Aug. 03, 2009:Presentation by Michael Davern at the 2009 Joint Statistical Meetings, Washington, DC, August 2 2009.
For more information on this topic, see SHADAC's technical report, "Medicaid Under-reporting in the CPS and One Approach for a Partial Correction," which describes parameters from two logistic...Read More
Jul. 23, 2009:This report provides results for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index) for June 2009. The RWJF index is a monthly snapshot of how adults in the United States perceive their financial access to health care.Read More
Jul. 23, 2009:July 23, 2009. SHADAC has released two issue briefs as a resource for those who are conducting surveys or using federal survey data for policy development. These briefs are intended to assist state and federal analysts with survey development and/or analysis of existing survey data to estimate...Read More
Jul. 23, 2009:SHADAC Issue Brief #17 focuses on the availability of public use data from selected federal surveys that collect information on health insurance coverage and access to care for race, ethnicity and immigrant group (REI) identifiers. Publicly available data for populations defined by REI...Read More
Jul. 23, 2009:SHADAC Issue Brief #16 discusses the collection and classification of survey data for populations defined by race, ethnicity and immigrant (REI) status. SHADAC’s companion brief #17, "Data availability for Race, Ethnicity, and Immigrant Groups in Federal Surveys," discusses availability of...Read More
Jul. 10, 2009:July 10, 2009. The larger aim of the SHARE program is to provide evidence to state policy makers on specific mechanisms that contribute to successful state health reform efforts. To support this goal, SHARE grantees are encouraged to take advantage of opportunities to disseminate their research...Read More
Jul. 10, 2009:Presentation by Sharon Long at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting session, "The Lab Reports: Evaluating State's Actions to Expand Access and Coverage," Chicago, IL, June 30 2009.
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Jul. 07, 2009:Presentation by Anna Sommers at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting session, "The Lab Reports: Evaluating State's Actions to Expand Access and Coverage," Chicago, IL, June 30 2009. Also presented at the AcademyHealth adjunct State Health Research and Policy Interest Group meeting panel, "...Read More
Jul. 02, 2009:July 2, 2009. We all spend a great deal of time preparing for the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, and then, in what seems like a blink of the eye, we’re on the flight home. In reality the time was packed with sessions and events showcasing the rewards of a lot of hard work and instigating...Read More
Jul. 02, 2009:Michael Davern's presentation at the 2009 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, "Unstable Ground? Comparing Income, Poverty & Health Insurance Estimates from Major National Surveys." June 29, 2009, Chicago IL.
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Jul. 02, 2009:Lynn Blewett's presentation at the 2009 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, "Using Research in the Real World: State Integrated Research." June 29, 2009, Chicago IL.
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Jul. 02, 2009:Lynn Blewett's presentation at the 2009 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting adjunct State Health Policy Research Interest Group meeting panel, "Early Results from the State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) Program," Chicago, IL, June 27 2009.
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Jul. 01, 2009:July 1, 2009. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) today released two new reports relating to health insurance estimates.
"Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey" provides nationwide estimates from the 2008 data from the Early...Read More
Jun. 30, 2009:June 30, 2009. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government released a report this month analyzing the various financing options that states can utilize to fund health coverage expansions. The report, titled “State Financing for Health Coverage Initiatives: Observations and Options,” was...Read More
Jun. 29, 2009:June 29, 2009. On June 15th, Wisconsin began accepting applications for its state-sponsored health insurance program for low-income, childless adults—the state’s most chronically uninsured population. Residents of Wisconsin can apply to the BadgerCare Plus Core Plan if:
They are 19...Read More
Jun. 25, 2009:June 25, 2009. SHADAC and SHARE researchers will attend the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting and adjunct State Health Policy Interest Group meeting taking place in Chicago, IL, June 27-30. We invite you to drop by our booth (#500) to say hello and share your thoughts and ideas. The...Read More
Jun. 24, 2009:This report presents findings from a statewide survey of 4,626 Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) enrollees conducted either by mail or by telephone between July and December 2008. This survey was funded by the Minnesota Department of Human Services and had four major goals. The first was to...Read More
Jun. 22, 2009:June 22, 2009. On June 18th, SHARE Director Lynn Blewett presented an overview of national health reform to Minnesota’s Health Care Reform Review Council in Saint Paul, MN. “We were well-received by the Council, and I think we contributed to their work,” Lynn observed.
Lynn presented...Read More
Jun. 19, 2009:June 19, 2009. As discussion of federal health reform heats up, we’re pleased to announce the new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index). SHADAC researchers have been involved in the question design and index development, and this week we released the...Read More
Jun. 19, 2009:Presentation by Bryan Dowd to the Minnesota Health Care Reform Review Council at the Minnesota Department of Revenue, St. Paul, MN, June 18 2009.
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