May 23, 2017, at 12:00 p.m. Central / 1:00 p.m. Eastern

On May 23rd, SHADAC hosted a virtual tour of State Health Compare, a new, user-friendly online tool for obtaining and comparing state-level estimates related to health and health care.

State Health Compare: How's It Different?

State Health Compare combines estimates previously available separately through the SHADAC Data Center and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Data Hub. The new, merged tool brings together estimates on a wide range of health-related topics in an effort to allow analysts and policymakers to view state-level data through a broad Culture of Health lens.

The Virtual Tour: What Will You Learn?

SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Joanna Turner guided attendees on a tour of State Health Compare's user interface. Ms. Turner provided an overview of available estimates and showed how users can generate maps, bar charts, trend lines, and tables to examine the estimates within and across states and over time, as well as by characteristics such as age, race/ethnicity, etc. Attendees also learned how to download graphics and export the underlying data.
 
Ms. Turner was joined on the webinar by Carolyn Miller, Senior Program Officer at RWJF, and by SHADAC Director Lynn Blewett. SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Brett Fried will also be available to answer questions.

View the presentation slides here or watch the recording below. 

View the event transcript here. 

Related Resources

Hest, R. (2017). "Significance Testing Using State Health Compare." SHADAC Technical Brief. Minneapolis, MN: State Health Access Data Assistance Center.

SHADAC. (2013). "Using SHADAC Health Insurance Unit (HIU ) and Federal Poverty Guideline (FPG) Microdata Variables." SHADAC Technical Brief.Minneapolis, MN: State Health Access Data Assistance Center.

SHADAC. (2011). "FPG vs. FPL: What's the Difference?" SHADAC Blog. Minneapolis, MN: State Health Access Data Assistance Center.