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Evaluating an alternative funding plan.

M Anderson¹, J Cosby

¹Queen's Health Policy Research Unit, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

Healthcare Management Forum

|February 1, 1999

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This study evaluates Queen's University's alternative funding plan (AFP) for academic health science centres. Preliminary results and future research plans are discussed, alongside organizational and methodological challenges.

Area of Science:

Health services research
Health administration
Academic health science centres

Background:

Growing interest in alternative funding arrangements for Canadian academic health science centres.
Need for evaluating the effectiveness and sustainability of these funding models.

Purpose of the Study:

To outline the evaluation approach for Queen's University's alternative funding plan (AFP).
To present preliminary results from the AFP evaluation.
To identify research to be conducted before the AFP renegotiation in 1999.

Main Methods:

Description of the AFP at Queen's University.
Outline of the first phase of the evaluation process.
Identification of ongoing and future research studies.

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Main Results:

Preliminary findings from the AFP evaluation are presented.
Several studies are nearing completion.
Future research directions are identified.

Conclusions:

The article discusses organizational and methodological issues encountered during AFP evaluation.
Provides insights into the process of evaluating alternative funding models in academic health settings.