Nov. 12, 2024:Jeffrey Barrera joined SHADAC in 2024 as a Master of Public Health student in the Public Health Administration & Policy Program. He is interested in health care quality improvement measures, health equity research, and policy analysis. Before starting his master's degree, Jeffrey earned a...Read More
Nov. 11, 2024:On November 8, 2024, The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released quarterly estimates of health insurance coverage from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) covering the second quarter (April – June) of 2024.
This blog post covers this newly released Q2 NHIS data, including...Read More
Nov. 08, 2024:The Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) is the largest national database of current Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) beneficiary information collected from U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia (DC).1 T-MSIS data are...Read More
Nov. 06, 2024:
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) is a racial/ethnic category that describes people with ancestry indigenous to North America prior to colonization in 1492. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, there were approximately 9.7 million Americans who identified as Native American alone or as...Read More
Nov. 01, 2024:
The following Expert Perspective (EP) is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies.
Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen, Elliot Walsh, Robert Hest, SHADAC
Original posting date October 30, 2024. Find the original post here on the SHVS website.
Background on Census...Read More
Oct. 24, 2024:
Basics Blog Introduction
SHADAC has created a series of “Basics Blogs” to familiarize readers with common terms, concepts, and topics that are frequently covered.
Children’s health is impacted by a number of factors – family life and income, housing, neighborhood, nutrition,...Read More
Oct. 18, 2024:Soaring rates of fatal fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine overdoses have worsened and spread to previously insulated groups, including teenagers and the elderly
It has been more than a decade since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared a national opioid “epidemic...Read More
Oct. 10, 2024:Curated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), T-MSIS, or the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System, is a comprehensive database of claims made to state Medicaid and CHIP programs by their beneficiaries. This includes data from all 50 states and the District of...Read More
Oct. 02, 2024:
This post is a part of our Survey Data Season series where we examine data from various surveys that are released annually from the summer through early fall. Find all of the Survey Data Season series posts on our Survey Data Season 2024 page here.
Each year,...Read More
Sep. 18, 2024:
This post is a part of our Survey Data Season series where we examine data from various surveys that are released annually from the summer through early fall. Find all of the Survey Data Season series posts on our Survey Data Season 2024 page here.
With the...Read More
Sep. 17, 2024:
This post is a part of our Survey Data Season series where we examine data from various surveys that are released annually from the summer through early fall. Find all of the Survey Data Season series posts on our Survey Data Season 2024 page here.
Each year,...Read More
Sep. 12, 2024:
This post is a part of our Survey Data Season series where we examine data from various surveys that are released annually from the summer through early fall. Find all of the Survey Data Season series posts on our Survey Data Season 2024 page here.
The U.S. Census...Read More
Sep. 12, 2024:
This post is a part of our Survey Data Season series where we examine data from various surveys that are released annually from the summer through early fall. Find all of the Survey Data Season series posts on our Survey Data Season 2024 page here.
Over the...Read More
Sep. 10, 2024:
This post is a part of our Survey Data Season series where we examine data from various surveys that are released annually from the summer through early fall. Find all of the Survey Data Season series posts on our Survey Data Season 2024 page here.
Today, September...Read More
Sep. 05, 2024:
Basics Blog Introduction
SHADAC has created a series of “Basics Blogs” to familiarize readers with common terms, concepts, and topics that are frequently covered.
This Basics Blog will focus on the concept of health equity. We will answer and provide explanations for...Read More
Sep. 03, 2024:*Click here to jump to the 'Impact on Vital Community Conditions' annotated bibliography*
The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and in collaboration with partner organizations is exploring whether a new national...Read More
Aug. 28, 2024:
This presentation is a part of our Survey Data Season series where we examine data from various surveys that are released annually from the summer through early fall. Find all of the Survey Data Season series posts on our Survey Data Season 2024 page here.
On Thursday,...Read More
Aug. 26, 2024:
Basics Blog Introduction
SHADAC has created a series of “Basics Blogs” to familiarize readers with common terms, concepts, and topics that are frequently covered.
This Basics Blog will focus on the topic of statistical tests & testing—including what statistical...Read More
Aug. 23, 2024:
The following Expert Perspective (EP) is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. Authors: Emily Zylla and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC
Original posting date August 13, 2024. Find the original post here on the SHVS website.
States have resumed their regular...Read More
Aug. 20, 2024:
This post is a part of our Survey Data Season series where we examine data from various surveys that are released annually from the summer through early fall. Find all of the Survey Data Season series posts on our Survey Data Season 2024 page here.
Each year, SHADAC...Read More