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Health Systems Research (HSR), a unit of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, serves faculty, students, health care providers, human services agencies and other community organizations throughout Illinois with demographic, health, social and economic data. The skills, data and resources available to faculty and students at the College are also available to individuals and organizations needing assistance.

HSR provides limited consultation, works in conjunction with your staff or volunteers, or assumes total responsibility for projects - whichever meets your needs. HSR handles both large and small projects. We have assisted more than 200 organizations throughout Illinois including hospitals, nursing homes, local health departments, United Ways, schools, government, community and not-for-profit agencies. An extensive list of current projects is available upon request.

HSR is designated as a Census Affiliate by the U.S. Department of Commerce and houses a large repository of census and community information. Included are vital statistics, demographic, socioeconomic, health care utilization, manpower and other social indicators.

Serving the information needs of the community reflects the philosophy of the College to be part of and to serve northern Illinois. As a community service, HSR will respond to requests from local residents and students for readily available information.