Public Health and Policy Research

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Our experts in public health and policy research devote themselves to developing objective information about health care policy issues for multiple federal and state agencies. Our work encompasses quality care, consumer food safety, elder and long-term care, health promotion, and a variety of other public policy issues that require accurate research to help develop sound policy.

Focus Areas

  • Health and Social Organizations
    Organizational behavior and systems; organizational effectiveness and performance measurement; policy and management; interorganizational analysis; coalition building
  • Health Care Quality
    Development of quality measures; evaluation of chronic disease management; evidence-based practice; patient safety; pay for performance; quality reporting
  • Community Health Promotion Research
    Prevention and control of asthma, cancer, diabetes, tobacco use, obesity; community empowerment and social capital; health disparities
  • Food and Nutrition Policy Research
    Regulatory impact and policy analysis; model development; database design and maintenance; risk analysis; program evaluation; consumer behavior research; consumer and industry surveys; field data collection; agricultural market studies
  • Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care
    Medicaid and state-funded care; Aging Network; Medicare post-acute care; care for "dual eligible" populations; workforce, quality of care, home, and community services

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