Center for Health Policy, Primary Care and Outcomes Research
Encyclopedia
The Center for Health Policy (CHP) and the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research (PCOR) are jointly administered centers at Stanford University
that offer educational programs and conduct research on critical issues of health policy and health care
delivery.
CHP/PCOR is part of Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. It is directed by Prof. Alan Garber, a physician
and a health economist.
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
that offer educational programs and conduct research on critical issues of health policy and health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
delivery.
CHP/PCOR is part of Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. It is directed by Prof. Alan Garber, a physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and a health economist.