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Oct. 13, 2023: Image The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission contracted with the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) to conduct a review and sample size analysis of 13 federal population health surveys to assess the quality and… Read More

Oct. 3, 2023: The following content is cross-posted from California Health Care Foundation  Author: Lacey Hartman, SHADAC Previous research has shown that Medi-Cal enrollees fare worse in accessing health care than Californians with employer coverage. A key question is whether and how access to care… Read More

Sep. 27, 2023: Image The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.  Authors: Emily Zylla, Andrea Stewart, and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC  Image As states look to advance… Read More

Sep. 12, 2023: The following content is cross-posted from the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF).  Author: Lacey Hartman, Senior Research Fellow, State Health Access Data Assistance Center Image California’s Medi-Cal program is… Read More

Aug. 17, 2023: Image This updated SHADAC brief delves into four common methods for calculating income as a percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG) using 2021 estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk… Read More

Aug. 2, 2023: A new SHADAC issue brief found stark disparities not only in the share of subpopulations that have been immunized against COVID-19 in Minnesota, but also in the length of time it took vaccines to reach most people in these different groups. Image For… Read More

Jul. 20, 2023: In 2012, SHADAC created and released the SHADAC “Health Insurance Unit,” or “HIU,” to aid researchers in reconciling the differences between the way that a “family” is defined in federal surveys (such as the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey [ACS] or Current Population Survey [CPS])… 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.  Image… 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

Mar. 15, 2023: Image 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… Read More

Feb. 15, 2023: Authors: Colin Planalp, MPA and Andrea Stewart, MA  Image Drawing on data from the National Survey of Children’s Health, this brief investigates the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and disparities in ACEs exposure by… Read More

Jan. 30, 2023: Research has consistently shown that health insurance coverage surveys underestimate the number of people enrolled in Medicaid and the extent of this “Medicaid undercount” varies greatly across surveys and states. Among these surveys that measure health insurance coverage, the American… Read More

Jan. 20, 2023: The following content is cross-posted from State Health and Value Strategies, published on January 19, 2023. Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen and Robert Hest, SHADAC Image Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have… Read More

Dec. 5, 2022: Image Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) programs have played a key role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing an important safety net for health insurance coverage for millions of people during this unprecedented public… Read More

Nov. 30, 2022: Image Collecting and monitoring data on Medicaid enrollees that is broken down by race, ethnicity, and language (REL) is an essential first step in assessing health disparities as well as identifying strategies for improvement in state Medicaid… Read More

Oct. 28, 2022: Image With the release of new insurance coverage estimates from surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),… Read More

Oct. 10, 2022: Image This updated SHADAC brief on state-provided public health funding estimates highlights newly-available 2021 data as well as trends over the past decade (2012–2021). These estimates come from SHADAC’s State Health Compare measure, “Public Health… Read More

Sep. 28, 2022: Health insurance is a linchpin in the United States’ health care system. It can insulate families from deep financial strain and medical debt, as costs for health care services have grown increasingly unaffordable in recent decades. For children, the doorway to health care offered by insurance is… Read More

Aug. 30, 2022: The COVID-19 pandemic has altered long-standing patterns of life and work in the United States and internationally. The pandemic, along with the associated policy response, led to (at least temporary) changes in Americans’ primary source of health insurance coverage, with more Americans enrolled in… Read More

Jun. 7, 2022: June 7, 2022   Despite improvements, disparities in prevalence persisted Image As the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the United States, anxiety and depression levels remain elevated compared to pre-pandemic rates. However, 2021 data shows a… Read More