Sheps Center for Health Services Research
Medical Research And Development
Why pick this one
Sheps Center, a UNC Chapel Hill unit founded in 1968, conducts policy-relevant health services research across aging, rural health, workforce, and disparities.
Best for
- healthcare policy research
- rural health studies and technical assistance
- health workforce research
- aging, dementia, and long-term care research
- Medicaid program evaluation
- health disparities research
- primary care and behavioral health services research
Look elsewhere if
- direct patient treatment or clinical care
- emergency medical services
- consumer medical appointments
Specialties
- aging, chronic illness, and long-term care research
- health workforce research and policy
- rural health research
- health disparities research
- healthcare economics and finance research
- primary care research
- child and adolescent health services research
- behavioral health services research
- medical practice and prevention research
- implementation and organization research
What makes them different
- Unit of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Started in 1968 with funding from the National Center for Health Services Research, now AHRQ
- One of the first five health services research centers in the United States
- Collaborative Studies of Long-Term Care research consortium includes more than 700 settings
- Programs include large randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, administrative-data studies, evaluations, and provider collaboratives
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center, 725 M.L.K. Jr Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC 27516
- Phone
- +19199665011
- Website
- http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/
- contact@schsr.unc.edu
Services
- health services research
- policy analysis
- consultation
- technical assistance
- training
- research dissemination