July 23, 2009.  SHADAC has released two issue briefs as a resource for those who are conducting surveys or using federal survey data for policy development. These briefs are intended to assist state and federal analysts with survey development and/or analysis of existing survey data to estimate health insurance coverage and access to care for disparities populations.

Issue Brief #16, "Measurement of Race, Ethnicity, and Immigrant Groups in Federal Surveys," discusses the collection and classification of survey data for populations defined by race, ethnicity and immigrant (REI) status. The companion Issue Brief #17, "Data availability for Race, Ethnicity, and Immigrant Groups in Federal Surveys," discusses availability of these data in public use files.