Aug. 28, 2023:SHADAC has posted updated estimates of the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to State Health Compare. These new estimates combine six years of data from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) to enable more precise and granular estimates for smaller racial and ethnic...Read More
Aug. 24, 2023:Background
The circumstances of peoples’ lives have great influence over their health, often much more than genetics or access to health care—a concept known as “social determinants of health.” One such social determinant is social capital, which includes the networks of relationships that...Read More
Aug. 17, 2023:This updated SHADAC brief delves into four common methods for calculating income as a percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG) using 2021 estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
The BRFSS...Read More
Aug. 09, 2023:
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The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.
Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen and Colin Planalp, SHADAC, and Kevin Caudill, GMMB
The unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement represents the largest nationwide coverage transition...Read More
Aug. 03, 2023:SHADAC Director Dr. Lynn Blewett was recently invited to join Federation of American Hospitals CEO and President Chip Kahn as a guest on his podcast Hospitals in Focus to share her thoughts on the impacts of the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement. The “unwinding” is...Read More
Aug. 02, 2023:
Two years after COVID-19 shots became available, demographic disparities in vaccination rates were stark
Health inequities are nothing new in Minnesota, but the pandemic placed them in a new light. Numerous studies have reported disparities in how COVID-19 affects many vulnerable...Read More
Aug. 02, 2023:A new SHADAC issue brief found stark disparities not only in the share of subpopulations that have been immunized against COVID-19 in Minnesota, but also in the length of time it took vaccines to reach most people in these different groups.
For instance, by the end of 2022, 80 percent of...Read More
Jul. 30, 2023:On July 27, 2023, SHADAC Deputy Director Elizabeth Lukanen presented to the Protecting Immigrant Families Coalition, Medicaid Unwinding Task Force. This presentation included a brief overview of the potential coverage impacts of the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage...Read More
Jul. 26, 2023:Federal Survey Data Release Schedule
American Community Survey (ACS)
An ongoing general household survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau provides annual estimates of health insurance coverage at the national, state, and sub-state geographies.
Upcoming Releases
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Jul. 20, 2023:In 2012, SHADAC created and released the SHADAC “Health Insurance Unit,” or “HIU,” to aid researchers in reconciling the differences between the way that a “family” is defined in federal surveys (such as the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey [ACS] or Current Population Survey [CPS])...Read More
Jul. 20, 2023:Research has shown that since the start of the COVID-19 public health crisis, aggressive government interventions, aimed at reducing broader economic fallout as well as individual-level hardship, have been largely sucessful.1 To preempt a potential increase in poverty due to pandemic-...Read More
Jun. 30, 2023:
The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.
Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, SHADAC
Original publication date: June 30, 2023.
The unwinding of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement represents the largest nationwide coverage...Read More
Jun. 29, 2023:For most Americans, having health insurance is an important first step to being able to access and afford health care when it is needed.
As shown in recent data published on SHADAC’s State Health Compare, adults with health insurance coverage were at least 79% less likely to report having...Read More
Jun. 27, 2023:This report describes the Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA) data collection process and methodology, emphasizing the most recent administration of the survey completed in 2021. The 2021 MNHA represents the first time using a single address based (ABS) frame.
Overview of MNHA
The...Read More
Jun. 26, 2023:SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Colin Planalp recently joined Angela Davis on Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News to discuss life expectancy in the United States. The segment centered on findings from multiple reports, including one out of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which showed...Read More
Jun. 08, 2023:With the recent end of the public health emergency and subsequent “unwinding” of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement, many Americans are now having to navigate changes in health insurance coverage. And while coverage transitions aren’t unique to this moment, the unwinding has spurred many...Read More
Jun. 01, 2023:A number of SHADAC researchers will be presenting their work at the 2023 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) taking place in Seattle, WA from Saturday, June 24 to Tuesday, June 27. For details on research topics and where you can find their posters and presentations, see below....Read More
May. 26, 2023:Estimates for five measures of health care access, affordability, and use have now been updated on SHADAC’s State Health Compare. One new measure, Had Telehealth Visit, has also been added to State Health Compare. The new and updated measures are all produced using data from the National...Read More
May. 11, 2023:Medicaid is a vital source of coverage for the almost four million justice-involved individuals living in the community – individuals who are disproportionately poor and people of color. Upon release from prison or jail, many of these individuals face significant obstacles navigating and accessing...Read More
Apr. 14, 2023:This report provides an overview of our topic areas, technical expertise, and partnerships as well as a glimpse into some of the work done at SHADAC in 2022. Click the report below to flip through our 2022 Annual Report.
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