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Minnesota Nonprofit Hospitals’ Community Benefit: Adequate For Tax Exemption?

Publication Year: 
2005

SHADAC student paper suggests a number of actions that Minnesota could take to ensure its nonprofit hospitals are adequately benefiting our communities. Five strategies that address the issue of nonprofit accountability are analyzed, including two carried out in Minnesota as well as three approaches taken by other states. May 2005.

Medical Interpreter Neutrality: Few Voices Outside of the Examining Room

Publication Year: 
2004

This SHADAC student paper is a summary of the literature that includes recommendations for future research on how to begin hearing the voices of medical interpreters. September 2004.

Understanding Underinsurance

Publication Year: 
2004

This student project is a critical literature review that examines what it means to be underinsured and the ways of determining the number of people in the United States who are underinsured. The project critically evaluates the typology arguing that it contains various confusions and fails to appreciate the interrelationships that exist between the various aspects of underinsurance. May 2004.

A Comprehensive View of the U.S. Health Care Safety Net

Publication Year: 
2003

This SHADAC student paper provides an overview of the safety net through a comprehensive literature review, focusing specifically on how the safety net is defined, including its providers, recipients, funding sources, and measures. April 2003.

Monitoring Health Access Among Immigrants: Issues and Concerns

Publication Year: 
2003

SHADAC student paper summarizing available information and knowledge about surveying non-English survey speaking respondents, as well as to produce guidelines and recommendations for the next statewide survey. The primary question was whether access to health services for Hispanic and Hmong residents varies along language lines in Minnesota. April 2003.

Health Insurance Coverage for Persons Leaving Welfare

Publication Year: 
2002

SHADAC student paper examining the factors that affect welfare leavers’ health insurance status using longitudinal data from Minnesota. Unlike prior research that focuses on state program procedures, this research concentrates on individual characteristics and motivations that determine welfare leavers’ health coverage using psychologists' expectancy value theory. August 2002.

Health Insurance Coverage for Hispanic/Latino Children: 1996 to 2005

Publication Year: 
2007

This SHADAC student paper seeks to identify how health insurance coverage trends (public, private and uninsured) changed for Hispanic/Latino children from 1996 to 2005. It finds that Hispanic/Latino children saw significant reductions in the percent of uninsured children from 28.2 percent to 22.0 percent and significant increases in public health insurance from 30.3 percent to 39.6. May 2007.