Van Wie, A., J. Ziegenfuss, M. Davern, and L.A. Blewett. "Persistent Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage: Hispanic/Latino Children, 1996 to 2005." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved19(4): 1181-1191.

Summary of SHADAC's October 14, 2008 conference call to discuss the recently released model-based Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE). This release provides county-level estimates of uninsurance by several demographic characteristics and is based on the Current Population Survey’s Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS).

Blewett, L. A., B. C. Gustafson, J. Sonier, and S. D. Leitz. 1999. “State Health Expenditure Accounts.” Health Care Financing Review 21 (2): 65-83.

Minnesota's approach to the development and use of State health expenditure accounts (SHEAs) was developed to assist State policymakers with decisions regarding health care reform. The accounts are based on an annual survey of third-party payers and summary Medicaid and Medicare data. Summary data are presented along with a discussion of data collection methodology, estimation, and dissemination. Minnesota's experience demonstrates that the ability of States to conduct detailed analysis of health care spending and to use these estimates to change State policy, inform national policy debate, conduct impact analysis, educate policymakers, and monitor market trends.

Call, K. T., G. Davidson, A. S. Sommers, R. Feldman, P. Farseth, and T. Rockwood. 2001. “Uncovering the Missing Medicaid Cases and Assessing Their Bias for Estimates of the Uninsured.” Inquiry 38 (4): 396-408.

General population surveys of health insurance coverage are thought to undercount Medicaid enrollment, which may bias estimates of the uninsured. This article describes the results of an experiment undertaken in conjunction with a general population survey in Minnesota. Responses to health insurance questions by a known sample of public program enrollees are analyzed to determine possible reasons for the undercount and the amount of bias introduced in estimates of uninsured people. While public program enrollees often misreport the type of coverage they have, the impact on estimates of those without insurance is negligible. Restrictions to generalizing the finding beyond this study are discussed.

Davern, M., T.J. Beebe, L. A. Blewett, and K.T. Call. 2003. “Recent Changes to the Current Population Survey: Sample Expansion, Health Insurance Verification, and State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates.” Public Opinion Quarterly 67 (4): 603-626.