Johnson PJ, Blewett LA, Davern M. 2010. "Disparities in Public Use Data Availability for Race, Ethnic, and Immigrant Groups: National Surveys for Healthcare Disparities Research."  Medical Care 48(12):1122-1127.

Presentation by Sharon Long, "Taking Stock:  Assessing Access to Care for Non-elderly Adults on Medicaid," at the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) meeting held October 28 in Washington DC.  MACPAC was established as part of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 to review Medicaid and CHIP access and payment policies and to advise Congress on issues affecting Medicaid and CHIP.

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This chartbook was compiled by SHADAC for the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota to highlight how Minnesota is doing on a number of key indicators of child health. It draws on data from a variety of sources to look at how Minnesota’s children fare in terms of health insurance, health care access and use, health status, and health behaviors. Where possible, comparisons are made within regions of the Minnesota, to neighboring states, and to national averages.  October 2010.

This report provides a 12-month historical overview (July 1009-June 2010) of Americans’ opinions about their experiences and expectations relating to health care. The report is based on The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Health Care Consumer Confidence Index (RWJF Index), a monthly snapshot of how adults in the United States perceive their access to health care. August 2010.

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LEADING HEALTH POLICY RESEARCHER JOINS TEAM OF STATE HEALTH ACCESS DATA ASSISTANCE CENTER
Sharon Long Joins SHADAC, Releases New Reports on Effectiveness of Young Adult Provisions in Massachusetts’ Health Reform

The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) is pleased to announce the addition of Sharon K. Long Ph.D. to its team. With more than 25 years of experience conducting quantitative and qualitative policy research, Long arrives from the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., where she was a senior fellow in the Health Policy Center. While at Urban, Long focused on a range of health policy issues in areas such as Medicaid, managed care, access to care, state health policy and health reform - in particular, gaining national attention for her research into Massachusetts’ health reform program.

Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and housed within the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health, SHADAC works to bridge the gap between health insurance data and the policy-making process. Long joins SHADAC as a senior economist and a professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health.

"We are over the moon about having Sharon on board," said Lynn Blewett, Ph.D., principal investigator and director at SHADAC, and professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health. "She is a talented, well-regarded researcher and author, and her expertise will be instrumental in our continued work to bridge the gap between research and health policy."

The State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE), which operates out of SHADAC, and the Urban Institute released two new reports today by lead author Sharon Long, focusing on the demographics of uninsured populations in Massachusetts, and the importance of implementing young adult provisions in Massachusetts’ health reform.

• Read "Massachusetts Health Reform in 2008: Who are the Remaining Uninsured Adults?"
• Read "The Importance of Young Adult Provisions in Massachusetts’ Health Reform"

Long holds a doctorate in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For more information on SHADAC, visit www.shadac.org.