Issue Briefs

This list includes the issue briefs published by SHADAC, listed chronologically from most recent.

SHADAC Issue Briefs

Issue Brief #13, February 2008 (pdf download)
"Are Lower Response Rates Hazardous to your Health Survey?"

Issue Brief #12, November 2007 (pdf download)
"State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates:  A Fresh Look at Why State Survey Estimates Differ from the CPS."

Issue Brief #11, April 2005 (pdf download)
“Reclassifying Health Insurance Coverage for the Indian Health Service in the Current Population Survey: Impact on State Uninsurance Estimates”

Issue Brief #10, February 2004 (pdf download)
“A Comparison of Children's Uninsurance Rates Across the States 1995-97 to 2000-02”

Issue Brief #9, January 2004 (pdf download)
“Do National Surveys Overestimate the Number of Uninsured? Findings from the Medicaid Undercount Experiment in Minnesota”

Issue Brief #8, December 2003 (pdf download)
“Expanding Access to Health Insurance Coverage Lessens the Burden of Uncompensated Care”

Issue Brief #7, October 2003 (pdf download)
“Yet Another Wild Card in State Budget Deliberations”

Issue Brief #6, February 2003 (pdf download)
“Comparison of Children's Uninsurance Rates Across the States”

Issue Brief #5, April 2002 (pdf download)
“Overview of Approaches for Estimating Uninsurance Rates at the Sub-state Level”

Issue Brief #4, February 2002 (pdf download)
“What is Behind the 8 Percent Drop in Uninsurance?”

Issue Brief #3, July 2001 (pdf download)
“State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates: Why State-Survey Estimates Differ from CPS”

Issue Brief #2, March 2001 (pdf download)
“The Impact of Changes to the Current Population Survey on State Health Insurance Coverage Estimation”

Issue Brief #1, March 2001 (pdf download)
“The Current Population Survey and State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates”

RWJF Issue Briefs Prepared by SHADAC

"Comparing Federal Government Surveys that Count Uninsured People in America," August 2007 Update.

"Comparing Federal Government Surveys that Count Uninsured People in America," August 2006.