Oct. 22, 2008:October 22, 2008. The summary of SHADAC's October 14 conference call to discuss the update to their model-based Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) is available.Read More
Oct. 22, 2008:Summary of SHADAC's October 14, 2008 conference call to discuss the recently released model-based Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE). This release provides county-level estimates of uninsurance by several demographic characteristics and is based on the Current Population Survey’s Annual...Read More
Oct. 22, 2008:October 9, 2008. The U.S. Census Bureau released an update to their model-based Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) today. SHADAC will host a conference call to discuss these estimates on October 14 at 11:30 AM EDT. This call is open to the public but reservations are required to...Read More
Oct. 22, 2008:September 18, 2008. The Rockefeller Institute of Government’s Health Policy Research Center has issued a series of reports on private insurance coverage for small businesses. The reports, funded by the New York State Health Foundation, include a nationwide scan of the various strategies states are...Read More
Oct. 22, 2008:August 28, 2008. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundaton released an update of the issue brief, "Comparing Federal Government Surveys that Count Uninsured People in America." SHADAC researchers compiled this brief, which addressses the differences in estimates between the CPS, NHIS and MEPS.Read More
Oct. 22, 2008:August 26, 2008. The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2007 Current Population Survey (CPS) health insurance estimates today, reporting that the number of uninsured Americans has decreased in the past year, with 45.7 million Americans now uninsured. The increase in coverage is being driven by...Read More
Oct. 22, 2008:August 14, 2008. A new report, "A Needed Lifeline: Chronically Ill Children and Public Health Insurance Coverage," was released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The report, conducted by researchers at SHADAC, shows that having health insurance makes an enormous difference in whether...Read More
Oct. 20, 2008:October 20, 2008. SHADAC Principal Investigator Lynn Blewett was elected to the AcademyHealth Board of Directors. "This is great opportunity for the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health to stay connected with health services research...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Feldman, R., B. Dowd, S. Leitz and L. A. Blewett. 1997. “The Effect of Premiums on the Small Firms Decision to Offer Health Insurance.” Journal of Human Resources 32: 635-658.
Many small firms (fewer than 50 employees) do not offer health insurance. We investigated the role of premiums in the...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Call, K. T., N. Lurie, Y. Jonk, R. Feldman and M. D. Finch. 1997. “Who is Still Uninsured in Minnesota: Lessons from State Reform Efforts.” Journal of the American Medical Association 278 (14): 1191-1195.
OBJECTIVE: To describe Minnesota's health care system reform efforts and their implications...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Blewett, L. A. 1997. “A Firm Foundation: Funding Medical Education and Research in a Competitive Environment.” Minnesota Physician 11(5).Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Kane, R. L., Q. Chen, L. A. Blewett, R. Burns and M. Moscowitz. “Functional Outcomes of Post-Hospital Care for stroke and Hip Fracture Patients under Medicare.” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 46(12) December 1998: 1525-1533.
Researchers conducted a study to analyze the outcomes of...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Reinardy, J., R. A. Kane, S. Huck, K. T. Call, and C. Shen. 1999. “Beyond Burden: Two Ways of Looking at Caregiving Burden.” Research on Aging 21 (1): 106-127.
This analysis compares the results of an open-ended study on the effects of informal caregiving with data obtained from a separate...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Call, K. T., M. D. Finch, S. Huck, and R. A. Kane. 1999. “Caregiver Burden from a Social Exchange Perspective: Caring for Older People Following Hospital Discharge.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 61: 688-699.
Using data from a sample of Medicare beneficiaries and their caregivers (n = 829...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Call, K. T., B. Dowd, R. Feldman, and M. Maciejewski. “Selection Experiences in Medicare HMOs: Pre-enrollment Expenditures.” Health Care Financing Review 20 (4): 197-210, 1999.
Using 1993 and 1994 data, the authors examine whether beneficiaries who enroll in a Medicare health maintenance...Read More
Oct. 17, 2008:Call, K. T. and J. Nonnemaker. 1999. “Socioeconomic Disparities in Adolescent Health: Contributing Factors.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 896: 352-355.Read More