Healthcare services research: efficiency, equity, sustainability, and access
The group aims to drive advancements in healthcare delivery and policy, focusing on key areas of efficiency, equity, sustainability, and access. The scope of activities includes:
-Healthcare delivery optimization: creating strategies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery systems, including streamlining processes, development, implementation and evaluation of innovative digital solutions; reducing waste, and enhancing performance and quality of care; with this, evidence-based policy recommendations will be developed. To build capacity in health services research by training researchers, policymakers, and healthcare professionals in methods and approaches to promote efficient, equitable, and sustainable healthcare systems.
-Healthcare equity and access: address disparities in healthcare access and outcomes, particularly among underserved populations, by identifying barriers and developing interventions to promote equity. To this, community and stakeholder engagement is key to ensure that research findings are translated into actionable strategies that address local needs and priorities.
-Healthcare policy and governance: analyze healthcare policies and governance structures to promote sustainability and ensure equitable access to healthcare, informing policy development and implementation. To provide evidence based recommendations to policymakers to enhance healthcare efficiency, equity, sustainability, and access. The goal is to strengthen health systems by identifying best practices and innovative approaches to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes.
-Health economics and cost-effectiveness: focus on health economics, assessing the cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions and technologies to inform resource allocation decisions and improve sustainability.
-Health technology assessment: conduct assessments of new healthcare technologies, evaluating their impact on efficiency, equity, and sustainability within healthcare systems.