Policy Analysis

​NORC routinely conducts policy assessments for a range of federal clients.  The nature of these analyses varies widely, from background research on a particular topic to a catalog of state policies, to developing and analyzing a variety of options for addressing a given challenge, to assessing the likely impact of a policy change.  These projects may involve the collection or analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, or they may focus on a review of literature or the knowledge of a particular expert at NORC.

Representative Projects

Options for Structuring Disproportionate Share (DSH) Payments to Account for Uncompensated Care: Impact on Rural Hospitals. This multi-phase analysis examined whether discharge patterns for and use of post-acute care services by rural and urban hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries differ and, if they do, what the sources are of these different patterns. More

Outpatient Payment Policy Under Medicare: Recent Policy Developments from the Rural Perspective. ​This study was designed to examine outpatient payment options for rural hospitals, the advantages and disadvantages of each, and their potential impact on hospital revenue and rural access to health services.  More

Rural Health Research and Policy Center. ​The center was funded through the Rural Health Research Center Program in the Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.   More

The Horatio Alger Association’s State of Our Nation's Youth Project. The 2012 State of Our Nation's Youth (SONY) project will collect information that provides a snapshot of attitudes among current high school students and graduates across a range of contemporary issues.  The primary aim of the project is to deepen our understanding of the myriad challenges our nation's youth face as they enter adult life in the current social and economic context.  More

Use of Emergency Departments and Inpatient Care for Conditions Related to Poor Oral Health Care in Rural Areas. This study investigated the extent to which emergency departments (EDs) and inpatient settings are used to treat problems related to poor oral health, the charges for such care, and variations in the use of these services by patient and area characteristics. More

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Headlines

News The Republic: "Predicting number of very old is confounding" with research from Biodemography of Exceptional Longevity in the United States More
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News The Wall Street Journal: NORC's Natalia Gavrilova and Leonid Gavrilov ask if mortality can actually increase after 80 More
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Event Teen Dating Violence Intervention & Prevention, , Wednesday, February 29, 2012 More
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News UPI.com: Pondering mortality rates after 80, with research from NORC Expert Leonid Gavrilov More
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News University of Missouri News Bureau: Economy and age affects investment risk tolerance, with data from the Survey of Consumer Finance More
Posted: 1.5.2012 2:26PM