The WWAMI Rural Health Research Center (RHRC) is one of six rural research centers funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) to perform policy-oriented research on issues related to rural health care. The WWAMI RHRC, which was established in the fall of 1988, is based in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and works closely with the state departments of health, and Area Health Education Centers in the five WWAMI states (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) as well as other researchers and policymakers across the U.S. and internationally.
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UW WWAMI RHRC RECEIVES FOUR MORE YEARS OF FUNDING!
The University of Washington WWAMI Rural Health Research Center was awarded four more years of support from HRSA’s Office of Rural Health Policy through a competitive grant process. The new projects for the coming year are:
- Dentist Supply, Access to Dental Care, and Oral Health among Rural and Urban Residents: A National Study
- General and Specialist Surgeon Supply and Inpatient Procedural Content: A National Rural-Urban Study
- Do Rural Patients with Early Stage Prostate Cancer Gain Access to All Treatment Choices?
Descriptions of Completed and In-Progress rural health studies by the WWAMI RHRC.
Links to findings from research studies by the WWAMI RHRC
Links to resources for more information about rural health and related topics