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Report/Brief: Perceptions and Opinions Relating to Cannabis in Minnesota
Apr. 17, 2024: Using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), this brief explores people’s perceptions and opinions related to cannabis and cannabis use prior to its 2023 legalization in Minnesota. The brief begins with an overview of the context of cannabis policy and use in the United...Read MoreReport/Brief: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data: New and Updated Information on Federal Guidance and Medicaid Data Collection Practices (SHVS Brief)
Mar. 11, 2024: Find the brief in full here on the State Health & Value Strategies site. Authors: Emily Zylla and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC. Original publication date: March 11, 2024 In the United States, over 13 million people identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or...Read MoreReport/Brief: Public Health Implications of Cannabis Policy in Minnesota
Jan. 30, 2024: This brief uses data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to understand issues related to public health implications of Minnesota cannabis use prior to its 2023 legalization. Along with providing key background information and context on cannabis policy in the United States...Read MoreReport/Brief: SHADAC’s Primary Source of Coverage Hierarchy for American Community Survey (ACS) Estimates on State Health Compare
Jan. 29, 2024: This updated brief from SHADAC defines a “primary source of coverage hierarchy,” and how and when researchers can use this tool to determine which payer is primary when an individual reports multiple sources of health insurance coverage on the American Community Survey (ACS). Using a hierarchy...Read MoreReport/Brief: Collection of Self-Reported Disability Data in Medicaid Applications: A Fifty-State Review of the Current Landscape (SHVS Brief)
Jan. 25, 2024: The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. It can also be found on the SHVS site here. Authors: Emily Zylla and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC Very little is known about people who self-identify as having a disability within the...Read MoreReport/Brief: The Opioid Crisis in the Pandemic Era
Nov. 01, 2023: During 2020 and 2021, the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, data show that drug overdose deaths did not subside or plateau, but unfortunately surged alongside the rise of the coronavirus. Growing death rates were driven by a substantive change in the very foundation of the opioid crisis,...Read MoreReport/Brief: Federal Survey Sample Size Analysis: Disability, Language, and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Oct. 13, 2023: The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission contracted with the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) to conduct a review and sample size analysis of 13 federal population health surveys to assess the quality and availability of data for certain populations facing health...Read MoreReport/Brief: Did Disparities in Access Worsen During the Pandemic? (CHCF Brief)
Oct. 03, 2023: The following content is cross-posted from California Health Care Foundation Author: Lacey Hartman, SHADAC Previous research has shown that Medi-Cal enrollees fare worse in accessing health care than Californians with employer coverage. A key question is whether and how access to...Read MoreReport/Brief: Health Equity Measurement: Considerations for Selecting a Benchmark (SHVS Brief)
Sep. 27, 2023: The following content is cross-posted from State Health & Value Strategies. Authors: Emily Zylla, Andrea Stewart, and Elizabeth Lukanen, SHADAC As states look to advance health equity, they need ways to measure whether their efforts result in improvements....Read MoreReport/Brief: Telehealth Use and Experiences Among California Adults (CHCF Brief)
Sep. 12, 2023: The following content is cross-posted from the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF). Author: Lacey Hartman, Senior Research Fellow, State Health Access Data Assistance Center California’s Medi-Cal program is leveraging telehealth to meet patient needs. Many...Read MoreReport/Brief: Four Methods for Calculating Income as a Percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG) in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Aug. 17, 2023: This updated SHADAC brief delves into four common methods for calculating income as a percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines (FPG) using 2021 estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). The BRFSS...Read MoreReport/Brief: Disparities in Minnesota’s COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
Aug. 02, 2023: A new SHADAC issue brief found stark disparities not only in the share of subpopulations that have been immunized against COVID-19 in Minnesota, but also in the length of time it took vaccines to reach most people in these different groups. For instance, by the end of 2022, 80 percent of...Read MoreReport/Brief: SHADAC's 2020 Health Insurance Unit and Updated Defining Families Issue Brief
Jul. 20, 2023: In 2012, SHADAC created and released the SHADAC “Health Insurance Unit,” or “HIU,” to aid researchers in reconciling the differences between the way that a “family” is defined in federal surveys (such as the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey [ACS] or Current Population Survey [CPS])...Read MoreReport/Brief: Minnesota Health Access Survey 2021 Technical Report
Jun. 27, 2023: This report describes the Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA) data collection process and methodology, emphasizing the most recent administration of the survey completed in 2021. The 2021 MNHA represents the first time using a single address based (ABS) frame. Overview of MNHA The...Read MoreReport/Brief: Opportunities to Learn More About Serving Justice-Involved Individuals Through 1115 Demonstration Evaluations
May. 11, 2023: Medicaid is a vital source of coverage for the almost four million justice-involved individuals living in the community – individuals who are disproportionately poor and people of color. Upon release from prison or jail, many of these individuals face significant obstacles navigating and accessing...Read MoreReport/Brief: Significance Testing Using State Health Compare
Mar. 15, 2023: Originally published December 2016. Updated March 2023 by SHADAC Research Assistant Adey Fentaw. This technical brief provides guidance on how to run tests for statistically significant differences using estimates and their associated margins of error from SHADAC’s State Health Compare web tool...Read MoreReport/Brief: The Kids Aren't Alright: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Implications for Health Equity
Feb. 15, 2023: Authors: Colin Planalp, MPA and Andrea Stewart, MA Drawing on data from the National Survey of Children’s Health, this brief investigates the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and disparities in ACEs exposure by children’s race, family income...Read MoreReport/Brief: Tracking the Medicaid Undercount in the 2021 ACS Coverage Data
Jan. 30, 2023: Research has consistently shown that health insurance coverage surveys underestimate the number of people enrolled in Medicaid and the extent of this “Medicaid undercount” varies greatly across surveys and states. Among these surveys that measure health insurance coverage, the American...Read MoreReport/Brief: Issue Brief: Unwinding the Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement - Transitioning to Employer-Sponsored Coverage (State Health & Value Strategies Cross-Post)
Jan. 20, 2023: The following content is cross-posted from State Health and Value Strategies, published on January 19, 2023. Authors: Elizabeth Lukanen and Robert Hest, SHADAC Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have played a key role in the response to the COVID-19...Read MoreReport/Brief: Medicaid Undercount Doubles, Likely Tied to Enrollee Misreporting of Coverage
Dec. 05, 2022: Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) programs have played a key role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing an important safety net for health insurance coverage for millions of people during this unprecedented public health crisis. The Families First Coronavirus Response...Read MorePages
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