Research Reports and Technical Papers

This page includes a listing of SHADAC's reports, papers and research dissemination listed by topic category.  Note that in some cases a document may be listed more than once.

Children/SCHIP

• "Protecting America’s Future:  A State-by-State Look at SCHIP & Uninsured Kids." August 2007
   
• “Going Without:  America’s Uninsured Children.”  August 2005
    
• “Comparison of Children's Uninsurance Rates Across the States: 1995-96 to 2000-01.” SHADAC Issue Brief #6. February 2003
    
• “Yet Another Wild Card in State Budget Deliberations:  Federal SCHIP Allocations to States.”  SHADAC Issue Brief #7. October 2003
    
• “A Comparison of Children's Uninsurance Rates Across the States: 1995-97 to 2000-02.”  SHADAC Issue Brief #10.  February 2004

Cover the Uninsured Week - 2005

• “Characteristics of the Uninsured:  A View from the States.” May 2005
• Summary:  “BRFSS Data Chosen for 2005 Cover the Uninsured Week Analysis.” May 2005
• Summary:  “Variation in Health Insurance Coverage Surveys:  Behavioral Risk Factor Survey vs. Current Population Survey.” May 2005

Cover the Uninsured Week - 2004

• “Characteristics of the Uninsured:  A View from the States.” May 2004
• Summary:  “BRFSS Data Chosen for 2004 Cover the Uninsured Week Analysis.” May 2004
• Summary:  “Variation in Health Insurance Coverage Surveys:  Behavioral Risk Factor Survey vs. Current Population Survey.”  May 2004 

Current Population Survey (Census Bureau)

• See SHADAC's CPS Center
    
• “The Current Population Survey (CPS) and State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates.” SHADAC Issue Brief #1. March 2001
    
• “Impact of Changes to the Current Population Survey (CPS) on State Health Insurance Coverage Estimation.” SHADAC Issue Brief #2. March 2001
    
• “State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates: Why State-Survey Estimates Differ from CPS.” SHADAC Issue Brief #3.  June 2001
    
• “What is Behind the 8 Percent Drop in Uninsurance: Changes in CPS Health Insurance Measurement and the Effect on State Policy”  SHADAC Issue Brief #4.  February 2002

Crowd-Out

• “Public Program Crowd-Out of Private Coverage:  What are the Issues?”  June 2004  
• Full Report
• Brief

Disparities

• “Disparities and Barriers to Utilization among Minnesota Health Care Program Enrollees.”  December 2003

Health Insurance Coverage

• "Health Insurance Coverage in Minnesota from 2001 to 2004.”  March 2005
    
• See SHADAC's "State Health Access Profile” June 2004
    
• See SHADAC's Small Area Health Insurance Estimation (SAHIE) page
    
• “Characteristics of the Uninsured:  A View from the States.” May 2005
    
• “Characteristics of the Uninsured:  A View from the States.” May 2004
    
• “The Current Population Survey (CPS) and State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates.” SHADAC Issue Brief #1. March 2001
    
• “Impact of Changes to the Current Population Survey (CPS) on State Health Insurance Coverage Estimation.” SHADAC Issue Brief #2. March 2001
    
• “State Health Insurance Coverage Estimates: Why State-Survey Estimates Differ from CPS.” SHADAC Issue Brief #3.  June 2001
    
• “What is Behind the 8 Percent Drop in Uninsurance: Changes in CPS Health Insurance Measurement and the Effect on State Policy”  SHADAC Issue Brief #4.  February 2002
    
• “Overview of Approaches for Estimating Uninsurance Rates at the Sub-state Level.”  SHADAC Issue Brief #5.  March 2002
   
• “Do National Surveys Overestimate the Number of Uninsured? Findings from the Medicaid Undercount Experiment in Minnesota.”  SHADAC Issue Brief #9. January 2004
   

• "Medicaid Under-reporting in the Current Population Survey and One Approach for a Partial Correction." Revised October 2007

•     State code for adjustment

HRSA State Planning Grants

• See SHADAC’s HRSA SPG page

 Indian Health Service

• “Reclassifying Health Insurance Coverage for the Indian Health Service in the Current Population Survey: Impact on State Uninsurance Estimates.”  SHADAC Issue Brief #11.  April 2005

Long-term Care

• “Retirement Security and Minnesota’s Elderly Population.”  March 2005
• Full Brief
• Summary
    
• “Long Term Financing Options and Retirement Income Security of Minnesota’s Elderly.”  July 2005
• Full Brief
• Summary

 Safety Net

• “Report on State Efforts to Measure the Health Care Safety Net.”  September 2001

Survey Methodology and Data Analysis

• See SHADAC's Survey Method Series page
    
• See SHADAC's Focus Group Methods page
    
• SHADAC's Imputation Case Study with Colorado

Tobacco

• “Quitting Smoking, 1999-2003:  Nicotine Addiction in Minnesota.”  January 2004
    
• “Patterns of Smoking Among Minnesota's Young Adults.” January 2004
    
• “Secondhand Smoke in Minnesota, 1999-2003.” March 2005

Uncompensated Care

• “Expanding Access to Health Insurance Coverage Lessens the Burden of Uncompensated Care.”  SHADAC Issue Brief #8. December 2003