A Profile of Parents with Publicly Insured Children in Montana
SHADAC's State Data Series brief describes the demographic characteristics and insurance status of parents with publically insured children in the state of Montana, how they get health care for themselves, and the implications for policy. February 2004.
Patterns of Smoking Among Minnesota's Young Adults
This report is one in a series of collaborative research reports about smoking based on the 2003 Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey. The objectives of this report are to understand patterns of smoking by young adults between the ages of 18 and 24. January 2004.
Quitting Smoking, 1999-2003: Nicotine Addiction in Minnesota
This report describes Minnesotans’ efforts to quit smoking and provides an update to the findings from the 1999 Adult Tobacco Prevalence Survey that were presented in the July 2001 report, Quitting Smoking: Nicotine Addiction in Minnesota. This report describes quitting smoking patterns among the general population of adult Minnesotans. January 2004.
Expanding Access to Health Insurance Coverage Lessens the Burden of Uncompensated Care
SHADAC's Issue Brief #8 describes how SHADAC tested the hypothesis that increased access to insurance results in reduced levels of uncompensated care by assessing the impact that enrollment in the MinnesotaCare program, a state-subsidized insurance program for the working poor, had on levels of uncompensated care provided by Minnesota hospitals over time. December 2003.