Monitoring the impacts of health reform at the state level: using federal survey data
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (State Health Access Data Assistance Center, University of Minnesota)
- Author(s):
- State Health Access Data Assistance Center, University of Minnesota, author.
- Contributor(s):
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : State Health Access Data Assistance Center, 2011
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Data Collection Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence Health Care Surveys Information Management Federal Government Health Services Accessibility Insurance Coverage -- legislation & jurisprudence Insurance, Health -- legislation & jurisprudence State Government Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The purpose of this brief is to identify the state-level information currently available from federal surveys that states can use to monitor the impact of health reform and to compare the impacts of reform across states. We examine seven federal surveys that include questions on health insurance coverage and health access. While many states also conduct their own health surveys--and many of these state surveys include a richness of detail not available from federal surveys--our focus in this brief is on data that can be used to make comparisons across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. We provide an overview of survey design, survey content, and sample sizes, including sample sizes by state, for the following federal surveys: (1) American Community Survey (ACS) (2) Current Population Survey (CPS) (3) National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) (4) Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Household Component (MEPS-HC) (5) Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (6) National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) (7) Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). This brief describes each of these surveys, addressing survey design, sample, content relating to coverage and access, and how to obtain estimates and data. This discussion is followed by a series of tables summarizing the information provided, with source notes included at the end of the brief.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (13 pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101636224 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101636224