2007 News:
SHADAC's August Newsletter Released
August 6, 2007
SHADAC's latest newsletter is available for download.
State Reform Evaluation Call for Proposals on August 6
July 27, 2007
State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) will issue a call for proposals on Monday, August 6, 2007 to support research and evaluation of state reform initiatives that focus on health insurance access. Details on timeline and funding priorities are available at the SHARE web site.
Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS) Data Released
June 28, 2007
Researchers at SHADAC and the Minnesota Population Center have announced the second major data release for the Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS). Five hundred newly integrated variables from the 1969-2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) public use files were added to the IHIS data extract system. This second IHIS data release was set to coincide with the 50th Anniversary celebration of the NHIS that took place at the National Center for Health Statistics on June 25. This release also includes the addition of NHIS-IHIS linking key, major innovation that will allow users to link other variables from the original NHIS public use files to IHIS data files. IHIS data are freely available for public use at www.ihis.us. Presentations describing the program and release are posted on SHADAC's presentation page.
SCHIP Policy Journal Article Reprints Available
June 19, 2997
Reprints are now available for the recent paper by Lynn Blewett and Mike Davern, "Distributing State Children's Health Insurance Program Funds: A Critical Review of the Design and Implementation of the Funding Formula," published this month in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
To receive a reprint, e-mail your mailing information to SHADAC or call 612-624-4802.
State Health Access Reform Evaluation Program Launched
April 30, 2007
The University of Minnesota today announced the opening of a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Program Office to support the evaluation of state health reform efforts nationwide. The State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE) project will develop a coordinated approach to the evaluation of the many state health reform and coverage initiatives being implemented across the United States.
Press release
SHARE web site
Summary of conference call on CPS revised estimates now available
April 17, 2007
A summary of the recent conference call discussing the revised CPS estimates is available for download.
SHADAC to hold conference call to discuss Revised CPS estimates
April 5, 2007
On Thursday, April 12, SHADAC will host a conference call featuring Chuck Nelson of the U.S. Census Bureau. This call will address the revised uninsurance estimates. The call will be on April 12, 2007 at 1:00 PM EDT and is open to the public. Please RSVP to shadac@umn.edu or call 612-624-4802.
U.S. Census Bureau Revises Uninsurance Estimates
March 23, 2007
The U.S. Census Bureau has revised the number of uninsured downward from 15.9 to 15.3 percent of the U.S. population in 2005. This revision occurred as the Census Bureau discovered an editing problem with the health insurance data that has been in place since the Current Population Survey converted to a computerized instrument in 1995. Some people who reported coverage were wrongly edited to not have coverage in the final data. This problem has been corrected. SHADAC will arrange a conference call to discuss this issue; notice for this will be posted in the next few weeks.
Census Bureau press release
"Whose Kids are Covered?" report released for Cover the Uninsured Week
March 14, 2007
As debate about how much federal funding to devote to the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), this new analysis provides a clearer look at uninsured children in every state. The analysis, released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, shows that since 1997, employer offers of health insurance to parents with lower incomes have fallen three times as fast as offers to parents who earn more money. The figures underscore that working parents who earn modest incomes are experiencing dramatic erosion in employee benefits. Analysis for this report was conducted by SHADAC.
Download the report
Read about this report in the news:
Kaisernetwork.org
Arizona Star
SHADAC to review Cover the Uninsured Week analysis on March 12.
March 6, 2007
Cover the Uninsured Week (CTUW) is scheduled for April 23-29. For the fifth consecutive year SHADAC has completed an analysis using the CPS and NHIS data. Join us on March 12 at 3:00 PM EDT to discuss the methodology behind these analyses. RSVP by e-mail or call 612-624-4802.
PDF Invitation
SCHIP Policy Executive Summary Released
February 20, 2007
An executive summary of the upcoming article, “Evaluating Federal Funding Formulas: The State Children’s Health Insurance Program,” is now available for download. The complete article will be published in the the spring issue of the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law.
New Article Compares State Survey Estimates to CPS
February 6, 2007
Drs. Call, Davern and Blewett published the article, "Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: Comparing State Surveys with the Current Population Survey" in the January/February issue of Health Affairs. Reprints are available upon request to shadac@umn.edu.
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