Date of Birth: May 25, 1946
Marital Status: Married
Citizenship: Canadian
Home Address: 139-2345 Cedar Hill Cross Rd.
Victoria, B.C. V8P 5M8
Telephone: (250) 592-7980
Office Address: Director, Health Network
Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc.
841 Fairfield Road
Victoria, B.C. V8V 3B6
Telephone: (250) 389-6304
Fax: (250) 389-0105
E-Mail: mjhollan@islandnet.com
Education
Academic Appointments
1996-1998 - $100,000 (CPRN)
Health Canada, to provide general funding to the Health Network for small budget projects for the HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment initiative. These projects have been subcontracted to other researchers.
1996-1998 - $125,000 (CPRN)
Max Bell Foundation, to provide financial support to the Health Network to enhance its capacity to conduct health policy research.
1996-1997 - $80,000
Health Canada, to develop and pilot test a prototype Management Information System (MIS) for community based AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) (with Michael Beebe and the Canadian AIDS Society).
1996-1997 - $21,000
National Advisory Council on Aging, Health Canada, to conduct an environmental scan of services for seniors under regionalization and to develop a model for evaluating the impact of regional health reforms on services for seniors.
1996-1997 - $115,000
Ontario Ministry of Health, to conduct a critical review of different resource allocation and reimbursement systems, including new integrated models of service delivery, across the full range of health services (with Doug Angus, Raisa Deber and Phil Jacobs).
1996 - $24,000
National Health Forum, to prepare 5 papers and 15 fact sheets on puzzling issues related to international comparisons of health statistics (the work was sub-contracted to other researchers).
1996 - $140,000
Health Canada, to prepare a strategic research plan for HIV/AIDS prevention, including the commissioning of several research papers by other researchers organizing and hosting two Workshops and preparing a final strategic plan and business plan (with Terry Albert).
1996 - $46,407
Canadian Association for Community Care, to conduct a critical literature review, and key respondent survey, of measurement instruments related to a proposed study of the cost-effectiveness of community based services for the elderly.
1996 - $20,000
Canadian Association for Community Care, to conduct a critical literature review, and key respondent survey, of the cost-effectiveness of community and home based services for children with special needs, and of current, Canadian, service delivery systems for such children.
1996 - $12,000
Health Canada, to organize and facilitate a Workshop on the relationship between work and health, and to prepare a report of findings from the Workshop (with Terry Sullivan).
1995-96 $24,000
National Forum on Health, Health Canada, to conduct a critical review of Decision Support Tools in health care (with Paul Fisher {P.I.}, Peter Kleinsteiver and Tom MacKenzie).
1995 - $5,000
HomeSupport Canada, to prepare a grant application for a major project on the cost-effectiveness of Continuing Care.
1995 - $5,000
Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc., to prepare a paper on what can be learned from Continuing Care for the development of an integrated service delivery system for persons with HIV and AIDS.
1994-95 - $25,000
Queen's-University of Ottawa Economic Projects, to conduct a comprehensive literature review on the cost-effectiveness of Continuing Care services.
1994 - $60,000
Queen's-University of Ottawa Economics Projects, to conduct a major empirical study on the cost-effectiveness of Continuing Care services in Canada.
1992-93 - $112,500
Statistics Canada , Visiting Research Fellowship.
1992-93 - $35,000
Health Services Research Interchange Grant from the British Columbia Health Research Foundation.
1989-1995 - $244,993
National Health Research and Development Program, Health Canada, to conduct a study of the determinants of health care utilization changes over time: an analysis of two cohorts in the British Columbia Long Term Care Program. (NHRDP Grant, with: Morris Barer, Robert Evans, Rober Miller {P.I.}, and Dean Uyeno).
1992 - $4,000
Health and Welfare Canada, to prepare a report on Future Directions for Continuing Care.
1991 - $6,000
Health and Welfare Canada, to prepare a report on Emerging Trends in Health Care.
1978 - $5,000
British Columbia Environmental Land Use Committee, to conduct a study of the need for alcohol and drug treatment services in relation to the proposed Alcan Pipeline.
