Publications

Contrasting Measures of Health Insurance Literacy and their Relationship to Health Care Access

Health Care Utilization and Cost Impacts of Delivery System Innovations: An Updated Review of the Evidence

This issue brief provides an updated review of the evidence about the impacts of delivery system interventions with a focus on ou Read More

SHARE Update: January - April 2016

Using HCUP Data for State Health Policy Analysis: A Case Study Examining the Impacts of an Early Medicaid Expansion

This brief from the SHARE grant program examines a rich source of US hospital administrative data--the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project< Read More

Aligning Quality Measures across Payers

With a growing emphasis on improving the quality of health care, public and private payers are increasingly measuring the performance of providers on a variety of quality metrics. Read More

Engaging Commercial Payers on Multipayer Alignment: Key Issues for SIM States

This brief provides some tips to states on how to productively engage with private payers on the goal of achieving multipayer alignment in payment reform and delivery system reform initiatives. Read More

Infographic: Employer-Sponsored Insurance (ESI) - What Changed in 2014?

The infographic below features high-level findings from the 2014 MEPS-IC about changes in employer-sponsored insurance from 2013 to 2014. Read More

Guide to Using the 2014 and 2015 Current Population Survey Public Use Files

Originally published in March 2016. Revised August 2016. Read More

Minnesota Accountable Health Model Continuum of Accountability Assessment: Evaluation Data Source and More

Changing Trends in Employer-Sponsored Insurance After the Affordable Care Act