Methods brief: Minnesota Health Insurance Transitions Study (MN-HITS)
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- 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