National Organizations 

• Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy
   
• The Center for State Policy

 
• Center for State Policy Research

 
• CLEAR: Directory of State and Regional Licensing Boards

  
• Intergovernmental Health Policy Project (IHPP)
  IHPP has been devoted to conducting research and reporting on health care policy in the states since 1977.  Site includes a) State Health Notes; b) state health policy research; c) ForumNet Long-Term Care; d) publications; and e) other links.
   
• Lewin Group
  The Public Health and Finance Policy Practice (PHFPP), at the core of the Lewin Group organization, provides services in a broad array of health and finance policy arenas, including: a) health care reform; b) public health; c) Medicare and Medicaid; d) primary care; e) maternal and child health; f) behavioral health; g) long-term care; h) provider payment, and i) health care workforce policy.

• National Academy of State Health Policy

 
• RAND Corporation

 
• Urban Institute

University-Based

The following centers do state-level health policy work, either comparative work across states or health policy analysis related to individual states. Those with * have agreed in principle to develop a state-level health policy Web portals (see next section for details). Those with **already have such a Web portal for their own state now operational.

• AL **University of Alabama, Birmingham, Lister Hill Center for Health Policy
• AK  University of Alaska, Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies
• CA:  *University of California-Los Angeles, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
• CA:  University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health and Aging
• FL:  University of Florida-Gainesville, Institute for Child Health Policy
• ID:  *Idaho State University, Institute of Rural Health
• KY:  *University of Kentucky, Center for Health Services Management and Research
• KY:  *University of Louisville School of Medicine, Institute for Public Health Research
• MD:  *University of Maryland, School of Public Affairs
• MA:  *Brandeis University, Schneider Institute, Center for Health Policy
• MA:  *University of Massachusetts, Umass Center for Health Policy and Research
• ME:  University of Southern Maine, Institute for Health Policy
• MI:  **University of Southern Mississippi, Center for Community Health
• NE:  **University of Nebraska, Nebraska Center for Rural Health Research
• NJ:  **Rutgers University, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Center for State Health Policy
• NC  **Duke University, Center for Health Policy, Law and Management
  Research on state health policy issues includes a) Medicaid policy (AIDS capitation, nursing home spend-down); b) uninsured & medically indigent; c) state regulation (CON, rate-setting, CCRCs); d) medical malpractice; e) long-term care policy; and f) health manpower.
  

• OH:  *Ohio State University, Center for Health Outcomes, Policy and Evaluation Studies
• OH:  *University of Cincinnati, Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research
• OK:  **Oklahoma State University, Center for Health Policy Research
• OR:  *Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon Health Policy Institute
• SD:  **University of South Dakota-School of Medicine, Section on Rural Health
• TN:  *Vanderbilt University, Center for Health Policy
• TX:  **University of Texas-Houston, Center for Health Policy Studies
• UT: *University of Utah-Salt Lake City, Governor Scott M. Matheson Center for Health Care Studies
• VT:  *University of Vermont, Center for Rural Studies
• WA:  *University of Washington, Health Policy Analysis Program
• WI:  **University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Network for Health Policy Research