Maine Rural Health Research Center
About the Center
Established in 1992, the Maine Rural Health Research Center draws on the multidisciplinary faculty, 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 within the Institute for Health Policy, and builds on the Institute's strong record of research, policy analysis, and policy development.
The mission of the Maine Rural Health Research Center 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's portfolio of rural health services research addresses critical, policy relevant issues in health care access and financing, rural hospitals, primary care and behavioral health. The Center's core funding from the federal Office of Rural Health Policy is targeted to behavioral health.
What's New
New Publications
- Rural Inpatient Psychiatric Units Improve Access to Community-Based Mental Health Services, but Medicare Payment Policy a Barrier. (Research & Policy Brief).
- Rural Families More Likely to be Uninsured and Have Different Sources of Coverage. (Research & Policy Brief).
- Substance Abuse Among Rural Youth: A Little Meth and a Lot of Booze. (Research & Policy Brief).
- The Two-edged Scalpel: Health Care and the Rural Economy.
Rural Health Research Centers (Funded by the federal Office of Rural Health Policy)
- NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis
- North Carolina Rural Health Research & Policy Analysis Program
- RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
- South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
- Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center (MN and ND)
- WICHE Rural Mental Health Research Center
- WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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