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Resource: 2018 SHADAC Annual Report

Jun. 30, 2019: 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 2018. Click the report below to flip through our 2018 Annual Report. Read More

Presentation: SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Brett Fried Serves as Expert at Census Convening

Jun. 28, 2019: Expert Meeting on Changes to the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) SHADAC researcher Brett Fried served as a discussant at the Expert Meeting on Changes to the CPS ASEC, held in Suitland, Maryland on May 13, 2019. The U.S. Census Bureau convened this...Read More

Presentation: The Art of Listening: Working with an Advisory Committee to Improve Outreach and Communication to Reach the Remaining Uninsured in Minnesota

Jun. 27, 2019: Presentation by Brett Fried at the 2019 ACS Data Users Conference. May 15, 2018 in Washington, D.C.  View PDF of the presentation Read More

Journal Article: Validation of Two Federal Health Insurance Survey Modules After Affordable Care Act Implementation

Jun. 21, 2019: Surveys are the only source of data on the uninsured rate in the United States. The idea for a certain amount of federal monitoring of insurance status through standardized Internal Revenue Service (IRS) forms was included with the introduction of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but...Read More

Report/Brief: The Comparing Health Insurance Measurement Error (CHIME) Study: Sample and Design

Jun. 19, 2019: The aim of this report is to describe the CHIME study design and sampling strategy and to report matching and response rates. About the CHIME Study Because there is no comprehensive administrative record of health insurance coverage in the United States, we must rely on household...Read More

Blog: Measuring Health Care Affordability with State Health Compare: Trouble Paying Medical Bills

Jun. 18, 2019: The cost of health care continues to grow nationwide, with U.S. health care spending reaching $3.5 trillion, or an average of $10,739 per person, in 2017.[1] As these expenditures have grown, the cost of health insurance has grown as well, such that Americans are increasingly enrolling in health...Read More

Blog: National and State Trends in Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths from 2000 to 2017 (Briefs)

Jun. 10, 2019: Over the past two decades, the United States has experienced a growing crisis of substance abuse and addiction that is illustrated most starkly by the rise in deaths from drug overdoses. Since 2000, the annual number of drug overdose deaths has quadrupled from 17,500 to 70,000 in 2017.1,2 Most of...Read More

Report/Brief: The Opioid Epidemic: National and State Trends in Opioid-Related Overdose Deaths from 2000 to 2017 (Briefs)

Jun. 10, 2019: Over the past two decades, the United States has experienced a growing crisis of substance abuse and addiction that is illustrated most starkly by the rise in deaths from drug overdoses. Since 2000, the annual number of drug overdose deaths has quadrupled from 17,500 to 70,000 in 2017.1,2 Most of...Read More

Blog: Register Now - Webinar on Supporting Payment and Delivery System Reform through Multipayer Quality Measure Alignment

Jun. 06, 2019: Date: June 24, 2019 Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Central / 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Eastern View a recording of the "Supporting Payment and Delivery System Reform through Multipayer Quality Measure Alignment" webinar. The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) will...Read More

Presentation: Supporting Payment and Delivery System Reform through Multipayer Quality Measure Alignment: Lessons from State Innovation Models (Webinar)

Jun. 06, 2019: Date: June 24, 2019 Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Central / 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Eastern The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) hosted a webinar on June 24, 2019, on multipayer quality measure alignment as a strategy for supporting health care payment and delivery...Read More

Blog: SHADAC at the 2019 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM)

May. 29, 2019: A number of SHADAC researchers will be presenting their research at the 2019 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM) in Washington, D.C., from Sunday, June 2nd to Tuesday, June 4th, and at the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting on Saturday,...Read More

Presentation: Minnesota LTSS Projection Model: MN-LPM

May. 29, 2019:   Presentation by Lynn Blewett at the 2018 NASHP Annual Conference. August 17, 2018 in Jacksonville, FL.  View PDF of the presentation. Read More

Blog: State Health Compare Data Highlight: Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations

May. 22, 2019: More expensive than outpatient or primary care, hospitalization contributes substantially to healthcare costs, with hospital care accounting for 33% of healthcare spending, or $1.1 trillion, in 2017.[1] Reducing potentially preventable hospitalizations—i.e., hospital admissions for certain acute...Read More

Blog: 2018 NHIS Full-Year Early Release: Insurance Coverage Held Steady Overall, with Some Subgroup Changes

May. 14, 2019: The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released health insurance coverage estimates for 2018 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) as part of the NHIS Early Release Program. These are the first available full-year coverage estimates for 2018 from a federal survey, with...Read More

Blog: New SHADAC Brief Explores Methods for Adapting BRFSS Survey Income Measure to Align with FPG Thresholds

May. 09, 2019: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey can be a valuable data source for researchers seeking to evaluate the impact of health insurance coverage programs such as Medicaid on measures of health outcomes and health behaviors;...Read More

Blog: SHADAC Report: Uninsurance among Children Increased Nationwide in 2017, Ending Steady Decline

May. 01, 2019: The national uninsured rate among children increased from 4.7% (about 3.6 million children) in 2016 to 5.0% (about 3.9 million children) in 2017. This increase interrupted a trend of nationwide gains in children’s coverage from 2008 through 2016, during which the uninsured rate dropped by more...Read More

Presentation: Trends and Disparities in Children's Health Insurance: New Data and the Implications for State Policy (Webinar)

Apr. 29, 2019: Date: May 2, 2019 Time: 11:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m. Central Download a PDF of the presentation slides and the webinar transcript. The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) and State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS) hosted an online discussion to share new data showing a...Read More

Blog: Trends and Disparities in Children's Health Insurance: New Data and the Implications for State Policy (Webinar)

Apr. 24, 2019: Date: May 2, 2019 Time: 11:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m. Central View a recording of the webinar. The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) and State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS) are hosting an online discussion to share new data showing a recent uptick in the rate of uninsured...Read More

Report/Brief: Children's Health Insurance Coverage Nationwide and in the States, 2016-2017

Apr. 23, 2019: Chartbook This analysis uses data from the American Community Survey (ACS) to examine: 1) changes in health insurance coverage from 2016 to 2017 for children nationwide and at the state level, and 2) state variation in uninsured rates for children in 2017. We examine coverage...Read More

Blog: 2017 County Health Insurance Estimates Now Available

Apr. 10, 2019: The U.S. Census Bureau released the Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) for 2017, providing estimates of health insurance coverage for all counties and states.  The SAHIE program is the only source of single-year health insurance estimates for every county in the US....Read More

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