Maine Rural Health Research Center
Established in 1992, the Maine Rural Health Research Center (MRHC) draws on the multidisciplinary faculty and research resources and capacity of the Institute for Health Policy within the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine. Rural health is one of the primary areas of research and policy analysis focus within the Institute for Health Policy. The Center builds upon the Institute's strong record of research, policy analysis, and policy development that addresses critical problems in health care financing and delivery.
The Maine Rural Health Research Center's mission is to inform health care policymaking and the delivery of rural health services through high quality, policy relevant research, policy analysis and technical assistance on rural health issues of regional and national significance. The Center is committed to enhancing policymaking and improving the delivery and financing of rural health services by effectively linking its research to the policy development process through appropriate dissemination strategies. The Center builds upon a strong record of rural health services research that addresses critical problems in health care financing and delivery and which capitalizes on the health services research and health policy capacity and experience of the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service. The Center's core funding from the federal Office of Rural Health Policy is targeted to behavioral health.
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