1974 - $5,000
Non-Medical Use of Drugs Directorate, Health and Welfare Canada, to conduct a survey of alcohol and drug use among Vancouver secondary school students.
Committees
Research Review Committees
May 1995 - Present
(Canadian Policy Research Networks Inc.)
Director, Health Network.
Responsible for leadership in the development and operation of the
health care component of a major national policy research organization.
December 1993 - May 1995
(B.C. Ministry of Health)
Acting Director of Program Standards and Monitoring, Program Standards and Information Management Division. Responsible for standards, quality assurance and utilization management for Regional Programs, i.e., Hospitals, Continuing Care, Mental Health and Community/Public Health (Feb. 1994 - May 1995).
Preparing for re-assignment within the Ministry of Health (Dec. 1993 - Jan. 1994).
November 1992 - November 1993
(Statistics Canada - Ottawa)
Visiting Research Fellow.
Responsible for the conduct of a national study on the need for, and feasibility of, a national database on Continuing Care, and for the publication of papers, in scientific journals, on Continuing Care and on the integration of research and analysis into the decision making process in government.
January 1989 - October 1992
(B.C. Ministry of Health)
Part-time leave from the Ministry of Health to pursue Doctoral studies at the University of Victoria. (January 1989 - April 1991)
Special Consultant, Policy, Planning and Legislation Division and Continuing Care Division.
With Policy, Planning and Legislation, responsible for high level policy analysis and advice on key Ministry of Health issues such as regionalization, accountability, healthy public policy, constitutional reform and other complex matters. With Continuing Care, responsible for a range of analytical, operational and advisory activities such as the development and implementation of a new, province-wide, planning and resource allocation model for all residential and community based Continuing Care services, and for the coordination of annual budget preparations for a budget of some $500 million.
February 1984 - December 1988
(B.C. Ministry of Health - Continuing Care Division)
Director of Program and Management Analysis. (Jan. 87 - Dec. 88)
Responsible for all of the analytical activities of the Division (e.g.,
research, planning, evaluation), for the conduct of a comprehensive, province-wide,
community consultation project, and for the operational management of the
Vancouver Island macro - region (a regionalized system of service delivery
was implemented in 1986, it replaced a functional system in which the Director
of Programs was responsible for the overall provincial service delivery
system).
Acting Executive Director. (Jan. 86 - June 86)
Responsible for the overall management of the Division and for the
stewardship of the British Columbia Continuing Care service delivery system.
Director of Programs, Continuing Care Division. (Feb. 84 - Dec. 86)
Responsible for the operational management of the provincial Continuing
Care service delivery system with a budget of over $300 million and a staff
of over 400 Full Time Equivalent positions, and for the development and
implementation of an innovative new reimbursement system for Long Term
Care facilities.
May 1976 - January 1984
Director, Research and Planning Division, Alcohol and Drug Commission of British Columbia. Responsible for research, planning, evaluation, information systems and other analytical activities for the Commission, for the provision of advice and consultation on analytical matters to the executive, for the preparation and publication of reports, and for the provision of consultative services to other bodies, e.g., the development of a comprehensive information system for the Medical Services Plan to assist in fee negotiations with the British Columbia Medical Association.
April 1975 - April 1976
Research Associate, The Alcohol and Drug Commission of British Columbia.
June 1973 - March 1975
Research Assistant, Narcotic Addiction Foundation of British Columbia.
March 1972 - March 1973
Research Assistant, The Commission of Inquiry Into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs (Le Dain Commission).
Other Related Experience
Teaching
Presented a number of guest lectures in the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology,University of British Columbia.
Co-taught a program evaluation course at Langara Community College.
Major Paper Supervisory Committees
School of Public Administration, University of Victoria. May Wong - M.A. Alternatives to Institutionalization for the Elderly, August 1986.
School of Public Administration, University of Victoria. Geraldine Parke - M.A. Room Differential Changes in British Columbia Long Term Care Facilities, March 1985.
