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Mar. 17, 2010: This report presents state-by-state trends in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage from 2000 to 2008.  This coverage has long been the mainstay of coverage in the United States, particularly for middle class families. The report was released by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the… Read More

Mar. 9, 2010: This technical brief describes how to access SHADAC-enhanced Current Population Survey (CPS) variables from the IPUMS web site maintained by the Minnesota Population Center. Background:  SHADAC researchers have developed an enhanced time series to enable a harmonized view of health insurance… Read More

Jan. 24, 2010: Two reports were produced for the Second Phase of the HIFA Evaluation Study, Medicare/Medicaid Research and Demonstration Task Order Contract (MRAD/TOC) HHSM-500-2005-00027I, T.O. 2 These reports are not available for download at this time, but are available upon request to Dr. Kathleen Call,… Read More

Dec. 30, 2009: SHADAC has created an enhanced time series to enable a harmonized view of health insurance coverage over time using the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS).  This was done to account for methodological changes to the CPS. The applied enhancements are outlined… Read More

Nov. 19, 2009: This technical brief describes a process for estimating the number of SCHIP/Medicaid eligible but not enrolled children in all of a state’s counties. November 2009. Read More

Nov. 17, 2009: This technical report describes the Small Area Estimation technique employed by SHADAC for the 2008 Oklahoma Health Care Insurance and Access Survey (OHIS).  The analysis was used to develop county-level estimates of uninsurance based on data from the 2008 OHIS.  November 2009. Read More

Oct. 12, 2009: SHARE grantees are currently in the process of releasing preliminary findings from their evaluations of state-level reform strategies. This brief, titled "State of Reform," provides an overview and synthesis of preliminary findings and significant lessons learned so far.… Read More

Oct. 12, 2009: SHADAC Issue Brief #19 summarizes the changes to the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement health insurance questions and data variables for survey years 1988 through 2009 (reflecting calendar years 1987 through 2008). October 2009. Read More

Sep. 25, 2009:   Principal Investigator David Idala and his research team at The Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), have released an issue brief detailing early findings from their SHARE-sponsored evaluation of Maryland's efforts to use tax information to… Read More

Sep. 10, 2009: The number of uninsured Americans is large and growing over time, yet there continues to be debate about exactly how many Americans are uninsured. Researchers use data from several different national surveys to estimate the number of uninsured people in America and discrepancies in their estimates… Read More

Sep. 8, 2009: Issue Brief #18 focuses on the American Community Survey (ACS). The ACS is a new source of data for health insurance coverage estimates, with the first year of data (for 2008 calendar year) available in September 2009.  The ACS is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau to provide communities with… Read More

Aug. 21, 2009: Report for Phase IV of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC).  This phase involved re-using the Phase II process, replacing the CPS data with NHIS data. In addition to providing explanations for discrepancies between the national NHIS and MSIS, comparisons to Phase II results allowed… Read More

Aug. 21, 2009: Report for Phase III of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC).  In this phase data from the state MSIS files, CPS, 2001 Supplemental Survey (SS01), as well as the MAX and Census Bureau Master Address File (MAF) were used. The Census Bureau worked with CMS to negotiate the acquisition of… Read More

Aug. 21, 2009: Report for Phase II of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC). In this phase data were merged from the Medicaid Analytic Extract (MAX), MSIS, the Current Population Survey (CPS), the Person Characteristic File (PCF), and the Master Address File Auxiliary Reference File (MAFARF). Once matches/non-… Read More

Aug. 21, 2009: Report for Phase I of the Medicaid Undercount Project (SNACC).  This phase involved creating a national database of health-insurance enrollment and evaluate the quality of the information it contains. This was done by merging the CMS Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) files with… 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: 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

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. 18, 2009: This report provides results for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index) for baseline and May 2009. The RWJF index is a monthly snapshot of how adults in the United States perceive their financial access to health care. Read More