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Journal Article: Local Access to Care Programs: New Developments in the Access to Care for the Uninsured

Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L. A., J. Ziegenfuss and M. Davern. 2008. “Access to ‘Local Access to Care Programs’: New Developments in the Access to Care for the Uninsured.” Milbank Quarterly 86(3): 459-479. CONTEXT: New, locally based health care access programs are emerging in response to the growing number of...Read More

Journal Article: The Effects of Survey Mode and Asking about Future Intentions on Self-reports of Colorectal Cancer Screening

Oct. 17, 2008: Beebe, T. J., S. M. Jenkins, K. J. Anderson, M. E. Davern, and T. Rockwood. 2008. “The Effects of Survey Mode and Asking about Future Intentions on Self-reports of Colorectal Cancer Screening.” Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 17(4):785-90. Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates...Read More

Journal Article: The Impact of Smoking-Cessation Intervention by Multiple Health Professionals

Oct. 17, 2008: An, L.C., S.S. Foldes, N. L. Alesci, P. Bland, M.E. Davern, B.A. Schillo, J.S. Ahluwalia, and M.W. Manley. 2008. “The Impact of Smoking-Cessation Intervention by Multiple Health Professionals.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 34(1): 54-60. BACKGROUND: Smokers have contact with many...Read More

Journal Article: Persistent Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage: Hispanic/Latino Children, 1996 to 2005

Oct. 17, 2008: Van Wie, A., J. Ziegenfuss, M. Davern, and L. A. Blewett. 2008. “Persistent Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage: Hispanic/Latino Children, 1996 to 2005.” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 19(4): 1181-1191. Objective. To identify how health insurance coverage trends changed...Read More

Journal Article: Transition to Adulthood: Delays and Unmet Needs among Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Conditions

Oct. 17, 2008: Scal, P., M. Davern, K. Park, and M. Ireland. 2008. “Transition to Adulthood: Delays and Unmet Needs among Adolescents and Young Adults with Asthma.” Journal of Pediatrics 52(4):471-475. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of the transition to adulthood on financial and non-financial barriers to...Read More

Journal Article: Four Decades of Population Health Data: The Integrated Health Interview Series

Oct. 17, 2008: Johnson, P. J., L. A. Blewett, S. Ruggles, M. Davern, and M. L. King. 2008. “Four Decades of Population Health Data: The Integrated Health Interview Series.” Epidemiology 19(6):872-875. The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a primary source of information on the changing health of the US...Read More

Journal Article: The Effect of Racial Residential Segregation on Black Infant Mortality

Oct. 17, 2008: Hearst, M., J. M. Oakes, and P. J. Johnson. 2008. “The Effect of Racial Residential Segregation on Black Infant Mortality.” American Journal of Epidemiology 168(11): 1247-1254.Read More

Journal Article: Improving Geriatric Transitional Care through Interprofessional Care Teams

Oct. 17, 2008: Blewett, L., K. Johnson, T. McCarthy, T. Lackner, and B. Brandt. 2010. "Improving Geriatric Transitional Care through Interprofessional Care Teams." Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice (16)1: 57-63. Objectives The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the use of an...Read More

Journal Article: The Impact of Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage on Immunization Status for Young Children

Oct. 16, 2008: Blewett, L. A., G. Davidson, M. Bramlett, H. Rodin, and M. Messionnier. 2008. “The Impact of Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage on Immunization Status for Young Children.” Health Service Research 43(5): 1619-1636. Objective. To examine the impact of full-year versus intermittent public and private...Read More

Journal Article: Evaluating Federal Funding Formulas - The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (Summary)

Oct. 10, 2008: This Executive Summary highlights key findings of SHADAC's research studying the impact of using state level data inputs on the number of low income uninsured children from the Current Population Survey (CPS) to determine the distribution of federal dollars to the states. February 2007. This...Read More

Report/Brief: Comparing Federal Government Surveys that Count Uninsured People in America, Aug 2008

Oct. 10, 2008: This brief compares estimates of health insurance coverage from three national health surveys sponsored by the federal government, identifies the differences in their estimates of uninsurance, and identifies three common themes: (1) all the surveys report very large numbers of Americans living...Read More

Report/Brief: Options for Small Employer Health Insurance in Missouri

Oct. 09, 2008: This report addresses small employer health insurance options for the state of Missouri. It outlines the key attributes, respective benefits and challenges of both purchasing pools and reinsurance, provides examples of state initiatives that combine purchasing pools and reinsurance to better meet...Read More

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2001 vs. 2004

Oct. 09, 2008: This fact sheet provides information on health insurance status gathered from the 2001 and 2004 Minnesota Health Access Surveys. February 2005Read More

Report/Brief: Disparities and Barriers to Utilization among Minnesota Health Care Program Enrollees

Oct. 09, 2008: This report presents findings from a statewide survey of 4,902 Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) enrollees designed to assess racial and ethnic disparities in the use of preventive and other health services, as well as barriers that discourage the use of those services. December 2003.Read More

MN Health Access Survey 2007 Fact Sheet

Oct. 09, 2008: This fact sheet provides preliminary results from the 2007 Minnesota Health Access Survey and compares these to findings from earlier years. April 2008.Read More

Report/Brief: 2004 Minnesota Health Access Survey Report

Oct. 09, 2008: A comprehensive report on trends in health insurance coverage in the State of Minnesota from 2001 to 2004. Six chapters contain an overview of health insurance coverage and coverage by income, by race and ethnicity, by age, by adults with and without children, and by geographic region. An appendix...Read More

MEPS-IC Data Information

Oct. 09, 2008: Summary of SHADAC's April 2004 conference call on the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) with Jim Branscome and John Sommers of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This document contains an overview of MEPS-IC, an introduction to past, present, and future...Read More

Report/Brief: Medicare Impact Profile

Oct. 09, 2008: The State Medicare Impact Profile, prepared by SHADAC for the Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center, is the first systematic look at the impact of Medicare reform from a state policy and local market perspective. It presents a unique contribution to discussions about Medicare reform policy from a state...Read More

Measuring the Adequacy of Coverage or Underinsurance

Oct. 09, 2008: This survey method guide discusses the three approaches used in the literature to answer to the question of what it means for a person to be underinsured. These approaches, economic, structural and attitudinal, may be used individually or in combination for a comprehensive measurement of whether or...Read More

Report/Brief: Measuring Race and Ethnicity in Health Insurance Surveys

Oct. 09, 2008: This report from the SHADAC Survey Guidelines Series contains a discussion of the considerations related to designing surveys to measure race and ethnicity in surveys of health insurance coverage. May 2003.Read More

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