Professional Affiliations
Member - Canadian Public Health Association
Member - Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association
Member - Canadian Association on Gerontology
Publications
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Hollander, M.J. (1995). Chapter 4, The continuum of care: An integrated system of service delivery. In E. Sawyer and M. Stephenson (Eds.) The Issues and Challenges for Long-Term Care. Ottawa: Canadian Hospital Association Press, 97-113.
Hollander, M.J. and Pallan, P. (1995). The British Columbia Continuing Care system: Service delivery and resource planning. Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, 7(2), 94-109.
McAllister, N. and Hollander, M.J. (1993). Seniors' perceptions of and attitudes towards the British Columbia Continuing Care system. Health Reports, 5 (4), 409-418.
Gutman, G.M., Milstein, S., Killam, J., Lewis, D. and Hollander, M.J. (1993). Adult day care centres in British Columbia: Client characteristics and referral patterns Health Reports, 5 (3), 321-333.
Gutman, G.M., Milstein, S., Killam, J., Lewis, D. and Hollander, M.J. (1993). Adult day care centres in British Columbia: Models, characteristics and services. Health Reports, 5 (2), 189-207.
Hollander, M.J. and Prince, M. (1993). Analytical units in federal and provincial governments: origins, functions and suggestions for effectiveness. Canadian Public Administration, 36 (2), 190-224.
Hollander, M.J., Foster, L., Curtis, G. and Galloway, A. (1992). Factors related to the adoption of municipal by-laws to restrict smoking: An analysis of healthy public policy in action. In M.V. Hayes, L.T. Foster and H.D. Foster (Eds.) Community, Environment and Health: Geographic Perspectives. (Western Geographical Series Vol. 27). Victoria: Department of Geography, University of Victoria, pp. 343-370.
Hollander, M.J. and Campbell, A. (1990). Conceptual models of the professions and their implications for the professionalization of health administration. Healthcare Management Forum, 3 (4), 21-27.
Hollander, M.J., Shapiro, E. and Nahmiash, D. (1989). The analytical manager: Integrating research and service delivery to build a better tomorrow. Healthcare Management Forum, 2 (4), special supplement, 26-35.
U.B.C. Health Policy Study Group. (1982). Current issues in health policy making for the Government of British Columbia. Health Management Forum, 3 (3): 25-86.
Hollander, M.J. (1980). Issues related to information systems. Toxicomanies, 13 (4), 167-177.
Hollander, M.J., Martin, M.A. and Downs, B.E. (1981). Accounting for the expenditure of public funds: An accountability system for provincially funded treatment agencies. In A. Schecter, Drug Dependence and Alcoholism. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation.
Government Reports, Technical Papers and Other Publications
Hollander, M.J. (1996). Report of the Workshop on Employment and Health. Ottawa: CPRN.
Hollander, M.J. (1996). The Cost-Effectiveness of Continuing Care Services: A Critical Literature Review. Ottawa: CPRN.
Hollander, M.J., Beebe, M., and Stark, A. (1996). Report of the Project to Conduct a Critical Literature Review, and Key Informant Survey of Measurement Instruments related to a Proposed Study of the Cost-Effectiveness of Continuing Care Services (in press). Ottawa: CPRN.
Hollander, M.J. (1994). The costs, and cost-effectiveness, of Continuing Care services in Canada. Ottawa: Queen's-University of Ottawa Economic Projects - Working Paper No. 94-10.
Hollander, M.J. (1994). Report of the project to review the need for, and feasibility of, a national database on Continuing Care. Ottawa: Statistics Canada (Ref. No.: 82F0012XPE).
Hollander, M.J. (1991). Response to papers on the theme of harnessing and integrating human and financial resources in the provision of community supports. In Family and Community Supports Division, Statistics Canada, (Eds.), Caring Communities: Proceedings of the Symposium on Social Supports. Ottawa: Statistics Canada.
Federal/Provincial/Territorial Subcommittee on Continuing Care. (1992). Future directions in Continuing Care. Ottawa: Health and Welfare Canada.
