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SHARE Webinar Recording Available: Using the NHIS to Evaluate State Health Reform

SHARE hosted a webinar on September 1, 2010, about the use of federal and state survey data for evaluating the impact of health reform at the state level.  A recording of the event,

SHARE Webinar: Using the NHIS to Evaluate State Health Reform

Publication Year: 
2010

This webinar is the third in SHARE's Great Research Conversations series and features Economist Sharon Long, Senior Economist at SHADAC, and Audrey Gasteier,  Director of Health Systems Policy and the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy.

This webinar is the third in SHARE's Great Research Conversations series and features Economist Sharon Long, Senior Economist at SHADAC, and Audrey Gasteier,  Director of Healt

ACS Sample Size

Publication Year: 
2010

This file presents four sheets in an Excel workbook with sample counts by state for the ACS, both the PUMS and full file counts.

This file presents four sheets in an Excel workbook with sample counts by state for the ACS for years in which health insurance estimates are available (starting in 2008).  The sheets inclu

Mode of administration and other design considerations in health insurance estimation

Publication Year: 
2010

Presentation by Jeanette Ziegenfuss at the American Association for Public Opinion Research Annual Conference (AAPOR), in Chicago, IL, May 14 2010.

Minnesota Uninsurance by PUMA

Publication Year: 
2010

Map of sub-state uninsurance estimates for Minnesota, 2008 American Community Survey.

This publication is a map of sub-state uninsurance estimates for Minnesota’s nonelderly population (age 0-64 years) from the 2008 American Community Survey (ACS).  The statewide uninsurance rate was 9.6 percent for this same population and data source.

Middle Class Shouldering Brunt of Health Insurance Crisis

A new report released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, based on analysis conducted by SHADAC researchers, shows how the two recessions that Americans have weathered in the first decade of the 21st century have taken a tremendous toll on people's ability to afford health insurance and employers' capacity to offer it."Barely Hanging On: Middle-Class and Uninsured," documents that while the situation has been tough for everyone, it's America's middle class that has been hardest hit.

SHADAC’s New Data Center - Data Made Easy

Earlier this month SHADAC launched our new Data Center, an online table and chart generator tool designed to provide quick, easy access to health insurance coverage estimates.  You can can view our November 17 webinar to introduce the Data Center.

SHADAC Launches New Data Center

SHADAC has launched a new online tool that allows easy access to health insurance coverage estimates.

Using currently available sources of health insurance data can be time consuming and cumbersome for both policymakers and researchers. In addition, tracking these estimates over time is an outright challenge. A new web-based tool, developed by researchers at SHADAC, allows quick and easy access to health insurance coverage estimates and trends.

The SHADAC Data Center, being released today, allows users to:

Data Center Screencast

Publication Year: 
2009

View this screencast for an online demonstration of SHADAC's Data Center. November 2009.

 

American Community Survey Data Released

The U.S. Census Bureau has released the public use microdata sample (PUMS) file for the 2008 American Community Survey.  The PUMS is a sample of all the ACS records and the single-year release allows for analysis of all Census-defined geographies with a population of 65,000 or more.

The 2008 PUMS file is located at this link.

The data dictionary is located at this link.

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