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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,

Massachusetts State Health Survey

January 5, 2009. Sharon Long and her colleagues at the Urban Institute released the latest findings from the 2008 Massachusetts Health Insurance Survey (MHIS). There continues to be an increase in health insurance coverage since the Massachusetts health reform initiative in 2006, which included an individual mandate and the merger of the individual and small group markets. The newest estimates show that only 2.6% of the Massachusetts population and only 1.2% of children in the state are uninsured.

Imputation: SHADAC's Case Study with Colorado

Publication Year: 
2005

Summary of SHADAC's work with Colorado to impute household income on their survey of health insurance coverage.  November 2005.

Estimating the Size of the Uninsured and Other Vulnerable Populations in a Local Area

Publication Year: 
2003

Blewett, L. A. and T. J. Beebe. “Estimating the Size of the Uninsured and Other Vulnerable Populations in a Local Area.” In Weinick, R.M. and Billings, J. (eds), Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net – Book III: Tools for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net, Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2003. AHRQ Publication No. 03-0027.

View the report on AHRQ's website (link opens in new page)

Meeting the Need for State Level Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: What Has Been Done and How it Can Be Improved

Publication Year: 
2006

Blewett, L. A. and M. Davern. 2006. “Meeting the Need for State Level Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: What Has Been Done and How it Can Be Improved” Health Services Research 41(3): 946-75.

OBJECTIVE: Critically review estimates of health insurance coverage available from different sources, including the federal government, state survey initiatives, and foundation-sponsored surveys for use in state policy research.

Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: Comparing State Surveys to the Current Population Survey

Publication Year: 
2007

Call, K. T., M. Davern, and L. A. Blewett. 2007. "Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: Comparing State Surveys to the Current Population Survey." Health Affairs 26(1):269-78.

Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota, 2001 vs. 2004

Publication Year: 
2005

This fact sheet provides information on health insurance status gathered from the 2001 and 2004 Minnesota Health Access Surveys. February 2005

MN Health Access Survey 2007 Fact Sheet

Publication Year: 
2008

This fact sheet provides preliminary results from the 2007 Minnesota Health Access Survey and compares these to findings from earlier years. April 2008.

2004 Minnesota Health Access Survey Report

Publication Year: 
2006

A comprehensive report on trends in health insurance coverage in the State of Minnesota from 2001 to 2004. Six chapters contain an overview of health insurance coverage and coverage by income, by race and ethnicity, by age, by adults with and without children, and by geographic region. An appendix contains information on survey methodology and weighting. February 2006.

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