Federal/Provincial Working Group on Long Term Care Assessment and Placement. (1988). A single entry model of assessment and placement for adult long term care. Ottawa: Health and Welfare Canada.
Hollander, M.J. (1985). A conceptual basis for strategic health planning
in governments in Canada.
M.Sc.Thesis.
Hollander, M.J., Pallan, P. and Hall, M.J. (1985). A new system of reimbursement of care facilities in the British Columbia Long Term Care Program. Selected Proceedings of the Third Annual Pacific Health Forum. Vancouver: Vancouver General Hospital.
Hollander, M.J. and Davis, B.L. (1983). Trends in adolescent alcohol and drug use in Vancouver. Vancouver: Alcohol and Drug Programs, B.C. Ministry of Health.
Expert Committee on Alcohol Statistics. (1980). Special report on alcohol statistics. Ottawa: Health and Welfare Canada.
Hollander, M.J., Macurdy, E.A., Roed, J.C. and Anderson, P.R. (1979). Alcohol and drug statistics for Canada and British Columbia: 1955-1976. Vancouver: The Alcohol and Drug Commission of British Columbia.
Ambeau, J., Macurdy, E.A. and Hollander, M.J. (1978). An analysis of side-effects reported by clients on a methadone maintenance program. Vancouver: The Alcohol and Drug Commission of British Columbia.
Hollander, M.J. and Macurdy, E.A. (1978). Alcohol and drug use among Vancouver secondary school students: 1970-1978. Vancouver: The Alcohol and Drug Commission of British Columbia.
Macurdy, E.A. and Hollander, M.J. (1978). A survey of drinking practices and attitudes to alcohol use in British Columbia. Vancouver: The Alcohol and Drug Commission of British Columbia.
Hollander, M.J., Martin, M.A. and Downs, B.E. (1978). The Alcohol and Drug Commission of British Columbia accountability system for funded agencies. Vancouver: The Alcohol and Drug Commission of British Columbia.
Hollander, M.J. (1977). The client/agency monitoring system of the Alcohol and Drug Commission of British Columbia. Vancouver: The Alcohol and Drug Commission of British Columbia.
Russell, J.S. and Hollander, M.J. (1974). Drug use among Vancouver secondary school students: 1970 and 1974. Vancouver: Narcotic Addiction Foundation of British Columbia.
Conference Presentations
Invited Papers
Hollander, M.J. (1996) An Overview of Continuing Care. International Student Education Program. Paper presented at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, November 28.
Hollander, M.J. (1996) Planning for Utilization Benchmarks in Continuing Care: The British Columbia Experience. Paper presented at the Expert Meeting for the Ontario Hospital Restructuring Commission, Toronto, November 25-26.
Hollander, M.J. (1996) An Overview of Continuing Care: Best Practices and Cost-Effectiveness. Paper presented at the Workshop on the Care of the Elderly Veteran, Veteran's Affairs Canada, Charlottetown, P.E.I., November 22.
Hollander, M.J. (1996). Community Long Term Care - Making Effective - Planning Decisions for the Year 2000. Presentation at Action Centre, the Annual Conference of the District Health Councils of Ontario, London, Ontario, September 27.
Hollander, M.J. (1996). Presentations on Key Issues In: Best Practices for Continuing Care, B.C. Planning and Resource Allocation Model, and Critical Analysis of Strengths and Weaknesses of Regionalization. Papers presented at a Meeting of District Health Council Long Term Care Planners, Toronto, Ontario, September 26.
Hollander, M.J. Best Practices for a Continuing Care Service Delivery System. Presentation to the Continuing Care Advisory Committee, and staff, of the Calgary Regional Health Board, March 1, 1996.
Hollander, M.J. Overview of the Preliminary Program of Research for the Health Network of the CPRN, Presentation to Health Canada Officials, February 22, 1996.
Hollander, M.J. Population Health: A Reality Check. Presentation to the Federal Government interdepartmental Reference Group on Population Health, Ottawa, Ontario, February 22, 1996.
