Jan. 02, 2022:Although health disparities in the United States have been common knowledge among public health professionals for years, the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted this problem with vivid urgency. The disproportionate impact of the pandemic on certain segments of the population—such as higher infection and...Read More
Dec. 22, 2021:Health equity and social determinants of health (SDOH) are rapidly growing fields of public health research. SHADAC researchers believe that making strides toward achieving health equity depends equally on better understanding health disparities as well as on making concerted, measurable efforts...Read More
Dec. 10, 2021:Early this fall, SHADAC updated its State Survey Research Activity web page using an interactive infographic (preview to the right) to allow users to easily identify the type and frequency of state-level health insurance surveys (household and/or employer) available for all 50 states and the...Read More
Nov. 22, 2021:A report of health insurance coverage estimates for the first half of 2021 (January to June) from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has just been released by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as part of the NHIS Early Release Program.
Comparing the 2021...Read More
Nov. 16, 2021:Childhood poverty has been brought to the forefront during the COVID-19 pandemic, with pandemic restrictions making it harder for families with low incomes to meet the needs of their children.1 As schools switched to distance learning, many children from low-income households faced new or...Read More
Nov. 11, 2021:The U.S. Census Bureau recently released an analytical report that details and evaluates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on data collection and data quality in the 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) and provides evidence supporting its decision to release the 2020 ACS 1-Year estimates and...Read More
Nov. 03, 2021:With the authorization of the first COVID-19 vaccine for children age five and older, most kids in the United States are now eligible to be immunized. Recent experience with other vaccines—measles and chickenpox, for example—shows the country is capable of vaccinating kids widely and equitably...Read More
Oct. 25, 2021:Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been demonstrably far-ranging, including changes to substance use-related behaviors.1 Evidence indicates that opioid use disorders (OUDs), overdoses, and overdose deaths grew as a result of COVID-19-related isolation and economic anxiety, and mortality...Read More
Oct. 18, 2021:What is the SHADAC COVID-19 Survey?
The SHADAC COVID-19 Survey is a two-part survey initially designed by our researchers* to measure the impacts of the novel coronavirus on a variety of experiences for adults in the United States. The survey was conducted as part of the AmeriSpeak omnibus...Read More
Oct. 14, 2021:The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released quarterly estimates of health insurance coverage from January 2020-March 2021 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) as part of the NHIS Early Release Program. These are some of the first estimates of health insurance coverage...Read More
Oct. 12, 2021:Thirteen million people identify as part of a sexual or gender minority (SGM) in the United States, with an estimated 1.17 million who have Medicaid as their primary source of health insurance coverage.[1],[2] While the COVID crisis shed a unique light on the need for more equitable health data...Read More
Oct. 06, 2021:
As has been previously noted, estimates for our Health Insurance Coverage Type measure will this year come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), rather than the American Community Survey (ACS), due to a number of impacts on...Read More
Oct. 01, 2021:New brief shows results from SHADAC COVID-19 Survey on population experiences with COVID sickness and death
Researchers at SHADAC have fielded an updated version of the SHADAC COVID-19 Survey in April 2021, aimed at understanding respondents’ experiences with illness and death due to COVID-19...Read More
Sep. 23, 2021:Our research team at SHADAC has continued its partnership with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Minnesota to refresh a tool that provides critical information on the uninsured populations in Minnesota at the legislative district level.
Legislative District ...Read More
Sep. 22, 2021:Our research team at SHADAC has continued its partnership with the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Minnesota to refresh a tool that provides critical information on the uninsured populations in Minnesota at the legislative district level. Using the most up-to-date estimates available...Read More
Sep. 22, 2021:
RECENT CPS ANALYSIS
CPS Shows 2020 National Uninsured Rate Stable, Rising in Three States
2021 CPS ASEC: Fewer Americans Had Health Insurance Coverage in 2020 — Private Coverage Fell while Public...Read More
Sep. 22, 2021:On September 14, the U.S. Census Bureau released 2020 national health insurance estimates from the Current Population Survey along with public use microdata. These data will serve as one of very few sources of information on 2020 state-level health insurance as the U.S. Census Bureau will not...Read More
Sep. 21, 2021:Date: Tuesday, September 21st
Time: 3:00 PM Central / 4:00 PM Eastern
While much public attention has been given to the opioid epidemic, the United States has been quietly experiencing another growing public health crisis that surpasses opioid overdoses as a...Read More
Sep. 15, 2021:
National Story
The U.S. Census Bureau has released 1-year health insurance coverage estimates for 2020 from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). The Census report, “Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2020,” showed that the national...Read More
Sep. 10, 2021:The following content is cross-posted from State Health and Value Strategies. It was first published on September 9, 2021.
Author: Colin Planalp, SHADAC
Race response rate grew 20 percentage points, ethnicity grew 8 percentage points
Summary
New York set out to improve...Read More