U.S. PROs

• ABT Associates Inc. (Cambridge, MA)
• Actuarial and Technical Solutions, Inc. (Ronkonkoma, NY)
• Actuarial Research (Columbia, MD)
• Advisory Board Company (Washington, DC)
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)
• Alexis de Tocqueville Institution Regulation
• The Alliance for Health Reform (Washington, DC)
• Alpha Center (Washington, D.C.)
• American Association of Healthcare Consultants
• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Public Policy Institute
• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI: Washington, DC)
• American Iatrogenic Association (Houston, TX)
• American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• American Social Health Association (Research Triangle Park, NC)
• American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics (ASLME)
• America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
• APACHE Medical Systems, Inc.
• Applied Management Sciences, Inc.
• Aspen Systems Corporation
• Association for Health Services Research (AHSR)

• Battelle | Centers for Public Health Research & Evaluation (Baltimore, MD)
• Brookings Institution (Washington, DC)

• Cato Institute (Washington, DC).Entitlements & Health Care is one of 11 major areas of research. Research focuses on means to replace mandatory government health programs with voluntary market approaches, including Medical Savings Accounts.
• Center for Auto Safety (Washington, DC)
• Center for Health Care Strategies
• Center for Health Economics Research (CHER: Waltham, MA)
• Center for Health Policy Studies
• Center for Science in the Public Interest
• Center for the Study of American Business (St. Louis, MO)
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP: Washington, DC)
• Center for Healthcare Industry Performance Studies
• Center for Health Affairs | Project Hope Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis. Established 1996 to conduct research on issues affecting health care in rural areas.
• Center for Health Policy Studies
• Center for Insurance Research
• Center for Law and Social Policy (Washington, DC)
• Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSIP)
• Center for State Policy Research
• Center for the Study of Social Policy (Washington, DC)
• Center for Studying Health System Change (Washington, DC).Conducts Health Tracking, an on-going study monitoring health system change in 15 communities across the country. Also has done research on a) access to care; b) access to specialists; c) satisfaction and quality; and d) access to mental health services.
• Children’s Defense Fund (CDF: Washington, DC)
• Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE)
• The Claremont Institute
• Commission on Hospital & Professional Activities (CPHA)

• Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI: Washington, DC)
• Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
• Employment Policy Foundation. Conducts research on occupational safety and health, wages and compensation.

• Families and Work Institute
• Families USA Foundation (Washington, DC)
• Foster Higgins/Mercer
• Fraser Institute

• The Hastings Center. Conducts research on ethical issues related to dying, termination of treatment, chronic illness, artificial reproduction, genetic screening, rehabilitation and justice in health care delivery.
• Hay Group Inc.
• Health Policy Analysts, Inc.
• Health Policy Institute (University of the Sciences in Philadelphia)
• Health Research Group (Public Citizen:  Washington, DC)
• Health Research Institute
• Heartland Institute
• Heritage Foundation
• Hoover Institution (Palo Alto, CA)
• Hudson Institute

• Independent Institute
• Institute for Behavioral Healthcare (Portola Valley, CA)
• Institute for Contemporary Studies
• Institute for the Future (Menlo Park, CA)
• Institute for Health Freedom: NC Information
• Institute for International Research
• Institute for Policy Innovation (Lewisville, TX)
• Institute for Socioeconomic Studies
• Institute for Urban Family Health
• Institute of Medicine | National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC)
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute | Division of Health Care Services (HCS). Focuses on issues of health care organization, financing, effectiveness, workforce, and delivery, with special emphasis on quality, costs, and accessibility of care.
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute | Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP). Focuses on issues affecting the health of the public, including population-based public health measures and the public health infrastructure.
• International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans
• InterStudy (Excelsior, MN)

• Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health
• John Locke Foundation | Health and Welfare (Raleigh, NC)
• Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

• Kaiser Commission on Medicaid & Uninsured
• Knowledge Networks. KN delivers quality and service to guide leaders in academia, government, and business – uniquely bringing scientifically valid research to the online space through its probability-based, online KnowledgePanel®. The company delivers unique study design, science, analysis, and panel maintenance, along with a commitment to close collaboration at every stage of the research process. Knowledge Networks leverages its expertise in health care, public policy, brands, media, and advertising to provide insights that speak directly to clients’ most important concerns and research questions.

