Research on health policy and health services is conducted by many departments at State-supported universities as well as by nonprofit organizations. These State-based centers also serve as resources for State and local policymakers, health program officials, researchers, individual patients, and others in need of relevant information on health care quality in their States. Examples of these centers at nonprofit organizations and in State-funded institutions include:
Alabama
Lister Hill Center for Health Policy
University of Alabama (Birmingham)
Arkansas
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Little Rock)
California
Center for Health Policy Research
University of California (Los Angeles)
California Policy Institute
University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
Institute for Health Policy Studies
University of California (San Francisco)
Colorado
Colorado Health Institute (Denver)
Connecticut
Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
University of Connecticut School of Medicine (Farmington)
Delaware
Health Services Policy Research Group
University of Delaware (Newark)
District of Columbia
Center for Health Policy and Research
George Washington University (Washington)
Florida
Institute for Health Policy Research
University of Florida (Gainesville)
Georgia
Georgia Health Policy Center
Georgia State University (Atlanta)
Hawaii
John A. Burns School of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu)
Indiana
Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Indiana University School of Medicine (Indianapolis)
Kansas
Kansas Health Institute (Topeka)
Kentucky
Division of Health Services Management
University of Kentucky (Lexington)
Louisiana
Louisiana Public Health Institute (New Orleans)
Maine
Institute for Health Policy
University of Southern Maine (Portland)
Maryland
Center for Health Policy and Health Services Research
University of Maryland (Baltimore)
Department of Health Policy and Management
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Baltimore)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Health Policy Forum (Waltham)
Center for Health Policy and Research
University of Massachusetts Medical School (Shrewsbury)
Institute for Health Policy
Partners HealthCare (Boston)
Health Policy Institute
Boston University
Michigan
Michigan Health Policy Forum
Michigan State University (East Lansing)
Department of Health Management and Policy
University of Michigan School of Public Health (Ann Arbor)
Minnesota
Division of Health Services Research and Policy
University of Minnesota School of Public Health (Minneapolis)
Missouri
Center for Health Care Quality
University of Missouri (Columbia)
Department of Health Management and Policy
Saint Louis University School of Public Health
Montana
Montana Area Health Education Center
Office of Rural Health (Bozeman)
Nebraska
Center for Health Policy and Ethics
Creighton University (Omaha)
New Hampshire
Center for Evaluative Clinical Science
Dartmouth Medical School (Hanover)
New Jersey
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research
Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick)
Center for State Health Policy
Rutgers - the State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick)
New Jersey Policy Forums on Health and Medical Care
Forums Institute for Public Policy (Princeton)
New York
Department of Public Health
Weill Medical College of Cornell University (New York)
North Carolina
Center for Clinical Health Policy Research
Duke University (Durham)
Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
North Dakota
Center for Rural Health
University of North Dakota (Grand Forks)
Ohio
Health Policy Institute of Ohio (Columbus)
Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research
University of Cincinnati
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Center for Health Policy Research and Development
Department of Health Administration and Policy (Oklahoma City)
Oregon
Office of Oregon Health Policy and Research (Salem)
Pennsylvania
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
South Carolina
Center for Health Services and Policy Research
University of South Carolina (Columbia)
Tennessee
Center for Health Services Research
University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis)
Texas
Texas Institute for Health Policy Research (Austin)
Center for Health Economics and Policy
University of Texas Health Science Center (San Antonio)
Utah
Matheson Center for Health Care Studies
University of Utah (Salt Lake City)
Virginia
Center for Public Policy Research
College of William and Mary (Williamsburg)
West Virginia
West Virginia Institute for Health Policy Research (Charleston)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Public Health and Health Policy Institute
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine (Madison)
Wyoming
College of Health Sciences
University of Wyoming (Laramie)