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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

County-level Health Insurance Estimates Released

The Census Bureau has released updated small area health insurance estimates (SAHIE).  This release reflect 2007 modeled estimates of health insurance coverage by age, sex, and income categ

Barely Hanging On

Publication Year: 
2010

This report presents state-by-state trends in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage from 2000 to 2008.  This coverage has long been the mainstay of coverage in the United States, particularly for middle class families.

The report was released by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the 2010 Cover the Uninsured Week, a national effort to highlight the fact that too many Americans are living without health insurance and demand solutions from our nation's leaders.

We’re Barely Hanging On to Employer Sponsored Health Insurance

March 17, 2010. A new report came out today that presents the grim toll that the two recessions of the 21st century have taken on employer-sponsored health insurance coverage.  "Barely Hanging On:  Middle Class and Uninsured" includes analysis of these trends, conducted by SHADAC researchers.  The report was released by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and includes state-by state analysis.  It has been reported extensively through the county. 

CPS Uninsurance Trends by State

Publication Year: 
2010

This Excel file provides summary tables of uninsurance estimates by state, trended from calendar years 2001 through 2008.  One table provides estimates only, and a second table provides the estimates with the standard errors.

Estimates are calculated using SHADAC's enhanced Current Population Survey (CPS) adjustments, which includes several adjustments to the estimates that are not made by the Census Bureau when it reports health insurance estimates from the CPS.

Enhanced CPS Variables Now Available

March 9, 2010.  In fall of 2009 we introduced "enhanced" estimates from the Current Population Survey (CPS), providing a harmonized view of health insurance coverage over time.  These enhanced estimates are useful for policy analysis.

We developed these estimates because the data released by the Census Bureau do not account for some methodological changes that result in known consistency problems.  Research conducted by SHADAC since 2000 has proven that these and other problems impact health insurance coverage estimates.

Using Enhanced CPS Microdata

Publication Year: 
2010

This technical brief describes how to access SHADAC-enhanced Current Population Survey (CPS) variables from the IPUMS web site maintained by the Minnesota Population Center.

SHADAC-Enhanced CPS Estimates FAQ

Publication Year: 
2010

SHADAC has created an enhanced time series to enable a harmonized view of health insurance coverage over time using the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS).  This was done to account for methodological changes to the CPS. This document provides a Frequently Asked Question format for understanding the estiamtes.  February 2010.

The applied enhancements are outlined in SHADAC's technical brief released in November 2009, available at this link.

 

SHADAC-Enhanced CPS Health Insurance Coverage Estimates

Publication Year: 
2009

SHADAC has created an enhanced time series to enable a harmonized view of health insurance coverage over time using the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS).  This was done to account for methodological changes to the CPS. The applied enhancements are outlined in this technical brief.  November 2009.

A frequently asked question summary of these estimates is available at this link.

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