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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Apr. 13, 2023:Introduction
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic underscored the importance of telehealth services to people across the U.S. and the crucial role of broadband internet access in providing those services. Telehealth continues to be a popular and often necessary way for patients to access care, and...Read More
Apr. 05, 2023:SHADAC hosted a one-hour webinar on Wednesday, April 5th to discuss the rising Medicaid undercount. With many states and stakeholders eager to understand the topic further, this webinar provided an overview of issues related to the Medicaid undercount along with relevant...Read More
Mar. 30, 2023:The resources below were created by SHADAC with essential guidance from the advisory board of MNsure navigators and policymakers. These tools can be used for community-level equity-focused work and advocacy by informing strategic plans, partnership development, assessment of community needs, and...Read More
Mar. 28, 2023:
Following the release of the 2021 U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 5-year data file (2017–2021), SHADAC has made important updates to the Minnesota Community and Uninsured Profile resource to incorporate an...Read More
Mar. 23, 2023:
On January 26, 2023, the Interagency Technical Working Group on Race and Ethnicity Standards released an initial set of recommended revisions to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting,...Read More
Mar. 22, 2023:Authors: Natalie Mac Arthur, Jeremy Duval, Kathleen Call
More than one-third of lesbian/gay adults in Minnesota reported experiencing discrimination from health care providers based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Mar. 15, 2023:Originally published December 2016.
Updated March 2023 by SHADAC Research Assistant Adey Fentaw.
This technical brief provides guidance on how to run tests for statistically significant differences using estimates and their associated margins of error from SHADAC’s State Health Compare web tool...Read More
Mar. 10, 2023:Project Overview
People who experience health inequities based on race, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, immigration status, and other factors, are a longstanding and pervasive problem that is deeply rooted in discrimination and structural racism. The Medicaid program, through...Read More
Feb. 27, 2023:Each year, SHADAC covers the releases of health insurance coverage data from major federal surveys such as the American Community Survey (ACS) and Current Population Survey (CPS), both of which are overseen by the U.S. Census Bureau.1 Not only do these data provide an understanding of trends...Read More
Feb. 21, 2023:.
How the CDC’s recent shift will impact calculations for birth and death rates
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently changed the population estimates they use to calculate population-level rates in...Read More