The Mission of the Center is to facilitate research, promote education and inform policy about health and healthcare.
The Goals of this Mission are to improve the health of the public by contributing new knowledge about:
• access
• delivery
• cost
• outcomes
Current emphases include disparities, clinician-patient interaction, utilization, cost-effectiveness and quality.
The Center is an interdisciplinary, collaborative research unit that will perform the following Functions:
• development and support of interdisciplinary collaboration on research projects related to the Center’s Mission
• education and career development for scholars with interests in health services and health policy research
• synthesis, interpretation and dissemination of research findings that assist healthcare policy formation and improve health services delivery