Department of Health Policy and Management

The mission of the Department of Health Policy and Management is to improve the health and well-being of Arkansans by generating, disseminating, and applying the evidence needed for sound policy and managerial decision-making within the health system. We pursue this mission by:

• Conducting research to identify better ways of organizing, financing, and delivering health services and implementing health policies;
• Helping students acquire the knowledge and skills needed for effective policy and managerial decision-making on health issues; and
• Serving the health system in Arkansas and beyond by providing public officials and other decision-makers with objective, reliable information and assistance.

Contact the Department of Health Policy and Management at 501-526-6633.

The department is comprised of full-time faculty and secondary and part-time faculty who have methodological and substantive expertise in many of the areas that drive health system performance, including:

• Organization and financing of medical care and public health services
• Access to care and safety-net health care systems
• Quality measurement, quality improvement, and health outcomes assessment
• Health disparities and cultural competence in health care
• Health insurance coverage, including Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance markets
• Public health policy, regulation, and law
• Economic evaluation of medical and public health interventions
• Long-term care delivery and financing
• Rural health care delivery and financing
• Maternal, child and women’s health
• Nutrition policy and programming
• Tobacco policy and programming
• Substance abuse and mental health policy and programming