The Targeted Call for Research (TCR): Addressing the Needs of People with High Healthcare Service Utilisation grant opportunity aims to facilitate research that will improve understanding of the patient journey, where the critical issues are for people to access timely and appropriate care in diverse geographic locations and in different sectors of the healthcare services (primary care, hospitals and allied health services). In addition, this TCR will also support research that examines current healthcare delivery approaches/models of care (for example, wraparound care, enhanced integrated health care), explore potential improvements and/or development of new models and/or ways to better implement them, particularly for people with complex health needs. Applications that consider workforce issues and high healthcare service utilisation such as capacity, expertise and sustainability in the delivery of care will also be considered.
The objectives of this grant opportunity are to:
- examine high healthcare service utilisation from the points of view of people with lived experience and relevant stakeholders (such as, acute and primary care clinicians, funders, policy makers, service providers)
- gain in-depth understanding of the challenges facing people with different types of high healthcare service utilisation when managing their health, and the challenges facing clinicians and health systems in trying to meet the needs of these vulnerable patients
- investigate the effectiveness of existing services and programs by providing an evidence-base to support widespread uptake of services and models of care that are proven to improve patient outcomes and patient journeys.
Further information about the TCR, its objectives, outcomes, available funds and timeframes is available on GrantConnect.
