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Journal Article: Increasing Response Rates in a Survey of Medicaid Enrollees: The Effect of a Prepaid Monetary Incentive and Mixed Modes (Mail and Telephone)

Apr. 01, 2005: Beebe, T.J., M. Davern, D. McAlpine, and K.T. Call, and T. Rockwood. "Increasing Response Rates in a Survey of Medicaid Enrollees: The Effect of a Prepaid Monetary Incentive and Mixed Modes (Mail and Telephone)." Medical Care 43(4): 411-414. Read More

Report/Brief: Retirement Security and Minnesota’s Elderly Population

Mar. 30, 2005: This brief addresses concerns in Minnesota over "retirement security" that have become a significant state policy issue as spending on the elderly and disabled for acute and long-term care services have continued to grow. March 2005.Read More

Report/Brief: Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota from 2001 to 2004

Mar. 30, 2005: This research brief released by the Division of Health Services Research and Policy (now Health Policy and Management) at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health summarizes the results of the most recent survey and presents key comparisons between the 2001 and 2004 Minnesota Health...Read More

Report/Brief: Second Hand Smoke in Minnesota, 1999-2003

Mar. 09, 2005: This report describes Minnesotans’ exposure to and attitudes about secondhand smoke for the general population of adult Minnesotans, and provides an update to the findings from the 1999 Adult Tobacco Prevalence Survey that were presented in the November 2000 report, Secondhand Smoke: Knowledge,...Read More

Journal Article: Covering Kids: Variation in Health Insurance Coverage Trends by State, 1996-2002

Dec. 01, 2004: Blewett, L.A., M. Davern, and H. Rodin. "Covering Kids: Variation in Health Insurance Coverage Trends by State, 1996-2002." Health Affairs 13(6): 170-180. Read More

Journal Article: Providing Health Care to Latino Immigrants: Community-Based Efforts in the Rural Midwest

Oct. 01, 2004: Casey, M., L.A. Blewett, and K.T. Call. "Providing Health Care to Latino Immigrants: Community-Based Efforts in the Rural Midwest." American Journal of Public Health 94 (10):1709-11. Read More

Journal Article: Telephone Service Interruption Weighting for State Health Insurance Surveys

Oct. 01, 2004: Davern, M., J. Lepkowski, K.T. Call, N. Arnold, T.L. Johnson, K. Goldsteen, A.T. Malmlov, and L.A. Blewett. "Telephone Service Interruption Weighting for State Health Insurance Surveys." Inquiry 41(3): 280-290. Read More

Journal Article: Missing the Mark? Examining Imputation Bias in the Current Population Survey’s State Income and Health Insurance Coverage Estimates

Sep. 01, 2004: Davern, M. and L.A. Blewett, B. Bershadsky, and N. Arnold. "Missing the Mark? Examining Imputation Bias in the Current Population Survey’s State Income and Health Insurance Coverage Estimates." Journal of Official Statistics 20(3):519-49. Read More

Journal Article: Improving Access to Primary Care for a Growing Latino Population: The Role of Safety Net Providers in the Rural Midwest

Aug. 01, 2004: Blewett, L.A, M. Casey, and K.T. Call. "Improving Access to Primary Care for a Growing Latino Population: The Role of Safety Net Providers in the Rural Midwest." Journal of Rural Health 20 (3): 237-245. Read More

Survey 101: Basics for Survey Research

Jun. 10, 2004: Survey 101 covers the five basic steps of survey research: development of proposal, instrumental development and survey design, data collection, post-collection processing, and analysis and dissemination. It describes the key tasks and deliverables of each of the five steps in a list format. June...Read More

Report/Brief: Public program crowd-out of private coverage: What are the issues?

Jun. 09, 2004: This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Synthesis Brief addresses the topic of crowd-out, or public coverage substitution for private insurance. June 2004. Read More

Presentation: What is Up With Lower Response Rates?

Jun. 05, 2004: Presentation by Mike Davern titled, "What is Up With Lower Response Rates?" at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 5, 2007 in Orlando FL. | View | Upload your own Read More

Report/Brief: A Profile of the Uninsured in the U.S. Virgin Islands

May. 20, 2004: SHADAC's State Data Series brief profiling the uninsured in the U.S. Virgin Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States that has one of the highest rates of uninsurance in the U.S. and its territories, but with little information about their uninsured population. May 2004.Read More

Journal Article: State Efforts to Measure the Health Care Safety Net

Apr. 01, 2004: Blewett, L.A. and T.J. Beebe. "State Efforts to Measure the Health Care Safety Net." Public Health Reports119 (2): 125-135. Read More

Report/Brief: State Experiences in Developing Purchasing Pools

Feb. 27, 2004: SHADAC's State Data Series brief discusses the effectiveness of state purchasing pools, outlines barriers to successful outcomes, and maps out various ways Montana can encourage the development of viable purchasing pools for small employers and their employees. February 2004.Read More

Report/Brief: State Tax Incentives versus Premium Assistance: What’s the Difference?

Feb. 15, 2004: This SHADAC State Data Series brief compares two private coverage strategies being considered in the state of Montana to reduce the number of low-income workers and families without access to health insurance: (1) providing tax relief through a state tax credit to individuals and employers who...Read More

Report/Brief: A Profile of Parents with Publicly Insured Children in Montana

Feb. 10, 2004: SHADAC's State Data Series brief describes the demographic characteristics and insurance status of parents with publically insured children in the state of Montana, how they get health care for themselves, and the implications for policy. February 2004.Read More

Report/Brief: A Comparison of Children's Uninsurance Rates Across the States 1995-97 to 2000-02

Feb. 09, 2004: SHADAC's Issue Brief #10 compares changes in children’s uninsurance rates across states as an indication of SCHIP success. This is an update of SHADAC's issue brief #6 using more recent data. February 2004. Read More

Journal Article: Monitoring the Uninsured: A State Policy Perspective

Feb. 01, 2004: Blewett, L.A., M.B. Good, K.T. Call, and M. Davern. "Monitoring the Uninsured: A State Policy Perspective." Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 29(1): 107-145. Read More

Report/Brief: Do National Surveys Overestimate the Number of Uninsured? Findings from the Medicaid Undercount Experiment in Minnesota

Jan. 30, 2004: SHADAC's Issue Brief #9 summarizes SHADAC's study of the Medicaid undercount in Minnesota, or the systematic underestimate the number of individuals known through administrative records to be enrolled in Medicaid programs. January 2004. Read More

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