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NHIS: 2.4 million more uninsured working-aged adults in first six months of 2019
May. 28, 2020 : The number of nonelderly adults (age 18-64) without health insurance coverage increased to 27.2 million in the first six months of 2019 (January-June), up from 24.8 million in the same period in 2018. This put the uninsured rate for the first half of 2019 at 13.7%, an increase from 12.5% in the same period in 2018. This finding comes from new health insurance coverage estimates for Q1-Q2 2019... Read more90 percent of U.S. adults report increased stress due to pandemic
May. 26, 2020 : Colin Planalp, MPA, Giovann Alarcon, MPP, Lynn A. Blewett, PhD, The coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic crisis have introduced a new and unique set of conditions that trigger stress in the United States population. Many individuals are concerned about contracting the virus and developing COVID-19 symptoms, worried about job loss, and experiencing other strains caused by stay-at-home... Read moreBlog & News: Understanding the Methodology behind Measuring Coronavirus Impacts with the Census Bureau's New Household Pulse Survey
May. 22, 2020 : The COVID-19 pandemic is having broad-ranging impacts on the health and economic security of Americans across the country, and policymakers, among others, are eager to understand the extent of these impacts and how they vary across states and key subpopulations such as race/ethnicity, given the concerns that historically disadvantaged racial and ethnic minority groups are being disproportionately... Read moreBlog & News: Expert Perspective: States’ Reporting of COVID-19 Health Equity Data (State Health & Value Strategies Cross-Post)
May. 15, 2020 : The following content is cross-posted from State Health and Value Strategies. It was first published on April 22, 2020. Authors: Emily Zylla and Lacey Hartman, SHADAC As the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis evolves, it has become increasingly clear that vulnerable subpopulations are being disproportionately impacted. Unsurprisingly, these disparately affected groups are the same... Read moreBlog & News: Coronavirus pandemic caused more than 10 million U.S. adults to lose health insurance
May. 14, 2020 : Colin Planalp, MPA, Giovann Alarcon, MPP, Lynn A. Blewett, PhD According to results from the SHADAC COVID-19 Survey, conducted in late April 2020, more than 10 million U.S. adults have lost their health insurance due to the coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, more than 7 million U.S. adults reported delaying medical care for COVID-19 symptoms due to worry about costs. These findings... Read moreBlog & News: An Updated Brief Examines State Health Compare Estimates on State Funding for Public Health
May. 13, 2020 : As states have urgently strategized responses to the sudden arrival of the initial wave of the coronavirus pandemic and begun to prepare for the possibility of a second wave in the fall, states’ per-capita public health funding is a metric that has garnered new attention. Estimates for this measure not only reveal a state’s prioritization of investment in public health infrastructure, but also... Read moreBlog & News: Now Available on State Health Compare: Updated Measures on Access and Cost of Care, Public Health, Health Behaviors and Outcomes, and Social and Economic Factors
May. 06, 2020 : SHADAC has added two brand new measures and updated four previously existing measures with the latest available estimates on the State Health Compare website. The new measures include: Broadband Internet Access This measure indicates the percentage of non-group quarters households that have a broadband internet subscription, which includes a cellular data plan... Read moreBlog & News: Most U.S. Adults Report Reduced Access to Health Care due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Apr. 29, 2020 : More than half worried about their ability to pay for COVID-19 health care Colin Planalp, MPA, Kathleen Thiede Call, PhD, Giovann Alarcon, MPP, Lynn A. Blewett, PhD According to results from a new April 2020 survey, a majority of adults in the United States say that their access to health care services has been negatively affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, with the crisis... Read moreBlog & News: Studying the Impact of COVID-19: State-Level Data Resources on State Health Compare
Apr. 15, 2020 : Though the spread of disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted the lives of individuals across the United States, the magnitude of the virus' effects has varied greatly across different states. Access to current, accurate state-level data is important in order to inform state researchers, analysts, and policymakers’ efforts to understand and respond to... Read moreBlog & News: Expert Perspective: State COVID-19 Data Dashboards (State Health & Value Strategies Cross-Post)
Apr. 10, 2020 : The following content is cross-posted from State Health and Value Strategies. It was first published on April 9, 2020. Authors: Emily Zylla and Lacey Hartman, SHADAC Accurate, timely data is a key tool in states’ efforts to understand and respond to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak at the local level. There have also been increasing calls to further break down COVID-19 data... Read morePages
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