The Mission of the Center for Health Policy Analysis is to produce and disseminate high quality health policy research to better understand the consequences of the social forces of public health, health spending, and health care delivery in Missouri, the Midwest, and the nation. The Center produces timely policy briefs, policy papers and timely analyses on health policy issues of importance.

Central Interests of the Center for Health Policy Analysis include:

• Medicare and Medicaid
  
  
• State Health, Tobacco, and Prevention Policy
  
  
• Policy Evaluation
  
  
• Obesity and Diabetes
  
  
• Community Benefit
  
  
• Long Term Care
  
  
• Rural Health