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SHADAC Webinar: Data Center and Health Insurance Unit
SHADAC will host a webinar on April 10 (2:00PM EDT) to discuss recent updates to the Data Center online table generator and the development of our new health insurance unit (HIU). Register for the webinar. In this webinar SHADAC Senior Research Fellow Joanna Turner will lead a discussion and demonstration of recent enhancements to the Data Center that make it easier to generate more complex tables, such as 50-state comparisons of insurance coverage for specific population groups. Additional SHADAC experts will be available to respond to participants questions and also to discuss applications of the HIU, which is a new tool that allows analysts to run coverage estimates based on family units that reflect common dependent coverage practices and public program eligibility rules.
major microsimulation models so that policymakers and analysts better understand their methodologies and outputs. The brief and webinar are sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundations State Health Reform Assistance Network program.
the Roper Award from the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). Roper Fellows are people whose primary work responsibilities are related to survey research or public opinion and who have recently started their careers. They receive financial assistance to help them attend the annual conference and/or participate in conference short courses. Jessie will use this award to attend the 2012 AAPOR Annual Conference, to be held May 17-20 in Orlando, FL.
Resources
2012 County Health Rankings
County Health Rankings (CHR) released 2012 County Health Rankings and Roadmap, including the annual update of county health rankings plus enhanced data visualization elements to provide new tools, features, and resources. The new "roadmap" feature provides a tool for communities to learn, communicate and organize toward a plan for improved population health.
Existing Data, but Continued Progress Is Needed on Access and Quality Issues." This report reviews the ways in which federal agencies identify opportunities for improvement and increased efficiency in the use of data; evaluates opportunities for federal statistical agencies to use administrative data in conjunction with surveys; and assesses the benefits and constraints of selected surveys making greater use of the American Community Survey.
Conference Updates
AcademyHealths State Health Research and Policy (SHRP) Interest Group will host its annual meeting on Saturday, June 23 at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin in Orlando, FL.
Registration is now open for the two-day data user workshop for Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) in Rockville, MD, on April 25-26, 2012. The workshop will provide a general overview of the survey including information about survey design, file content, and the construction of analytic files.
The CDCs National Center for Health Statistics invites researchers to submit poster abstracts for this years expanded Poster Session at the 2012 National Conference on Health Statistics, on August 6-8, 2012. in Washington, DC. Abstracts are due on April 16.
counties each have their own profile and the remaining 17 smaller counties are grouped into three different profiles, and sub-county profiles are available for Los Angeles and San Diego Counties. A statewide profile is also available, examining data from CHIS 2001-2009.
health insurance. They represent averages over three-year time periods (2007-2009, 2005-2007, and 2004-2006). Estimates are based on the Family Health Survey (FHS), which conducts interviews with a sample of randomly selected households in Wisconsin.
2012 AARP Survey of Minnesota Registered Voters Ages 30-64 on the Development of a State Health Insurance Exchange
2012 AARP Survey of New York Registered Voters Ages 30-64 on the Development of a State Health Insurance Exchange
Summary of 2011 AARP Survey of Virginians 18+: State Health Insurance Exchange 2012 AARP Survey of New Jersey Registered Voters Ages 18-64 on the Development of a State Health Insurance Exchange
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