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Rural Health
Research Gateway

Ingrid Jacobson, MPH

University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center

Phone: 612.626.8401
Email: jaco2118@umn.edu

Division of Health Policy and Management
University of Minnesota
2221 University Ave SE, Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Current Projects - (2)

  • Monitoring Obstetric Unit Closures and Measuring Closure Impacts to Support Rural Maternity Care Access
    This project will create a public health data infrastructure with annually updated information on the loss of hospital-based obstetric services, merging policy-relevant hospital and county characteristics with transportation and geographic data, and measuring trends over time in the loss of hospital-based obstetric care.
    Research center: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
    Topics: Healthcare access, Hospitals and clinics, Maternal health, Women
  • Rural-Urban Differences in Access to and Quality of Care for People With Disabilities
    The purpose of this project is to identify rural-urban differences in access to and quality of health care services for people with disabilities. Results from this project will help inform policy to improve access to and quality of care for this growing population in rural areas.
    Research center: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
    Topics: Aging, Disabilities, Healthcare access, Quality, Social determinants of health