About the center
The Center was founded in March 2004 and is housed in a Carnegie Doctoral Research Extensive University at Washington State University in Spokane Washington, USA and includes scholars from around the world that span the following wide range of international areas of expertise:
- Financing of healthcare delivery including payment methodologies and development of national health insurance
- Developing and restructuring healthcare delivery with a focus on primary and acute care health services including facilities mergers and acquisitions
- Health outcomes research and quality improvement including program evaluation (cost benefit and cost effectiveness analysis)
- Chronic disease management including prevention of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity
- Epidemiological study design, implementation, and monitoring including primary data collection and statistical analysis
- Education and training of Ministry of Health leaders in the areas of leadership, management, and control and training of healthcare workforce including certification, licensure, standardization and accreditation
- Health information technology and quality of care
- National health policy development
Center mission
Our mission is to work with Ministries of Health, public and private universities, and research centers to conduct international comparative analyses regarding health system priority areas identified by the Ministries of Health around the globe, with particular emphasis on low or middle-income countries, to improve health system performance and global health.
Contact us
Joseph S. Coyne, Dr.P.H
Professor, Dept. of Health Policy & Admin.
Director, Center for International
Health Services Research & Policy
Washington State University
Phone: 509-358-7981
Email: jsc@wsu.edu
Donor funding
Tax-deductible donations to the Center (WSU Account # 17A-5725-1739) can be sent by mail to:
Washington State University Foundation
Town Center Building, 3rd Floor
PO Box 641925
Pullman, WA 99164-1925
Phone: 509-335-6686 or
800-GIV-2-WSU (448-2978)
Fax: 509-335-8419
E-mail at: foundation@wsu.edu
Make a gift online at: http://wsufoundation.wsu.edu/giving
