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Report/Brief: Suicide Rates on the Rise: Examining Continuing Trends and Variation across the Nation and in the States from 2000 to 2018
Jun. 16, 2020: Among the numerous impacts resulting from the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, early evidence from several recent national polls suggests that the COVID-19 crisis is taking a significant toll on mental health in the United States.1 While we will not be able to fully comprehend the extent...Read MoreBlog: 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...Read MoreReport/Brief: SHADAC COVID-19 Survey Results
May. 26, 2020: The SHADAC COVID-19 Survey on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on health care access and insurance coverage was conducted as part of the AmeriSpeak omnibus survey conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. The survey was conducted using a mix of phone and online modes from April 24 and...Read MoreBlog: 90 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...Read MoreJames Campbell
May. 14, 2020: James “Jimmy” Campbell joined SHADAC as a Graduate Research Assistant in January 2021. He is a doctoral student in Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health. Prior to the UMN, he worked in actuarial and analytic consulting at...Read MoreBlog: 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....Read MoreBlog: 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...Read MoreBlog: 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...Read MoreBlog: 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...Read MoreReport/Brief: University of Minnesota COVID-19 Health Insurance Model estimates that as many as 18.4 million individuals may be at risk of losing their employer-sponsored health insurance coverage (ESI)
Apr. 23, 2020: University of Minnesota COVID-19 Health Insurance Model (MN-HIM) Most Americans rely on their place of employment to obtain private health insurance coverage. Currently, 64% of workers age 19–64 and their dependents get their health insurance coverage through an employer source. One...Read MoreBlog: 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...Read MoreBlog: 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)...Read MoreBlog: 2018 County Health Insurance Estimates Now Available
Apr. 09, 2020: The U.S. Census Bureau has released the Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) for 2018, providing estimates of health insurance coverage for all counties and states. This year, the Census Bureau has also added an animated map tool, so that users can view county coverage trends over...Read MoreBlog: Internet Access Measures the Impact of the Digital Divide and COVID-19
Mar. 25, 2020: The arrival of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has fundamentally changed the way we work, live, and seek health care. As more and more of the population across the United States is being asked to stay in their homes to assist the efforts toward containment and prevention of the virus, access to...Read MoreInfographics: BRFSS Spotlight Series
Mar. 19, 2020: BRFSS SPOTLIGHT SERIES OVERVIEW This three-part infographic series from SHADAC focuses on data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey, an annual telephone survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that collects data...Read MoreBlog: BRFSS Spotlight Series: Adult Obesity Prevalence in the United States (Infographic)
Mar. 17, 2020: BRFSS SPOTLIGHT SERIES OVERVIEW This three-part series from SHADAC focuses on data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey, an annual telephone survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that collects data from...Read MoreReport/Brief: Revised CPS Estimates Show less High Burden Medical Spending
Mar. 05, 2020: Last year, the U.S. Census Bureau enacted a second and final round of changes in a planned, two-stage redesign process for the agency’s Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC). The first revision, made in 2014, was a redesign of the CPS ASEC questions regarding...Read MoreReport/Brief: 2018 State-level Estimates of Medical Out-of-Pocket Spending for Individuals with Employer-sponsored Insurance Coverage
Mar. 05, 2020: U.S. health care spending continues to grow, reaching $3.6 trillion and 17.7% of the GDP in 2018.[i] Unfortunately, a significant share of these costs are increasingly born by Americans in the form of increased deductibles, copayment, and coinsurance—commonly referred to as patient “out-...Read MorePopulation Health
Mar. 02, 2020: Population Health Population health research focuses on the health outcomes, health determinants, and policies and programs that affect a specific group of individuals, or “population.” SHADAC researchers often conduct population health research by geographic levels, most often for states, but...Read MoreHealth Equity
Mar. 02, 2020: Health Equity Improvements in health equity depend on a better understanding of health disparities and efforts to reduce avoidable differences in health outcomes as well as other conditions, such as access to safe housing, healthy food, transportation and jobs. Better data collection and...Read MorePages
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