Hollander, M.J. The Cost-Effectiveness of Health Care Services for Seniors in Canada. Paper presented as part of the Informal Seminar series of the Centre on Aging, University of Victoria, British Columbia, February 9, 1996.
Hollander, M.J. The Cost-Effectiveness of Home Care Services. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Community Care pre-conference Workshop to the 24th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association for Gerontology, Aging: Bridging Communities, Building Futures, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 26-29, 1995.
Hollander, M.J. A National Database on Continuing Care - A Necessary and Feasible Step. Paper presented at the Symposium on Continuing Care: Will Current Research Lead to Better Public Policy and Management Information for Providers, Edmonton, Alberta, October 23, 1995.
Hollander, M.J. The Costs, and Cost-Effectiveness, of Continuing Care Services in Canada. Paper presented at the Symposium on Continuing Care: Will Current Research Lead to Better Public Policy and Management Information for Providers, Edmonton, Alberta, October 23, 1995.
Hollander, M.J. and Albert, T. Overview of CPRN Activities in HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment. Presentation to the National Advisory Committee on AIDS, Ottawa, Ontario, September 25, 1995.
Hollander M.J. Response to Papers on Changes in Service Delivery Settings. Paper presented at the Sixth Canadian Conference on Health Economics, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, August 24-26, 1995.
Hollander, M.J. and Angus, D. (1995). The cost-effectiveness of Continuing Care services in Canada. Paper presented at the Continuing Care/Long-Term Care Symposium, Ottawa, February 8.
Hollander, M.J. (1994). Cost-effectiveness in Continuing Care. Paper presented at the Colloquium on the Cost-effectiveness of the Canadian Health Care System, Montreal, March 28-29.
Hollander, M.J. (1993). Overview of Continuing Care: Conceptual issues and empirical findings. Paper presented at Invitational Workshop 2: Cost-effectiveness of the Canadian Health Care Sector, Vancouver, June 27-28.
Hollander, M.J. (1993). Future directions in Continuing Care. Creating a New Reality: Annual General Meeting and Leaders' Conference of the British Columbia Health Association, Vancouver, April 29 - May 1.
Pallan, P. and Hollander, M.J. (1992). The British Columbia Continuing Care service delivery system. Paper presented to the Aging section of the National Research Council of Italy, Rome, March 27.
Hollander, M.J., Foster, L., Curtis, G. and Galloway, A. (1991). Factors related to the adoption of municipal by-laws to restrict smoking: an analysis of healthy public policy in action. Paper presented at the Symposium on Community, Environment and Health in British Columbia: Geographic Perspectives, Vancouver, February 21 - 22.
Hollander, M.J. (1990). Strategic planning: a critical review. Paper presented at the Joint Board Education Seminar of the British Columbia Long Term Care Association, the Continuing Care Employee Relations Association and the Home Support Association of British Columbia, Vancouver, November 3 - 4.
Hollander, M.J. (1990). Research priorities for long term care. Paper presented at the Canadian Conference on Health Services Research, Toronto, June 25.
Hollander M.J. (1989). Partnerships between home care and long term institutional care. Paper presented at the Home Care Pre-Conference Workshop of the 18th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Ottawa, October 26.
Hollander, M.J., Shapiro, E. and Nahmiash, D. (1989). The analytical manager: integrating research and service delivery to build a better tomorrow. Paper presented at the First National Home Care Conference, Quebec City, June 14.
Hollander, M.J. (1989). Response to papers on the theme of Harnessing and Integrating Human and Financial Resources in the Provision of Community Supports. Paper presented at the Symposium on Social Supports, Ottawa, March 28-29.
Hollander, M.J. (1988). Research on home care in Canada. Paper presented at the Home Care Pre-Conference Workshop of the 17th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Halifax, October 20.
Other Presentations
Hollander, M.J. (1996). Continuing Care: Overview, Emerging Issues in Research and the Challenge of Health Reform. A presentation to the Steering Committee of the Health Network, Ottawa, Ontario, December.
