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2020 U.S. alcohol-involved deaths climbed by 26.6%, and drug overdose deaths by 30.6%

Size of alcohol, drug overdose death increases in first pandemic year were unparalleled Read More

State Health Compare: State-Level Data Resources on Measures of Health Equity (Part Two - Health Behaviors, Health Outcomes, Social and Economic Factors)

Health equity and social determinants of health (SDOH) are rapidly growing fields of public health research. Read More

Expert Perspective and Issue Brief: Tracking the Data on Medicaid’s Continuous Coverage Unwinding (State Health & Value Strategies Cross-Post)

The following content is cross-posted from State Health and Value Strategies published on January 21, 2022. Read More

NHIS: National Rates of Health Insurance Coverage for Third Quarter of 2021 Statistically Unchanged from 2020

On Wednesday, January 19, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) announced that health insurance coverage estimates from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Read More

(Webinar) An Annual Conversation with the U.S. Census Bureau: Addressing Data Quality Challenges in the 2020 American Community Survey

Coverage During a Crisis: Insured Rate for Californians Hits Historic High in First Year of COVID-19 Pandemic (CHCF Cross Post)

The following content is cross-posted from California Health Care Foundation. Read More

Race/Ethnicity Data in CMS Medicaid (T-MSIS) Analytic Files Updated December 2021 – Features 2019 Data

This blog was updated in January 2023 to feature 2020 TMSIS data files and can be found here. Read More

Measuring State-level Disparities in Unhealthy Days (infographics)

Although health disparities in the United States have been common knowledge among public health professionals for years, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted this problem with vivid urgency. Read More

State Health Compare: State-Level Data Resources on Measures of Health Equity (Part One - Coverage, Affordability and Cost of Care, Access to Care, and Quality of Care)

Health equity and social determinants of health (SDOH) are rapidly growing fields of public health research. Read More

SHADAC’s New State Survey Research Resource Page