Mar. 26, 2024:This update was posted on March 26, 2024 uses data from the March 2024 release of the Household Pulse Survey, collected February 6 – March 4, 2024.
Introduction
The unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement represents the largest nationwide coverage transition since the...Read More
Mar. 21, 2024:In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic ended the United States’ decade-long era of economic expansion. Many businesses across industries halted or closed operations, resulting in record-high temporary and permanent job losses – events that have been reflected in unemployment rate trends. ...Read More
Mar. 11, 2024:
Find the brief in full here on the State Health & Value Strategies site.
Authors: Emily Zylla and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC.
Original publication date: March 11, 2024
In the United States, over 13 million people identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or...Read More
Mar. 11, 2024:In the past year, with support from partners, funders, and collaborators, SHADAC has continued to provide states, organizations, policymakers, and more with unbiased research, technical assistance, and data & evaluation resources.
Each year, we create an Annual Report to provide...Read More
Mar. 06, 2024:As part of the ongoing work in Phase 2 of the Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool project, SHADAC researchers have been working to understand what available data sources and measures currently exist that could be useful in populating a potential Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool. ...Read More
Mar. 06, 2024:The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released quarterly estimates of health insurance coverage beginning in July 2022 through September 2023 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) as part of the NHIS Early Release Program. Each quarter covers a three-month span, and this...Read More
Mar. 01, 2024:
Five-year American Community Survey estimates have been released for 2022, which means that SHADAC researchers have updated our ‘Minnesota Community and Uninsured Profile’ to include this latest data.
This...Read More
Feb. 28, 2024:A Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) is a type of geographic unit created for statistical purposes. PUMAs represent geographic areas with a population size of 100,000–200,000 within a state (PUMAs cannot cross state lines). PUMAs are the smallest level of geography available in American Community...Read More
Feb. 19, 2024:
2022 estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) and Current Population Survey (CPS) are now available for eight measures on SHADAC’s State Health Compare.
Updated measures using new ACS data include:
Coverage Type
Health insurance coverage by type of coverage (...Read More
Feb. 07, 2024:The Opioid Epidemic in the United States
Over the past two decades, the United States has experienced a growing crisis of substance abuse and addiction that is illustrated most starkly by the rise in deaths from drug overdoses. Since 2000, the annual number of overdose deaths from any kind of...Read More
Feb. 05, 2024:State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) has added two new racial/ethnic population groups to our measures of health insurance coverage available on State Health Compare.
Using micro-data from the American Community Survey (ACS), we were able to add health insurance coverage measures...Read More
Jan. 31, 2024:This journal article was originally published on January 23, 2024, in Health Services Research.
Introduction
This article, authored by SHADAC Investigator Dr. Kathleen T. Call alongside colleagues from the U.S. Census Bureau Angela R. Fertig and Joanne Pascale, explores the...Read More
Jan. 30, 2024:This brief uses data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to understand issues related to public health implications of Minnesota cannabis use prior to its 2023 legalization. Along with providing key background information and context on cannabis policy in the United States...Read More
Jan. 30, 2024:
Even before legalization, cannabis use was rising in Minnesota
Cannabis policy in the United States has evolved during the past decade. After voters in Colorado and Washington approved ballot measures to legalize cannabis in 2012, other states began to follow suit. In...Read More
Jan. 29, 2024:This updated brief from SHADAC defines a “primary source of coverage hierarchy,” and how and when researchers can use this tool to determine which payer is primary when an individual reports multiple sources of health insurance coverage on the American Community Survey (ACS).
Using a hierarchy...Read More
Jan. 25, 2024:The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. It can also be found on the SHVS site here.
Authors: Emily Zylla and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC
Very little is known about people who self-identify as having a disability within the...Read More
Jan. 24, 2024:Introduction
Childhood Vaccinations are an effective way to protect infants and young children from harmful diseases that can cause serious illness or death. Children are commonly vaccinated against a number of diseases, including chickenpox (Varicella), polio, hepatitis A and B, and measles,...Read More
Jan. 19, 2024:Following the release of 2022 single-year estimates of health insurance coverage, household income, and poverty levels, the U.S. Census Bureau has now made available 5-year American Community Survey data files. These ACS 5 Year estimates are generated by pooling together five years of American...Read More
Jan. 18, 2024:As part of the ongoing work in Phase 2 of the Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool project, SHADAC researchers have been working to understand what available data measures currently exist that could be useful in populating a potential Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool.
In Phase 1, the project team...Read More
Jan. 11, 2024:
The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, and Lindsey Theis, SHADAC
This expert perspective (EP) will be updated by SHADAC experts as additional dashboards/reports go live. Please visit the State Health...Read More