Zach Croll
HE | HIM | HIS
Research Associate II
Education
- Master of Public Health, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, 2018
- Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, University of Southern Maine, 2010
Research Interests
- Rural hospitals and health clinics
- Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program
- Access to health care services for vulnerable populations
- Social determinants of health
Mr. Croll participates on project teams for the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, Maine’s annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey, the Annual Survey of Children Served by MaineCare, and other funded research and evaluation projects. He has contributed to numerous studies examining rural health clinics, hospital community benefit and population health improvement activities, behavioral health and substance use services, rural long-term services and supports, health insurance coverage, and the experience of care and health status of children enrolled in MaineCare.
He has extensive experience in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis; data management activities including the construction, cleaning, and management of analytic data files; literature and policy review; and the implementation and management of research and evaluation activities.
Expertise
- Data management
- Qualitative and quantitative data analysis
- Literature and policy review
- Project management and implementation
Selected Publications
Please review Zach Croll's publications on Digital Commons.
Education
- Master of Public Health, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service, 2018
- Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, University of Southern Maine, 2010
Research Interests
- Rural hospitals and health clinics
- Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program
- Access to health care services for vulnerable populations
- Social determinants of health