Research Methods Support
This blog documents the expected 2025 releases of data from many federal health-related surveys and the data's current status—published (on-time or delayed); not yet published; or status remains uncertain.
As a complement to our Survey Data Finder, this blog provides very brief, one- or two-paragraph summaries of each of the surveys included, to help users of the tool to better understand the main focus and specifics that may make them particularly well-suited to certain uses in comparison to other… Read more
Compiled by researchers at SHADAC, this resource documents state-specific names for public health insurance programs (i.e., Medicaid and CHIP) as well as the names of state-based Marketplaces (i.e., SBMs) for private health insurance coverage purchase for all 50 states and D.C. in an easy-to-use… Read more
SHADAC creates and disseminates trusted methodological resources to support health policy research using survey and other data sources.
SHADAC's Health Insurance Unit (HIU) was created to aid researchers in reconciling the differences between the way that a “family” is defined in federal surveys with the way a “family” is defined by most private and public insurance programs, specifically for the purposes of analyzing health… Read more