Research at the CHPE seeks to provide new scientific evidence and innovative solutions to strengthen health systems in Switzerland and internationally, improving the health of the population.

The conceptual basis for our research is given by WHO's health systems framework and systems thinking approach that sets forth six building blocks of a health system: service delivery, health workforce, access to essential medicines, information systems, financing and leadership/governance. Within this framework, people are at the heart of the health system as beneficiaries and key drivers of the system itself. We use this framework to guide the design of our research questions and to analyse how policy interventions influence different components of health system performance.