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National Primary Health Care Evaluation Contract Awarded

March, 2007

The Alder Group is pleased to announce that following a highly competitive national bidding process, the firm was awarded a contract by Health Canada to carry out the Summative Evaluation of the Primary Health Care Transition Fund (PHCTF).

The main goal of the PHCTF was to bring about permanent and sustainable changes within provincial and territorial health systems, through fundamental and sustainable changes to the organization, funding, and delivery of primary health care services.

The overall purpose of the evaluation assignment was to conduct data collection, analysis, interpretation and final report writing pertaining to the Fund’s Summative Evaluation, through developing and reporting on three specific lines of evidence: a document review, stakeholders interviews and a comprehensive survey. This assignment is significant in its scope and highlights The Alder Group's enhanced service capacity in the area of research and evaluation.