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Use of the integrated health interview series: trends in medical provider utilization (1972-2008)Mike Davern
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, State Health Access Data Assistance Center SHADAC, 2221 University Ave, Suite 345, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Epidemiol Perspect Innov 9:2. 2012..This paper describes the challenges of working with the NHIS and how the IHIS reduces such burdens. To demonstrate one potential use of the IHIS we examine utilization patterns in the U.S. from 1972-2008...
Employment and health insurance coverage for rural Latino populationsLynn A Blewett
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Community Health 30:181-95. 2005..Lack of adequate coverage will have an impact on the income, resources, and day-to-day activities of physicians, hospitals and traditional safety net providers...- Improving access to primary care for a growing Latino population: the role of safety net providers in the rural MidwestLynn A Blewett
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
J Rural Health 20:237-45. 2004..Many rural Midwestern communities are experiencing rapid growth in Latino populations with low rates of health insurance coverage, limited financial resources, language and cultural differences, and special health care needs... - State efforts to measure the health care safety netLynn A Blewett
State Health Access Data Assistance Center SHADAC, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Public Health Rep 119:125-35. 2004.... 
Measuring adequacy of coverage for the privately insured: new state estimates to monitor trends in health insurance coverageLynn A Blewett
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Med Care Res Rev 66:167-80. 2009..9% of privately insured children and 7.8% of privately insured adults. Out-of-pocket spending relative to income is an important indicator of access to care and should be monitored at the state level...- Immigrant children's access to health care: differences by global region of birthLynn A Blewett
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 21:13-31. 2010..Uninsured immigrant children had 6.5 times higher odds of delayed care compared with insured immigrant children... - Local access to care programs (LACPs): new developments in the access to care for the uninsuredLynn A Blewett
State Health Access Data Assistance Center, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN 55455, USA
Milbank Q 86:459-79. 2008..Although these programs have been largely overlooked in health services research and health policy, they are becoming an important local supplement to the historically overburdened safety net... - When a usual source of care and usual provider matter: adult prevention and screening servicesLynn A Blewett
School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1354-60. 2008.... - The role of the private sector in monitoring health care quality and patient safetyLynn A Blewett
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Saf 29:425-33. 2003..SUMMARY: A comprehensive, public/private data collection system would address the multidimensional nature of quality and use data to effectively represent this complexity to the extent possible... - State high-risk pools: an update on the Minnesota Comprehensive Health AssociationLynn A Blewett
State Health Access Data Assistance Center and the School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Am J Public Health 101:231-7. 2011..We also considered the role and future of high-risk pools in light of national health care finance reform... - Improving geriatric transitional care through inter-professional care teamsLynn A Blewett
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Eval Clin Pract 16:57-63. 2010..The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the use of an inter-professional care team on patient length of stay and payer charges in a geriatric transitional care unit... - Covering kids: variation in health insurance coverage trends by state, 1996-2002Lynn A Blewett
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:170-80. 2004..We provide an overview of state outreach and administrative simplification efforts and raise concerns about the persistent variation in children's health insurance coverage across states... - Are the Current Population Survey uninsurance estimates too high? An examination of the imputation processMichael Davern
Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, 2221 University Avenue, S E, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Health Serv Res 42:2038-55. 2007..S. Census Bureau produces bias in the estimates of health insurance coverage in the Current Population Survey's (CPS) Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC)... - State variation in SCHIP allocations: how much is there, what are its sources, and can it be reduced?Michael Davern
State Health Access Data Assistance Center, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55414, USA
Inquiry 40:184-97. 2003..Obtaining reliable estimates of need for SCHIP allocations is critical for states dependent on federal support for insurance programs... - Meeting the need for state-level estimates of health insurance coverage: use of State and Federal survey dataLynn A Blewett
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, SHADAC, 2221 University Ave SE, Ste 345, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Health Serv Res 41:946-75. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: We think there are several options to consider for coordinating a federal and state data collection strategy to inform state and national policy on coverage and access... - Hospital provision of uncompensated care and public program enrollmentLynn A Blewett
University of Minnesota, USA
Med Care Res Rev 60:509-27. 2003..6 million in hospital uncompensated care costs. Efforts to evaluate access expansions should take into account the costs of the program and the savings associated with reductions in hospital uncompensated care... - Persistent disparities in health insurance coverage: Hispanic children, 1996 to 2005Alissa Van Wie
Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 19:1181-91. 2008..To identify how health insurance coverage trends changed for Hispanic children between 1996 and 2005... - Immigration and selected indicators of health status and healthcare utilization among the ChineseChiu Fang Chou
State Health Access Data Assistance Center, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, 2221 University Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 12:470-9. 2010..6; 95% CI = 1.1-2.5). Our results suggest that those who migrate have better health profiles than those who do not migrate. However, recent Chinese immigrants were not significantly different than U.S.-born Chinese... - Access to health care and voting behavior in the United StatesJeanette Kane Ziegenfuss
Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 19:731-42. 2008..In 2004, Democratic candidates were favored by this group, which is likely to be a constituency that both parties will try to capture in future elections... - The American Community Survey and health insurance coverage estimates: possibilities and challenges for health policy researchersMichael Davern
Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, SHADAC University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Health Serv Res 44:593-605. 2009..To introduce the American Community Survey (ACS) and its measure of health insurance coverage to researchers and policy makers... - Estimating regression standard errors with data from the Current Population Survey's public use fileMichael Davern
