Rural Health Research Gateway

Health Reform—Rapid Response

Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Research center: Maine Rural Health Research Center
Phone: 207.780.4513
Lead researcher: David Hartley, PhD, MHA
Contact: David Hartley, PhD, MHA, 207.780.4513, davidh@usm.maine.edu
Project funded: September 2009
Anticipated completion date:August 2010
Topics: Health care financing
Health policy
Health services
Mental health

Using national data sets and building on prior and current projects, this project offers rapid response on specific rural health issues to offices within the US Department of Health and Human Services in the form of tables, briefs, and estimates as those offices gather information relevant to national health reform.