Hollander, M.J. (1996). Information Systems for AIDS Service Organizations: An Overview of Key Concepts and Issues. Presentation to the HIV/AIDS Management Information Systems Working Group, Vancouver, B.C., November 8.
Hollander, M.J. (1996). Developing a Program of Research in Population Health. A presentation to the CPRN Board of Directors, Ottawa, Ontario, September 24.
Hollander, M.J. (1994). The feasibility of a national data base on Continuing Care: Analytical, organizational and data base issues. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Scientific and Educational Meetings of the Canadian Association on Gerontology, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October.
Hollander, M.J. (1993). Future directions for Continuing Care in Canada. Paper presented at the XVth Congress of the International Association of Gerontology, Budapest, Hungary, July.
Hollander, M.J. and Pallan, P. (1993). The British Columbia Continuing Care System: Services, policies and utilization. Paper presented at the XVth Congress of the International Association of Gerontology, Budapest, Hungary, July.
Hollander, M.J. and Pallan, P. (1991). A new planning and resource allocation framework for institutional and community based Long Term Care services. Paper presented at the II European Congress of Gerontology, Madrid, Spain, September.
Hollander, M.J. (1988). A strategic plan for the application of research to policy-making and program development in continuing care in British Columbia. Paper presented at CONNECTIONS '88: The First International Symposium on Research and Public Policy on Aging and Health, Saskatoon, February.
Hollander, M.J., Pallan, P. and Hall, M.J. (1985). A new system of reimbursement of care facilities in the British Columbia Long Term Care Program. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Pacific Health Forum, Vancouver, October.
Hollander, M.J. and Kierens, W.J. (1983). Mass media and health promotion: evaluation of a province-wide advertising campaign to promote the moderate use of alcohol. Paper presented at Evaluation 83: The Joint Meeting of the Evaluation Research Society and the Evaluation Network, Chicago, October.
Hollander, M.J. (1983). Organizational politics and its impact on internal evaluators: how to keep the frontiers from contracting. Paper presented at Evaluation 83: The Joint Meeting of the Evaluation Research Society and the Evaluation Network, Chicago, October.
Hollander, M.J. (1982). Comments for the round table on research on mental disorders and substance use disorders. 5th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Quebec City, May.
Hollander, M.J. (1980). Issues related to information systems. Paper presented at Symposium I on Alcohol Information Systems in Canada. Montreal, April.
Ambeau, J., Macurdy, E.A. and Hollander, M.J. (1978). An analysis of self-reported side-effects by clients on a methadone maintenance program with control group comparisons. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the Canadian Addictions Foundation, Calgary, September.
Macurdy, E.A. and Hollander, M.J. (1978). A survey of drinking practices and attitudes to alcohol use in British Columbia. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the Canadian Addictions Foundation, Calgary, September.
Hollander, M.J. (1978). Evaluating British Columbia's health entry plan for heroin users: a methodological outline. Paper presented at the 13th Annual Conference of the Canadian Addictions Foundation, Calgary, September.
Hollander, M.J., Martin, M.A. and Downs, B.E. (1978). Accounting for the expenditure of public funds: an accountability system for provincially funded treatment agencies. Paper presented at the 5th National Drug Abuse Conference, Seattle, April.
Hollander, M.J. (1977). The client/agency monitoring system of the Alcohol and Drug Commission of British Columbia. Paper presented at the 12th Annual Conference of the Canadian Addictions Foundation, Winnipeg, July.
REFERENCES
Dr. Doug Bigelow
Executive Director
Program Standards and Information
Management Division
Regional Programs
Ministry of Health
1810 Blanshard Street, 1st Floor
Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4
Telephone: (604) 952-0937
Professor Evelyn Shapiro
Department of Community Health Services
Faculty of Medicine
750 Bannatyne Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0W3
Telephone: (204) 788-6519
Dr. Gloria Gutman
Professor and Director
Gerontology Research Centre and Diploma
Program in Gerontology
Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings
Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 5K3
Telephone: (604) 291-5063
Judith Maxwell
President
Canadian Policy Research Networks
#430 - 250 Albert Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6M1
Telephone: (613) 567-7500
