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Report/Brief: Rates of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms Declined in 2021, Remained Higher than Pre-Pandemic
Jun. 07, 2022: June 7, 2022 Despite improvements, disparities in prevalence persisted As the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the United States, anxiety and depression levels remain elevated compared to pre-pandemic rates. However, 2021 data shows a significant decline in reported anxiety and...Read MoreResource: 2021 SHADAC Annual Report
Jun. 02, 2022: This report provides an overview of our topic areas, technical expertise, and partnerships as well as a glimpse into some of the work done at SHADAC in 2021. Click the report below to flip through our 2021 Annual Report. Read MoreBlog: Updates to Minnesota's Community and Uninsured Profile Resource to Reflect 2016-2020 ACS Estimates
Jun. 02, 2022: Following the release of the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 5-year data file (2016-2020), SHADAC has made important updates to the Minnesota Community and Uninsured Profile resource to incorporate an analysis of the 2020 data. The Community and Uninsured Profile...Read MoreReport/Brief: State and Federal Relief Prevented Deep Backslide in Health Care Affordability in California in 2020 (CHCF Cross Post)
May. 18, 2022: The following content is cross-posted from California Health Care Foundation. It was first published on May 18, 2022. Author: Colin Planalp, Research Fellow, SHADAC In 2020, the start of the COVID-19 pandemic meant the imposition of incredible burdens on every corner of US society,...Read MoreBlog: 2021 NHIS Full-Year Health Insurance Estimates Early Release: Coverage Rates Remain Stable Overall, Changes Visible across Demographic Groups (Infographic)
May. 10, 2022: The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released health insurance coverage estimates for 2021 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) as part of the NHIS Early Release Program. The estimates captured in this report are some of the first available coverage estimates for 2021 from a...Read MoreBlog: SHADAC Advocates a Data-based Approach to Advancing Medicaid and CHIP Access Monitoring Plan (Response to CMS Request for Information)
Apr. 29, 2022: On February 17, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a request for information (RFI) regarding access to coverage and care in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). SHADAC researchers focused our response on Objective 4: Question 1...Read MoreBlog: Minnesota’s uninsured rate hit historic low in 2021 but racial disparities increased (Minnesota Department of Health Cross Post)
Apr. 14, 2022: Today, the Health Economics Program (HEP) of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) released results from the 2021 Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA) - a biennial state-based population...Read MoreBlog: Understanding the Undercount of Medicaid Enrollees in the 2020 Current Population Survey Health Insurance Coverage Data
Apr. 05, 2022: Studies have long shown that surveys underestimate the number of people enrolled in Medicaid, and that the extent of this “undercount” varies across surveys and states. SHADAC researchers have made significant contributions in this area, and the extent to which the Current Population Survey Annual...Read MoreBlog: Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the U.S. has Reached a Plateau: Evidence from the Household Pulse Survey
Apr. 01, 2022: Previous analysis produced by SHADAC using data from the Household Pulse Survey (HPS) showed promising evidence of a reduction in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy during the first three months of 2021. However, though this report highlighted an overall decline in hesitancy, it also showed disparities in...Read MoreBlog: Six Measures on SHADAC’s State Health Compare Now Updated to Include Pandemic-era Data for Health Behaviors and Outcomes
Mar. 18, 2022: As part of our commitment to releasing relevant and timely state-level data, estimates for six measures on SHADAC’s State Health Compare web tool have recently been updated with data from the first years of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 and 2021. Data for each of these measures is drawn from a...Read MoreReport/Brief: New SHADAC Brief Summarizes Study of Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Physician Participation
Mar. 17, 2022: With the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) expansion of Medicaid, approximately 15 million people were able to enroll in the program - many of whom were previously uninsured. However, researchers have long worried that an expansion of insurance coverage would not translate to an equal expansion...Read MoreReport/Brief: Prevalence and disparities in excessive alcohol use among U.S. adults
Mar. 07, 2022: 17 million report heavy drinking, 40 million report binge drinking In the past several years, researchers have shone new light on the public health threat of alcohol consumption in the United States. Nationally, life expectancy has declined, while deaths involving...Read MoreBlog: 2020 U.S. alcohol-involved deaths climbed by 26.6%, and drug overdose deaths by 30.6%
Feb. 16, 2022: Size of alcohol, drug overdose death increases in first pandemic year were unparalleled With the recent release of 2020 mortality data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), we now know that fears that the pandemic could result in increased drug and alcohol deaths were...Read MoreBlog: 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...Read MorePresentation: California's Implementation of the Affordable Care Act: How Medi-Cal expansion has impacted health care access and health status for low-income Californians
Feb. 03, 2022: Natalie Schwehr, SHADAC Senior Research Associate, was invited by the Center of California Studies at Sacramento State University to give a webinar presentation on Friday, January 28, as part of their "Envisioning California Speaker Series." Dr. Schwehr presented a study conducted by herself and...Read MoreBlog: 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, and Lindsey Theis, SHADAC Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) programs have played a key role in the response to the...Read MoreUPDATE State Health Insurance Program Names: 2023
Jan. 27, 2022: This Excel file includes the names of state-sponsored health insurance programs for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. It documents program names familiar to enrollees; therefore it includes colloquial as well as official names. The document has two tabs – the first includes...Read MoreReport/Brief: Comparing Federal Government Surveys That Count the Uninsured: 2021
Jan. 26, 2022: With the release of new insurance coverage estimates from surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), SHADAC has updated our annual “Comparing Federal...Read MoreBlog: 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...Read MorePresentation: (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...Read MorePages
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