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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

Minnesota Uninsurance Rates Increase

Feburary 5, 2010.  Minnesota released survey results showing that 9.1% of the state's population was uninsured 2009, up significantly from 7.2% in 2007.   Much of the increase was due to a decline in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage.

Small Area Estimation Technique for Oklahoma

Publication Year: 
2009

This technical report describes the Small Area Estimation technique employed by SHADAC for the 2008 Oklahoma Health Care Insurance and Access Survey (OHIS).  The analysis was used to develop county-level estimates of uninsurance based on data from the 2008 OHIS.  November 2009.

NCHS Health Insurance Estimates Released

July 1, 2009. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) today released two new reports relating to health insurance estimates.

Disparities and Barriers to Utilization among Minnesota Health Care Program Enrollees

Publication Year: 
2009

This report presents findings from a statewide survey of 4,626 Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) enrollees conducted either by mail or by telephone between July and December 2008. This survey was funded by the Minnesota Department of Human Services and had four major goals. The first was to identify and describe barriers to, and experiences with, health care among adults and children who receive health insurance through Minnesota Health Care Programs (MHCP).

State Household Surveys Alive and Well!

February 9, 2009. Pennsylvania was the most recent state to release results from its own state household survey. Despite valuable information on health insurance coverage that is released every year as part of the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS), many states still find it essential to administer their own household survey to get more detailed information on the characteristics of the uninsured and more timely information to inform state health policy.

Can post-stratification adjustments correct bias in traditional RDD estimates

Publication Year: 
2009

Presentation by Kathleen Thiede Call at the 2009 SHADAC State Survey Workshop in Washington, DC, January 13 2009.

The Medicaid Undercount: Synthesis of Research

Publication Year: 
2009

Presentation by Kathleen Thiede Call at the 2009 SHADAC State Survey Workshop in Washington, DC, January 13 2009.

The Medicaid Undercount: Real or Perceived Bias in Estimates of Coverage in General Population Surveys?

Publication Year: 
2008

This brief by Bonnie J. Austin, published by the Changes in Health Care Financing & Organization (HCFO) program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, summarizes SHADAC's study of the Medicaid undercount in Minnesota, California, Florida, and Pennsylvania. The brief outlines key findings and discusses implications for policy and practice. September 2008.

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