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Blog & News: 2020 NHIS: State vs National Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage (Infographic)
Feb. 15, 2022 : The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) recently released a National Health Statistics Report, which presents state-level estimates of health insurance coverage using data from the 2020 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). The report provides estimates by subcategories of state Medicaid expansion status, urbanization level, and expanded region based on data from all 50 states and... Read moreBlog & News: State Health Compare: State-Level Data Resources on Measures of Health Equity (Part Two - Health Behaviors, Health Outcomes, Social and Economic Factors)
Feb. 09, 2022 : Health equity and social determinants of health (SDOH) are rapidly growing fields of public health research. SHADAC researchers believe that making strides toward achieving health equity depends equally on better understanding health disparities as well as on making concerted, measurable efforts toward reducing avoidable differences in populations’ health outcomes. This blog, the second in a... Read moreBlog & News: Expert Perspective and Issue Brief: Tracking the Data on Medicaid’s Continuous Coverage Unwinding (State Health & Value Strategies Cross-Post)
Jan. 27, 2022 : The following content is cross-posted from State Health and Value Strategies published on January 21, 2022. Authors: Emily Zylla, Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) programs have played a key role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing a vital source of health coverage for millions of people. However, when the Families First... Read moreBlog & News: NHIS: National Rates of Health Insurance Coverage for Third Quarter of 2021 Statistically Unchanged from 2020
Jan. 24, 2022 : On Wednesday, January 19, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) announced that health insurance coverage estimates from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Early Release Program are now available for Quarter 3 of 2021 (July-September) At a high level, the new estimates show no significant changes in coverage type (public, private) or uninsured rate across all ages and income... Read morePresentations: (Webinar) An Annual Conversation with the U.S. Census Bureau: Addressing Data Quality Challenges in the 2020 American Community Survey
Jan. 19, 2022 : Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been demonstrably far reaching and, by now, fairly well documented. One facet of this COVID-related disruption that has recently come to light is the interruption to data collection processes and response patterns for yearly federal surveys, such as the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS), that provide estimates... Read moreBlog & News: Coverage During a Crisis: Insured Rate for Californians Hits Historic High in First Year of COVID-19 Pandemic (CHCF Cross Post)
Jan. 14, 2022 : The following content is cross-posted from California Health Care Foundation. It was first published on January 12, 2022. Author: Lacey Hartman, Senior Research Fellow, SHADAC Despite widespread concern that economic fallout from the pandemic could slow California’s progress toward covering the uninsured, more Californians had health insurance coverage than ever before... Read moreBlog & News: Race/Ethnicity Data in CMS Medicaid (T-MSIS) Analytic Files Updated December 2021 – Features 2019 Data
Jan. 11, 2022 : Updated January 2022 As the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis evolves, it has become increasingly clear that vulnerable subpopulations are being disproportionately impacted, both in terms of disease burden and economic impacts. Medicaid has always played an essential role in providing coverage and care to vulnerable populations, particularly during economic downturns. As a result, the ability... Read moreBlog & News: State Health Compare: State-Level Data Resources on Measures of Health Equity (Part One - Coverage, Affordability and Cost of Care, Access to Care, and Quality of Care)
Dec. 22, 2021 : Health equity and social determinants of health (SDOH) are rapidly growing fields of public health research. SHADAC researchers believe that making strides toward achieving health equity depends equally on better understanding health disparities as well as on making concerted, measurable efforts toward reducing avoidable differences in populations’ health outcomes. This blog, the first in a... Read morePages
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