The Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center (UMRHRC) is a partnership that brings together two centers with extensive experience in rural health research and dissemination: the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center and the University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health. The two centers are combining their expertise to undertake national projects focusing on quality of rural health care and other important rural health issues. The results of these studies will be useful to health care providers, purchasers of health care, and policymakers, including the federal government.
The Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center is one of eight rural health research centers in the nation funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy.
Visit the UMRHRC Web site to gain more indepth information about this project.
Partner
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center — The Rural Health Research Center in the Division of Health Services Research, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota was founded in 1992. The Center’s mission is to conduct policy-relevant research that can be disseminated in an effective and timely manner to help shape the delivery and financing of rural health services. Primary areas of research include: quality of care in rural areas; rural health care systems and access to care; and rural health care financing.
The Office of Rural Health Policy —
The Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center is one of eight rural health research centers in the nation funded by the Office of Rural Health Policy. Established in 1987, ORHP is located in the Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is charged with informing and advising the Department on matters affecting rural hospitals and health care; coordinating activities within the Department that relate to rural health care; working with states, private associations, foundations and other organizations to find solutions to rural health care delivery problems; and maintaining a national information clearinghouse.