• Lewin Group
• Liberty Issues Online: Entitlement Report Contents
• Arthur D. Little, Inc.
• Louis Harris and Associates, Inc. (New York, NY)

• Mackinac Center for Public Policy (Midland, MI)
• JMU: Madison Review
• Manhattan Institute (New York, NY)
• Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
• Medical Technology and Practice Parameters Institute, Inc. Nonprofit organization dedicated to research, education, cooperation and exchange of information regarding medical technologies.
• The MEDSTAT Group
• Midwest Research Institute
• Milliman and Robertson. Actuarial and consulting firm for business and government, including health status improvement and management, health cost tracking and health insurance.
• Minnesota Health Data Institute. Public-private partnership created by Minnesota state legislature in 1993 to a) develop and implement standard health care measurements of performance; b) develop policy regarding data privacy and disclosure, including development of Electronic Data Interchange standards.

• National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League Foundation (NARAL)
• National Academy of Sciences | Board on International Health (Washington, DC). Mission is to inform the scientific community/government/public about ssues/policies/ needs/opportunities in international health, affecting both individual & public health, to delineate the relevance to US of health problems in other parts of the world.
• National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI: Washington, DC). Non-partisan organization which conducts research on Medicare, Social Security and related social assistance, workers’ compensation and private employee benefits.
• National Association of Healthcare Consultants
• National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
• National Center for Policy Research (CPR) for Women & Families
• National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA)
• National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA)
• National Consortium on Violence Research
• National Health Lawyers Association (NHLA)
• National Legal Center for the Public Interest
• National Policy Association
• National Public Health and Hospital Institute

• Orkand Corporation

• Pacific Research Institute
• People’s Medical Society
• Policy Analysis Inc.
• Policy Research Associates (Delmar, NY)
• Population Action International (Washington, DC)
• J.D. Power and Associates
• Preamble Center for Public Policy
• Progress and Freedom Foundation (Washington, DC)
• Progressive Policy Institute. Conducts research and develops policy briefs and backgrounders on federal policy issues, including health.
• Project HOPE, Center for Health Affairs
• Prudential’s Center to Health Policy Research

• RAND Corporation, Health Program (Santa Monica, CA)
• Reason Foundation
• Research Triangle Institute (Research Triangle Park, NC)
• Resources for Economists on the Internet
• Rocky Mountain Center for Healthcare Ethics

• SMG Marketing Group
• Social Science Research Council
• Southern Growth Policies Board
• Southwest Research Institute
• Charles D. Spencer & Associates (Chicago, IL)
• SysteMetrics

• Tax Foundation. Conducts research on level and incidence of federal, state and local taxes, including FICA and other health-related taxes.
• The Century Foundation
  

• United Healthcare, Center for Health Care Evaluation (Minneapolis, MN)
• UNUM Corporation
• Upjohn Institute. Conducts research on employment policy, including health-related employment barriers and employee benefits issues.
• Urban Institute | Health Policy Center (Washington, DC)

• VA Medical Center Health Services R & D Field Programs (HSR&D)
• VA HSR&D | Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research (Minneapolis, MN)
• VA HSR&D | Center for Health Care Evaluation (Palo Alto, CA)
• VA HSR&D | Center for Health Quality, Outcomes & Economic Research (Bedford, MA)
• VA HSR&D | Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care (Durham, NC)
• VA HSR&D | Center for the Study of Health Care Provider Behavior (Sepulveda, CA)
• VA HSR&D | Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research (Ann Arbor)
• VA HSR&D | Epidemiologic Research and Information Center (ERIC: Durham, NC)
• VA HSR&D | Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies (Houston)
• VA HSR&D | Field Program for Mental Health (Little Rock, AK)
• VA HSR&D | Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research (Hines, IL)
• VA HSR&D | Northwest Center for Outcomes Research in Older Adults (Seattle, WA)
• VA HSR&D | Veterans Evidence-based Research Dissemination Implementation Center (San Antonio, TX)
• VHA Online

• W. K. Kellogg Foundation
• Washington Institute Foundation
• Washington Legal Foundation (Washington, DC)
• Watson Wyatt Worldwide
• Western Behavioral Sciences Institute (La Jolla, CA)
• Woodrow Wilson Center
• Workers Compensation Research Institute (Cambridge, MA)

• Yankelovich Partners