Ronald Cossman, PhD

Phone: 662.325.4801
Fax: 662.325.7966
Email: rcossman@ssrc.msstate.edu

MS Center for Health Workforce
Mississippi State University
Social Science Research Center
PO Box 5287
Mississippi State, MS 39762

Completed Projects - (1)

Pharmaceutical Data Validity in Estimating Rural Population Health
This project will allow for the quantification of variation in morbidity (via prescription use) across rural areas; identify locations that might be at risk for stunted economic development due to high levels of chronic illness in the working population; and potentially lead to the development of a valid and reliable measure of county-level rates of chronic illness using prescription data as a proxy.
Research center: FORHP-funded Individual Grantees
Topics: Cancer, Chronic diseases and conditions, Diabetes, Pharmacy and prescription drugs, Public health, Rural statistics and demographics