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Emily Sheffield, MPH

Phone: 612.626.8401
Email: sheff074@umn.edu

Division of Health Policy and Management
University of Minnesota
2221 University Ave. SE #350
Minneapolis, MN 55414


Current Projects - (1)

  • Rapid Response Obstetric Care Data Access
    The purpose of this project is to produce rapid response descriptive analyses at the request of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy regarding obstetric services at rural hospitals and maternity care in rural communities.
    Research centers: Rural Maternal Health Data Support and Analysis Program, University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
    Topics: Healthcare access, Hospitals and clinics, Maternal health

Publications - (4)

2025

  • 2010-2022 County-Level Hospital-Based Obstetric Care Status
    Rural Maternal Health Data Support and Analysis Program, University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
    Date: 07/2025
    This data resource is a county-level dataset containing the county FIPS code, state, and an indicator of whether each United States county had hospital-based obstetrics care in each year, 2010-2022. It is available for download as an XLS file.

2024

2023