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Chart Book on the Health of Minnesota's Children

Publication Year: 
2010

This chartbook was compiled by SHADAC for the Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota to highlight how Minnesota is doing on a number of key indicators of child health.

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).

Disparities and Barriers to Utilization among Minnesota Health Care Program Enrollees

Publication Year: 
2003

This report presents findings from a statewide survey of 4,902 Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) enrollees designed to assess racial and ethnic disparities in the use of preventive and other health services, as well as barriers that discourage the use of those services. December 2003.

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.

Summary: Long Term Financing Options and Retirement Income Security of Minnesota's Elderly.

Publication Year: 
2005

The issue brief examines whether selected financing options can be used to reduce the number of Minnesotans who will not have sufficient resources for general retirement expenses and long-term care. July 2005.

Summary: Retirement Security for Minnesota’s Elderly Population

Publication Year: 
2005

This issue brief focuses on whether Minnesotans will have enough money for their retirement and long-term care needs and estimates how many Minnesotans are at risk of having insufficient resources during their retirement years. March 2005.

Patterns of Smoking Among Minnesota's Young Adults

Publication Year: 
2004

This report is one in a series of collaborative research reports about smoking based on the 2003 Minnesota Adult Tobacco Survey. The objectives of this report are to understand patterns of smoking by young adults between the ages of 18 and 24. January 2004.