Peter Coyte

In 2000, Dr. Peter C. Coyte was awarded a Chair in Health Services Research from the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation in partnership with the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is a regional co-sponsor of this Chair.

Dr. Coyte’s chair, entitled, Health Care Settings and Canadians: A Program of Research, Education and Linkage, has resulted in close to $5 million in funding over 10 years to advance health services research, training, and linkage and exchange activities.

Health system restructuring and rapid technological developments in Canada have triggered a dramatic shift towards the delivery of ambulatory, home-based, and more recently, internet-based health care ("eHealth"). This dispersion of health care services to the places where Canadians live, work, and attend school will have major social and health services repercussions.

However, while restructuring has been rapid and ubiquitous, research and research capacity to assess the impacts andimplications of such change has been lacking in Canada.

The CHSRF/CIHR Chair in Health Care Settings and Canadians has been designed to address this gap. In the past nine years, the Chair has generated a growing body of research evidence and a growing network of colleagues, students, and industry and policy partners who use evidence to inform decision-making in the financing, delivery, and organization of home and community care. The Chair program operates in collaboration with 11 industry and community partners.