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Unemployment Rate Trends of the Past 5 Years: Pre-, Mid-, and Post-Pandemic (State Health Compare Data Highlight)

In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic ended the United States’ decade-long era of economic expansion. Many businesses across industries halted or closed operations, resulting in record-high temporary and permanent job losses – events that have been reflected in unemployment rate trends.  … Read More

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data: New and Updated Information on Federal Guidance and Medicaid Data Collection Practices (SHVS Brief)

Image Find the brief in full here on the State Health & Value Strategies site. Authors: Emily Zylla and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC. Original publication date: March 11, 2024  Image In… Read More

2023 SHADAC Annual Report

In the past year, with support from partners, funders, and collaborators, SHADAC has continued to provide states, organizations, policymakers, and more with unbiased research, technical assistance, and data & evaluation resources. Each year, we create an Annual Report to provide … Read More

State Medicaid Member Experience Qualitative Data Scan

As part of the ongoing work in Phase 2 of the Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool project, SHADAC researchers have been working to understand what available data sources and measures currently exist that could be useful in populating a potential Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool.… Read More

2023 NHIS Early Release: Estimates from Quarter 3 (July to September) Hold Steady

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has released quarterly estimates of health insurance coverage beginning in July 2022 through September 2023 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) as part of the NHIS Early Release Program. Each quarter covers a three-month span, and this… Read More

Minnesota Community and Uninsured Profile Updated to Include 2022 American Community Survey Estimates

    Image Five-year American Community Survey estimates have been released for 2022, which means that SHADAC researchers have updated our ‘Minnesota Community and Uninsured Profile’ to include this latest data. This resource,… Read More

2020 Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) Updates in the 2022 American Community Survey

A Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) is a type of geographic unit created for statistical purposes. PUMAs represent geographic areas with a population size of 100,000–200,000 within a state (PUMAs cannot cross state lines). PUMAs are the smallest level of geography available in American Community… Read More

Now Available on State Health Compare: New 2022 Estimates from the ACS and CPS

 2022 estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) and Current Population Survey (CPS) are now available for eight measures on SHADAC’s State Health Compare. Updated measures using new ACS data include:Coverage Type​Health insurance coverage by type of coverage (private, public,… Read More

The Opioid Epidemic in the United States

The Opioid Epidemic in the United StatesOver the past two decades, the United States has experienced a growing crisis of substance abuse and addiction that is illustrated most starkly by the rise in deaths from drug overdoses. Since 2000, the annual number of overdose deaths from any kind of drug… Read More

New Data on Health Insurance Coverage by Race/Ethnicity Added to State Health Compare

State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) has added two new racial/ethnic population groups to our measures of health insurance coverage available on State Health Compare.Using micro-data from the American Community Survey (ACS), we were able to add health insurance coverage measures for… Read More

Using Enrollment Records to Evaluate Self-Reports of Monthly Coverage in the Redesigned Current Population Survey Health Insurance Module

This journal article was originally published on January 23, 2024, in Health Services Research.Introduction Image This article, authored by SHADAC Investigator Dr. Kathleen T. Call alongside colleagues from the U.S. Census Bureau Angela R.… Read More

Public Health Implications of Cannabis Policy in Minnesota

This brief uses data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to understand issues related to public health implications of Minnesota cannabis use prior to its 2023 legalization. Along with providing key background information and context on cannabis policy in the United States… Read More

SHADAC and CRC Brief Provides Pre-Legalization Data on Minnesota’s Cannabis Landscape

 Even before legalization, cannabis use was rising in Minnesota  Cannabis policy in the United States has evolved during the past decade. After voters in Colorado and Washington approved ballot measures to legalize cannabis in 2012, other states began to follow suit. In 2023,… Read More

SHADAC’s Primary Source of Coverage Hierarchy for American Community Survey (ACS) Estimates on State Health Compare

Image This updated brief from SHADAC defines a “primary source of coverage hierarchy,” and how and when researchers can use this tool to determine which payer is primary when an individual reports multiple sources of health insurance coverage on the… Read More

Collection of Self-Reported Disability Data in Medicaid Applications: A Fifty-State Review of the Current Landscape (SHVS Brief)

Image The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. It can also be found on the SHVS site here.Authors: Emily Zylla and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC  Image… Read More

Revised Childhood Vaccinations Measure on State Health Compare Shows Vaccination Rates Vary by State, Race/Ethnicity, and Insurance Coverage

IntroductionChildhood Vaccinations are an effective way to protect infants and young children from harmful diseases that can cause serious illness or death. Children are commonly vaccinated against a number of diseases, including chickenpox (Varicella), polio, hepatitis A and B, and measles, mumps… Read More

State Medicaid Member Experience Quantitative Data Scan

As part of the ongoing work in Phase 2 of the Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool project, SHADAC researchers have been working to understand what available data measures currently exist that could be useful in populating a potential Medicaid Equity Monitoring Tool. Image… Read More

State-Based Marketplace Transition Data During the Unwinding (Cross-Post)

  Image The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, and Lindsey Theis, SHADACThis expert perspective (EP) will be updated by SHADAC experts as additional dashboards/… Read More

State Dashboards to Monitor the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement (Cross-Post)

Image The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Emily Zylla, and Lindsey Theis, SHADACThis expert perspective (EP) will be updated by SHADAC experts as additional dashboards/… Read More

Household Pulse Survey (HPS) Insurance Coverage Trend Analysis: How Does It Compare?

Introduction The U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey (HPS) is an online survey that provides up-to-date monthly data on emergent issues and the social and economic wellbeing of U.S. adults. As one of the only sources of publicly available rapid response data, the HPS is a critical tool for… Read More