Publications

State of Reform: Evaluating State Efforts to Improve Access to Health Care

SHARE grantees are currently in the process of releasing preliminary findings from their evaluations of state-level reform strategies. This brief, titled "State of Reform," provid Read More

Historical Changes in Current Population Survey Health Insurance Coverage Items for Survey Years 1988 through 2009

SHADAC Issue Brief #19 summarizes the changes to the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and E Read More

Data for Monitoring the Uninsured at the State Level

Presentation by Kathleen Call at the 2009 Maximizing Enrollment for Kids meeting in Washington, DC, September 25 2009. Read More

American Community Survey (ACS) Data Release Webinar

SHADAC's American Community Survey (ACS) Data Release Webinar, held on September 23, 2009, can be viewed by clicking the link below. The initial presentation is about 30 minutes, followed by 45 minutes of question and answer. Read More

Summary of SHADAC Conference Call to Discuss the 2008 CPS Health Insurance Estimates

Highlights from SHADAC's September 11, 2009, conference call discussing the health insurance coverage estimates from the calendar year 2008 Current Population Survey data release. September 2009. Read More

Comparing Federal Government Surveys that Count the Uninsured

The number of uninsured Americans is large and growing over time, yet there continues to be debate about exactly how many Americans are uninsured. Read More

An Introduction to the American Community Survey Health Insurance Coverage Estimates

Issue Brief #18 focuses on the American Community Survey (ACS). Read More

SNACC Phase IV Report

Report for Phase IV of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC). This phase involved re-using the Phase II process, replacing the CPS data with NHIS data. Read More

SNACC Phase III Report

Report for Phase III of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC). In this phase data from the state MSIS files, CPS, 2001 Supplemental Survey (SS01), as well as the MAX and Census Bureau Master Address File (MAF) were used. Read More

SNACC Phase II Report

Report for Phase II of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC). In this phase data were merged from the Medicaid Analytic Extract (MAX), MSIS, the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Person Characteristic File (PCF), and the Master Address File Auxiliary Reference File (MAFARF). Read More