SHADAC hosted the workshop, "Current Issues in Survey Methods for State Health Surveys," on January 13, 2009 in Washington DC.

The workshop was attended by more than 60 people representing 15 states and several federal agencies and health services research organizations.  Below is the list of sessions, speakers, and links to the presentation handouts.  A complete list of presentation handouts is at the bottom of the page.

Session 1:  Changing Patterns of Telephone Use, Part 1
Problems for telephone surveys created by increased cell-phone usage and possible solutions

Moderator:  Joel Cantor, ScD, Professor and Director, Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University

Speakers:

Stephen Blumberg, PhD, Senior Scientist, National Center for Health Statistics
"Wireless-Only and Wireless-Mostly Households: A Growing Challenge for Telephone Surveys."

Scott Keeter, PhD, Director of Survey Research, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
"Including Cell Phones in RDD Surveys: Costs and Consequences."

Mike Brick, PhD, Vice President and Senior Statistician, Westat
"Telephone Surveys and Alternative Modes."

Public Opinion Quarterly Special Issue on cell phone numbers and telephone interviewing in the United States, mentioned in Mike's presentation.

Session 2: Changing Patterns of Telephone Use, Part 2
How can states address changing patterns of telephone use in their household surveys?

Moderator: Joel Cantor, ScD, Professor and Director, Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University
"Effect of Wireless Substitution in a NJ Health Care Opinion Poll."

Speakers:

Sunghee Lee, PhD, Survey Methodologist, Center for Health Policy, University of California, Los Angeles
"Examining Data Quality with Changing Patterns of Telephone Usage in California Health Interview Survey."

Kathleen Call, PhD, Investigator, SHADAC
"Can Post-stratification Adjustments Correct Bias in Traditional RDD Estimates?"

Luncheon Session: "Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System in a Changing Environment."

Speaker: Lina Balluz, MPH ScD,  Acting Branch Chief, Behavior Surveillance Branch, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Session 3:  Federal Sources of State-Level Data on Health Insurance Coverage
Review and discussion of Federal surveys, including the National Health Interview Survey, the American Community Survey, the Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance/Employment Component

Moderator:   Michael Davern, PhD, Co-Principal Investigator, SHADAC

Speakers:

Eve Powell-Griner, PhD, Chief, Data Analysis and Quality Assurance, Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics
"State Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage."

Chuck Nelson, Assistant Division Chief for Income, Poverty and Health Statistics, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
"State Health Insurance Estimates From the Census Bureau."

Jim Branscome, MS, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
"State Estimates of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance."

Session 4:  Medicaid Undercount
What is the current status of undercount of Medicaid coverage in surveys?  What can states do about the undercount in state household surveys?

Moderator:  E. Richard Brown, PhD, Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, University of California, Los Angeles

Speakers:

Michael Davern, PhD, Co-Principal Investigator and Research Director, SHADAC
"Using the SNACC Linking Project to Impute Medicaid in the Current Population Survey to Correct for the Undercount."

Kathleen Call, PhD, Investigator, SHADAC
"The Medicaid Undercount: Synthesis of Research."

Jeff Bontrager, MSPH, Senior Research Analyst, Colorado Health Institute
"Data Sources and Approaches to Adjusting for the Medicaid Undercount: A Mile-high Perspective."