HERON: using population health data to improve health services, policy and planning

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/262121

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

This program aims to improve the use of population health data sets in supporting health care decisions and policy making. The team has formed the Health Evaluation Research and Outcomes Network (HERON) to bring together researchers with skills in the analysis and interpretation of these data and policy makers. The program will explore the use of these datasets in planning and evaluating cancer and perinatal services and in measuring equity of access to quality health care. The team will build skills in undertaking research that is useful to policy makers and in the relevant statistical and epidemiological techniques.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 01-01-2008

Funding Scheme: Capacity

Funding Amount: $2,500,000.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Optometry

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Cancer and related disorders | Evaluation of health outcomes | Health services research | Policy and planning | Population health data sets

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