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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

NHIS 2009 Health Insurance Coverage Estimates Released

June 21, 2010. The National Center for Health Statistics released its report, "Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2009."   The estimates of health insurance coverage are the first national estimates released for 2009.  The report includes estimates for the US and for the 20 most populated states.

2009 NHIS Uninsurance Estimates Released

The National Center for Health Statistics has released 2009 health insurance coverage estimates from the National Health Interview Survey.  The report, "Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2009," provides the first look at uninsurance estimates for 2009 for the nation overall and for the 20 largest states in terms of population.

Highlights from SHADAC's NHIS State-Level Health Insurance Estimates Conference Call

Publication Year: 
2009

On July 27, 2009, the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) hosted a conference call featuring Robin Cohen, PhD, senior statistician in the Division of Health Interview Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics. Dr. Cohen discussed early release findings from the 2008 National Health Interview Survey, published in the June 2009 report, "Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2008," by Robin A. Cohen and Michael E.

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.

New Research Data Center to Open at UMN

February 3, 2009.  The University of Minnesota’s State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) and Minnesota Population Center (MPC) recently received approval from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and United States Census Bureau to open the Minnesota Research Data Center (MNRDC) in January of 2010. The RDC allows access to confidential (non-public) data for research in a highly secure environment and has potential applications across the university.

Estimating the Size of the Uninsured and Other Vulnerable Populations in a Local Area

Publication Year: 
2003

Blewett, L. A. and T. J. Beebe. “Estimating the Size of the Uninsured and Other Vulnerable Populations in a Local Area.” In Weinick, R.M. and Billings, J. (eds), Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net – Book III: Tools for Monitoring the Health Care Safety Net, Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2003. AHRQ Publication No. 03-0027.

View the report on AHRQ's website (link opens in new page)

Meeting the Need for State Level Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: What Has Been Done and How it Can Be Improved

Publication Year: 
2006

Blewett, L. A. and M. Davern. 2006. “Meeting the Need for State Level Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: What Has Been Done and How it Can Be Improved” Health Services Research 41(3): 946-75.

OBJECTIVE: Critically review estimates of health insurance coverage available from different sources, including the federal government, state survey initiatives, and foundation-sponsored surveys for use in state policy research.

Health Disparities among America's Health Care Providers: Evidence from the Integrated Health Interview Series, 1982-2004

Publication Year: 
2008

Chou, C. and P. J. Johnson. 2008. “Health Disparities among America's Health Care Providers: Evidence from the Integrated Health Interview Series, 1982-2004.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 50(6): 696-704.

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