknown

Role: PI = Principal Investigator, Co-I = Co-Investigator, Co-PI = Co-Principal Investigator

Scholarly and Professional Academic Activities during the last 7 years

Most significant research contributions during career

Three major research studies (1989) done for the Nova Scotia Royal Commission on Health Care influenced a significant number of final recommendations made by the Royal Commission.

Directed a major national study on Cost-Effectiveness of the Canadian Health Care System (1992-1994: publications in 1995). The research indicated where, through appropriate subsitutions, efficiencies could be achieved in the way health care services are delivered. The impact on government policy, academic research and teaching has been significant. Since the release of the major report, there have been five re-prints, due to the high demand of the study.

In the Economic Analysis of the Costs of Society of Unintentional Injury in Canada (1998), the study results documented clearly for the first time in Canada the total economic burden of such injuries (most of which are preventable). The study has become evidence to support numerous initiatives across Canada to try to reduce the incidence and prevalence of this major health event.

The work on Better Beginnings, Better Futures (major technical report of 2001 and 2005) represents the first stage of this longitudinal, multi-disciplinary and multi-Ontario university quasi-experimental research study of early childhood interventions that are geared towards low-income neighborhoods in Ontario. My major contribution to this research has been on the economic analysis component.