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Inquiry 44:211-24. 2007..However, it is essential that users of CPS ASEC data do not simply choose any available method since three of the methods commonly used for adjusting for the complex sample design produce substantially different estimates... - American Indian/Alaska Native uninsurance disparities: a comparison of 3 surveysPamela Jo Johnson
State Health Access Data Assistance Center, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Am J Public Health 100:1972-9. 2010.... - Health care needs of the growing Latino population in rural America: focus group findings in one midwestern stateLynn A Blewett
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 729, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
J Rural Health 19:33-41. 2003..We recommend several policy options including premium subsidies for low-wage jobs, community-based enrollment specialists for public programs, and continued research and data collection to monitor change and progress... - National health data warehouse: issues to considerLynn A Blewett
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
J Healthc Inf Manag 18:52-8. 2004.... - Monitoring the uninsured: a state policy perspectiveLynn A Blewett
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, USA
J Health Polit Policy Law 29:107-45. 2004..We recommend that national and state efforts be better coordinated to facilitate efficient use of resources to achieve good state-level date... - Providing health care to Latino immigrants: community-based efforts in the rural midwestMichelle M Casey
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, 2221 University Ave SE, Suite 112, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1709-11. 2004..Targeted safety net funding would help meet Latino health care needs in rural communities with limited resources... - Telephone service interruption weighting adjustments for state health insurance surveysMichael Davern
State Health Access Data Assistance Center, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2221 University Ave, Suite 345, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Inquiry 41:280-90. 2004.... - Counting uninsurance and means-tested coverage in the American community survey: a comparison to the current population surveyMichel Boudreaux
University of Minnesota, 2221 University Ave SE, Suite 345, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Health Serv Res 46:210-31. 2011..To compare health insurance coverage estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) to the Current Population Survey (CPS-ASEC)... - Disparities in public use data availability for race, ethnic, and immigrant groups: national surveys for healthcare disparities researchPamela Jo Johnson
Division of Health Policy and Management, State Health Access Data Assistance Center, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Med Care 48:1122-7. 2010..Importantly, publicly available data on healthcare coverage and access are needed for disparities populations defined by race, ethnicity, or immigrant group (REI)... - Unstable inferences? An examination of complex survey sample design adjustments using the Current Population Survey for health services researchMichael Davern
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2221 University Ave, S E, Suite 345, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Inquiry 43:283-97. 2006..g., pseudo-primary sampling units) as other federal government surveys do. This is essential to make appropriate inferences using the ASEC data regarding statistical significance and estimate variance for health policy analysis... - Estimates of health insurance coverage: comparing state surveys with the current population surveyKathleen Thiede Call
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:269-78. 2007..This paper compares state survey and CPS estimates of uninsurance, highlights key reasons for these differences, and discusses the policy implications of this persistent discrepancy... - The importance of geographic data aggregation in assessing disparities in American Indian prenatal carePamela Jo Johnson
State Health Access Data Assistance Center, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, and Center for Healthcare Innovation, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, 2925 Chicago Ave, Mail Route 10105, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA
Am J Public Health 100:122-8. 2010..We sought to determine whether aggregate national data for American Indians/Alaska Natives (AIANs) mask geographic variation and substantial subnational disparities in prenatal care utilization... - Distributing State Children's Health Insurance Program funds: a critical review of the design and implementation of the funding formulaLynn A Blewett
University of Minnesota, USA
J Health Polit Policy Law 32:415-55. 2007..The analyst's role is to continually review current research standards, data quality, and relevant formula inputs and make recommendations to refine federal funding formulas to better target resources to their intended populations... - Health care coverage and the health care industryChiu Fang Chou
Division of Health Policy and Management, State Health Access Data Assistance Center, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2221 University Ave SE, Suite 345, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Am J Public Health 99:2282-8. 2009..We examined rates of uninsurance among workers in the US health care workforce by health care industry subtype and workforce category... - Four decades of population health data: the integrated health interview series as an epidemiologic resourcePamela Jo Johnson
Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota and bMinnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA
Epidemiology 19:872-5. 2008..The Integrated Health Interview Series enhances the value of NHIS data for researchers by allowing them to make consistent comparisons across 4 decades of dramatic changes in health status, health behavior, and healthcare... - How much health insurance is enough? Revisiting the concept of underinsuranceLynn A Blewett
University of Minnesota, USA
Med Care Res Rev 63:663-700. 2006..We recommend a national effort to develop a consistent approach to monitor changes in the economic and structural dimensions of health insurance coverage with a concerted effort to define and measure underinsurance... - Politics of prevention: expanding prevention benefits in the Medicare programSusan Bartlett Foote
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street, S.E, MMC 729, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0392, USA
J Public Health Policy 24:26-40. 2003..We conclude with a discussion of policy options to improve access to an appropriate range of evidence-based preventive services in Medicare within the context of new technology innovation and rising health care costs... - Geographic variation in the use of post-acute careRobert L Kane
University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Health Serv Res 37:667-82. 2002..65-0.93). CONCLUSIONS: The variation in PAC use is not a statistical artifact. It is likely the result of several forces: practice styles, supply of services, and local regulatory practices... - Management tools for Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)W Pete Welch
Center for Health Care Policy and Evaluation, CHCPE, UnitedHealth Group, Eden Prairie, Minn, USA
J Ambul Care Manage 29:272-82. 2006..3) The analysis of pharmacy claims data appears widespread. The article also describes "lessons learned" regarding building capacity and improving data to support the implementation of management tools...
Research Grants
- Integrated Health Interview SeriesLynn Blewett; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Integrated Health Interview Series RenewalLynn Blewett; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Integrated Health Interview Series RenewalLynn A Blewett; Fiscal Year: 2010....