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The UMBC School of Public Policy includes the master of public policy (MPP) and PhD degree programs, and the Maryland Institute for Public Policy and Analysis Research (MIPAR). Established after four decades of sustained growth, the School consists of nine full-time faculty, more than 30 affiliated faculty from the departments of economics, sociology, political science, and policy analysis. MIPAR, with $23 million in active research grants, links the analytical resources of the University with policymakers in the state and region, conducting opinion research, policy analyses, and program evaluations on a variety of topics. MIPAR activities are supported by federal, state, and local governmental agencies, foundations, and corporations.
Recent Submissions
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A comparative effective examination of asthma treatments
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Mental Health Policy and FDA Warnings
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Part D Utilization Management Barriers for Persons with Serious Mental Illness
(2015-06-15)Hilltop staff made several presentations at the 2015 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) held June 13 through June 15 in Minneapolis. Senior Research Analyst Michael T. Abrams, MPH, presented this poster at an ARM ... -
Disparities in Access to and Effectiveness of Evidence-based Supported employment for Persons with Co-occurring Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD): Evidence from a State-wide Policy Intervention
(The Hilltop Institute, 2015-04-20)New results generated by a team of UMBC researchers (from The Hilltop Institute, the Department of Public Policy, and MIPAR) recently revealed that persons with serious mental illness (SMI) who also have co-occurring ... -
Controlling Hospital and Health Care Spending in Maryland in the Era of Budget Caps
(2014-12-05)Maryland runs the only all payer hospital payment system in the country. Under this system, the federal government allows a statewide commission, the Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) to regulate hospital ... -
A Look Ahead: the Next 20 Years in Federal and State Health Policy
(2014-10-23)The Hilltop Institute celebrated 20 years of service at a special event held on the UMBC campus on October 23, 2014. The event included a program titled A Look Ahead: the Next 20 Years in Federal and State Health Policy ... -
Non-Emergent Emergency Department Use among Adults with Disabilities
(The Hilltop Institute, 2014-06-08)Hilltop staff made several presentations at the 2014 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) held June 8 through June 10 in San Diego. Director of Medicaid Policy Studies David A. Idala, MA, delivered this presentation ... -
Estimating Causal Effects in Observational Studies Using Electronic Health Data: Challenges and (some) Solutions
(Ubiquity Press, 2013-12-01)Electronic health data sets, including electronic health records (EHR) and other administrative databases, are rich data sources that have the potential to help answer important questions about the effects of clinical ... -
Alternative and “Off-Label” Uses of Antipsychotic Medications in Medicaid
(The Hilltop Institute, 2010-11-10)Abrams presented a poster on another study, entitled Alternative and “Off-Label” Uses of Antipsychotic Medications in Medicaid, which used Medicaid administrative data from a single state (Maryland) and year (7/2000 to ... -
The Impact of Selected Demographic, Mental Health and Geographic Measures on Discharge From Nursing Homes Among Working-Age Adults in Maryland
(The Hilltop Institute, 2010-11-10)Hilltop Director of Clinical and Quality Management Annette Snyder, PhD, delivered this presentation at the 138th American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting held November 6 through 10, 2010, in Denver, Colorado. ... -
Evaluating the Impact of Managed Care on Service Use and Disparities in Care Among Children and Adolescents Receiving Medicaid
(The Hilltop Institute, 2007-02)This policy brief, based on research conducted by Dr. Todd Eberly for his dissertation, examines whether a transition from fee-for-service to a managed care Medicaid program improved access to preventive well care services, ... -
Cybersecurity Challenges to American Local Governments
(2017-06-12)In this paper we examine data from the first ever nationwide survey of cybersecurity among American local governments. We are particularly interested in understanding the threats to local government cybersecurity, their ... -
Working with a Severe Mental Illness: Estimating the Causal Effects of Employment on Mental Health Status and Total Mental Health Costs
(Springer US, 2019-02-28)Employment is an important goal for persons who have a severe mental illness (SMI). The current literature finds some evidence for a positive relationship between employment and measures of mental health (MH) status, however ... -
Female Sex Workers’ Use of Mobile Phones in India: Lessons in Effective Engagement
(University of Jyväskylä, 2019)Despite the widespread impact of mobile phone technology, research on female sex workers’ (FSWs) access and use of this technology is sparse. This study aimed to document FSWs’ subjective perceptions of the benefits of ... -
An Examination of Vote Verification Technologies: Findings and Experiences from the Maryland Study
(2006-04-15)We describe our findings and experiences from our technical review of vote verification systems for the Maryland State Board of Elections (SBE). The review included the following four systems for possible use together ... -
Why are the early elementary race/ethnicity test score gaps in science larger than those in reading or mathematics. National evidence on the importance of language and immigration context in explaining the gap‐in‐gaps
(John Wiley & Sons, 2018-12-31)Recent work examining science test performance in the earliest grades of school has demonstrated that science test score gaps by race/ethnicity are apparent as early as kindergarten and that, in a number of cases, the ... -
Does the Chicago Safe Passage Program Reduce Reported Crime Around Elementary Schools? Evidence From Longitudinal, Geocoded Crime Data
(SAGE journals, 2018-11-23)The Chicago Public School’s Safe Passage program is a large-scale intervention designed to improve the safety of students as they travel to and from schools. By placing hundreds of adult monitors on designated streets ... -
Bahama Oriole Project team awarded NSF grant to offer more UMBC undergrads International Research Experiences
(UMBC, 2018-11-06)UMBC is recognized as a national leader in undergraduate teaching, in part because the university connects so many students with meaningful research opportunities. Now, a new $300,000 NSF International Research Experiences ... -
Expanding downward: innovation, diffusion, and state policy adoptions of universal preschool
(Arizona State University, 2015-03-23)Framed within the theoretical framework of policy innovation and diffusion, this study explores both interstate (diffusion) and intrastate predictors of adoption of state universal preschool policies. Event history analysis ... -
The State of Abstracts in Educational Research
(SAGE journals, 2016-06-08)Background: There is a well-documented divide between education research and practice. In 2004, Mosteller, Nave, and Miech argued for a focus on the research abstract, particularly structured abstracts, to improve the ...
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