Objectives and priority areas

The objectives of the EIHR initiative are to:

• fund timely and policy-relevant research on healthcare renewal in Canada
• advance the timely translation of research evidence to government officials in order to improve the financing, sustainability and governance of the healthcare system
• increase the capacity of the research community to generate excellent research in the priority areas of healthcare financing, sustainability and governance

The initiative will focus on three priority areas in order to achieve its objectives:

• healthcare financing and funding models
• health system sustainability
• governance and accountability

Innovation in these areas will require contributions from a wide range of disciplines and methodological approaches.

Health services and health policy research can benefit from contributions from economics, political science, sociology, philosophy, law, and other relevant fields, as well as from the involvement of policy makers, decision makers and healthcare providers.