Insurance types

Can We Trust Population Surveys to Count Medicaid Enrollees and the Uninsured?

Publication Year: 
2006

Kincheloe, J., E. R. Brown, J. Frates, K. T. Call, W. Yen, and J. Watkins. 2006. “Can We Trust Population Surveys to Count Medicaid Enrollees and the Uninsured?” Health Affairs 25(4): 1163-1167.

Agreement between Self-Reported and Administrative Race and Ethnicity Data among Medicaid Enrollees in Minnesota

Publication Year: 
2007

McAlpine, D., Beebe, T. J., Davern, M. E., & Call, K. T. 2007. “Agreement between Self-Reported and Administrative Race and Ethnicity Data among Medicaid Enrollees in Minnesota.” Health Services Research 42(6, part II): 2373-2388.

Distributing State Children’s Health Insurance Funds: A Critical Review of the Design and Implementation of the Funding Formula

Publication Year: 
2007

Blewett, L. A. and M. Davern. 2007. “Distributing State Children’s Health Insurance Funds: A Critical Review of the Design and Implementation of the Funding Formula. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3):415-55.

Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates: A Comparison between Self-Reported Coverage and Admin Data Records

Publication Year: 
2008

Davern, M., K. T. Call, J. Ziegenfuss, G. Davidson, T. Beebe, and L. A. Blewett. 2008. "Validating Health Insurance Coverage Survey Estimates: A Comparison between Self-Reported Coverage and Administrative Data Records." Public Opinion Quarterly 72(2): 241-259.

The Medicaid Undercount and Bias to Estimates of Uninsurance: New Estimates and Existing Evidence

Publication Year: 
2008

Call, K. T., G. Davidson, M. Davern, L. A. Blewett, and R. Nyman. 2008. “The Medicaid Undercount and Bias to Estimates of Uninsurance: New Estimates and Existing Evidence.” Health Services Research 43(3): 901-14.

Evaluating Federal Funding Formulas - The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (Summary)

Publication Year: 
2007

This Executive Summary highlights key findings of SHADAC's research studying the impact of using state level data inputs on the number of low income uninsured children from the Current Population Survey (CPS) to determine the distribution of federal dollars to the states. February 2007.

This summary is based on the published article:

Blewett, L. A. and M. Davern. 2007. “Distributing State Children’s Health Insurance Funds: A Critical Review of the Design and Implementation of the Funding Formula. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3):415-55.

Medicare Impact Profile

Publication Year: 
2006

The State Medicare Impact Profile, prepared by SHADAC for the Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center, is the first systematic look at the impact of Medicare reform from a state policy and local market perspective. It presents a unique contribution to discussions about Medicare reform policy from a state policy perspective with comparative data across five states (Florida, Minnesota, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Washington) on key policy issues to assess the impact that Medicare policy has on each state. October 2006.

Shifting Ground: Changes in Employer- Sponsored Health Insurance

Publication Year: 
2006

This report was released for the 2006 Cover the Uninsured Campaign, a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. This report includes data from an ongoing federal survey of employers to examine trends in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage and take-up rates across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. May 2006.

A Needed Lifeline: Chronically Ill Children and Public Health Insurance Coverage

Publication Year: 
2008

This report was released for the 2008 Cover the Uninsured Campaign, a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and to demand solutions from our nation's leaders. The report includes a state-by-state analysis on children’s access to health care services, especially children who suffer from chronic illness. August 2008.

Health Insurance Coverage for Hispanic/Latino Children: 1996 to 2005

Publication Year: 
2007

This SHADAC student paper seeks to identify how health insurance coverage trends (public, private and uninsured) changed for Hispanic/Latino children from 1996 to 2005. It finds that Hispanic/Latino children saw significant reductions in the percent of uninsured children from 28.2 percent to 22.0 percent and significant increases in public health insurance from 30.3 percent to 39.6. May 2007.

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