Three new Centres of Research Excellence will focus on obesity, dental and primary health care. Photo by lululemon athletica on Flickr.
In a major boost for primary health research, the ANU Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute has announced $7.5 million in funding to establish three new Centres of Research Excellence in primary health care. The new centres will focus on three priority areas: access and equity, prevention and management of chronic conditions, as well as quality, governance, performance and sustainability. Robert Wells, Director of the Institute, said the new centres will conduct research across a range of issues, tackling some of the key health reform challenges facing Australia. "These three new centres will add significantly to the depth of health care research in Australia. The Centre of Research Excellence in the Finance and Economics of Primary Care will focus on the finance and economics of primary health care, aiming to build an evidence base to support primary care reform. The centre will be evaluating current policies, and using that as an evidence base to inform the development and implementation of new initiatives," he said. "The Centre of Research Excellence in Primary Oral Health Care will research the growing concern of oral health care.
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