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Read more SHADAC State Profiles Find analysis of healthcare access at the state level that goes beyond standard indicators of health insurance coverage. Read More STATE HEALTH COMPARE DATA ANALYSIS Spotlight on Health Behaviors: Adult Who Forgo Needed Medical Care and Adults Who Have No Personal Doctor The continued rise in the share of Americans without health insurance coverage has left more individuals without a means of protecting themselves or their families from the financial burden of illness or injury and without strong ties to health care providers and the health care system to access care. This blog provides an analysis of these indirect costs of rising health care spending and uninsurance in the year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and examines overall national and state-level trends as well as comparisons across race/ethnicity and educational attainment using data from State... Read more Spotlight on Health Behaviors: Adult Who Forgo Needed Medical Care and Adults Who Have No Personal Doctor The continued rise in the share of Americans without health insurance coverage has left more individuals without a means of protecting themselves or their families from the financial burden of illness or injury and without strong ties to health care providers and the health care system to access care. This blog provides an analysis of these indirect costs of rising health care spending and uninsurance in the year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and examines overall national and state-level trends as well as comparisons across race/ethnicity and educational attainment using data from State... Read more SHADAC State Health Compare Explore state-level data. View customized facts and figures on key health and health care topics. Read More ANALYSIS OF MN UNINSURED Update to SHADAC’s Minnesota Uninsured Profile Tool Features Customized Legislative District Infographics Aimed at Addressing Disparities Using the most up-to-date estimates available from the United States Census Bureau, (2014-2018 American Community Survey, 5-year estimates) this unique set of infographics are designed to identify and categorize legislative districts with high uninsured rates using color-coded state maps and graphics that provide a deeper look into the socioeconomic data of each Minnesota House and Senate district. Read more SHADAC Blog & News Get insights from SHADAC experts regarding state health policy and health reform, as well as the latest data and research informing these topics. Read More SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH BRIEF New Brief Explores State Approaches to Risk Adjustment Based on Social Factors and Strategies for Filling Data Gaps A new State Health & Value Strategies (SHVS) brief, authored by SHADAC researchers, details three approaches taken by organizations in two states, Minnesota and Massachusetts, to solving a key challenge to risk adjusting based on social factors: Where to find data on social risk factors? The brief’s profiled examples employed three approaches to filling the data gap—using survey data, using claims and administrative data, and using a combination of both. Read more New Brief Explores State Approaches to Risk Adjustment Based on Social Factors and Strategies for Filling Data Gaps A new State Health & Value Strategies (SHVS) brief, authored by SHADAC researchers, details three approaches taken by organizations in two states, Minnesota and Massachusetts, to solving a key challenge to risk adjusting based on social factors: Where to find data on social risk factors? The brief’s profiled examples employed three approaches to filling the data gap—using survey data, using claims and administrative data, and using a combination of both. Read more SHADAC Expertises Find resources to help you conduct research and understand the results. Read More COVID-19 SURVEY SCAN State-Specific Surveys Encompassing Residents’ COVID-19 Experiences This blog from the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) provides a summary of state efforts to capture information on the coronavirus pandemic through state and local surveys fielded between March 2020 and August 2020....