Methods brief: Minnesota Health Insurance Transitions Study (MN-HITS)

Series Title(s):: Issue brief (State Health Access Data Assistance Center, University of Minnesota)
Author(s):: Call, Kathleen, author
Spencer, Donna, author
Alarcon, Giovann, author
Kemmick Pintor, Jessie, author
Lukanan, Elizabeth, author
Dutwin, David, author
Contributor(s):: State Health Access Data Assistance Center, University of Minnesota, issuing body.
Publication:: Minneapolis, MN : State Health Access Data Assistance Center, July 2015
Language(s):: English
Format:: Text
Subject(s):: Data Collection -- methods
Health Care Surveys -- methods
Health Insurance Exchanges -- statistics & numerical data
Health Insurance Exchanges -- trends
Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data
Health Services Accessibility -- trends
Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data
State Health Plans -- legislation & jurisprudence
Forecasting
Health Insurance Exchanges -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Services Accessibility -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance Coverage -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data
Insurance Coverage -- trends
Insurance, Health -- legislation & jurisprudence
Longitudinal Studies
Socioeconomic Factors
Humans
Minnesota
United States
United States.
Genre(s):: Technical Report
Abstract:: The Minnesota Health Insurance Transitions Study (MN-HITS) is a longitudinal telephone survey conducted in Minnesota in 2013 to assess change in health insurance coverage and/or access to health care for the population most likely to be eligible for new coverage options in 2014 in Minnesota under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This brief describes the development, methodology, and analysis of MN-HITS. Overview of the Survey. The Minnesota Health Insurance Transitions Study (MN-HITS) is a longitudinal telephone survey of non-institutionalized individuals who either lacked health insurance or had coverage through the non-group market in Minnesota in the fall of 2013. The purpose of the survey was to assess change in health insurance coverage and/or access to health care for the population most likely to be eligible for new Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance coverage options in 2014, the first year of expanded Medicaid and subsidized non-group enrollment offered through Minnesota's Marketplace, MNsure. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), housed within the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, initiated and conducted MN-HITS in 2014. Primary funding was provided by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Health Reform Assistance Network.
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 (9 pages)).
NLM Unique ID:: 101672634 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101672634

Series Title(s):: Issue brief (State Health Access Data Assistance Center, University of Minnesota)
Author(s):: Call, Kathleen, author
Spencer, Donna, author
Alarcon, Giovann, author
Kemmick Pintor, Jessie, author
Lukanan, Elizabeth, author
Dutwin, David, author
Contributor(s):: State Health Access Data Assistance Center, University of Minnesota, issuing body.
Publication:: Minneapolis, MN : State Health Access Data Assistance Center, July 2015
Language(s):: English
Format:: Text
Subject(s):: Data Collection -- methods
Health Care Surveys -- methods
Health Insurance Exchanges -- statistics & numerical data
Health Insurance Exchanges -- trends
Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data
Health Services Accessibility -- trends
Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data
State Health Plans -- legislation & jurisprudence
Forecasting
Health Insurance Exchanges -- legislation & jurisprudence
Health Services Accessibility -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance Coverage -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data
Insurance Coverage -- trends
Insurance, Health -- legislation & jurisprudence
Longitudinal Studies
Socioeconomic Factors
Humans
Minnesota
United States
United States.
Genre(s):: Technical Report
Abstract:: The Minnesota Health Insurance Transitions Study (MN-HITS) is a longitudinal telephone survey conducted in Minnesota in 2013 to assess change in health insurance coverage and/or access to health care for the population most likely to be eligible for new coverage options in 2014 in Minnesota under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This brief describes the development, methodology, and analysis of MN-HITS. Overview of the Survey. The Minnesota Health Insurance Transitions Study (MN-HITS) is a longitudinal telephone survey of non-institutionalized individuals who either lacked health insurance or had coverage through the non-group market in Minnesota in the fall of 2013. The purpose of the survey was to assess change in health insurance coverage and/or access to health care for the population most likely to be eligible for new Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance coverage options in 2014, the first year of expanded Medicaid and subsidized non-group enrollment offered through Minnesota's Marketplace, MNsure. The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) and the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), housed within the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, initiated and conducted MN-HITS in 2014. Primary funding was provided by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Health Reform Assistance Network.
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 (9 pages)).
NLM Unique ID:: 101672634 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101672634