Other Patient & Consumer Resources

• Questions About Health Insurance

Clinicians & Providers

• Health Insurance/Access to Care

Hospital & Health System Resources

• Child Health Extramural Research by State and Country
• Health Insurance/Access to Care

Policymaker Resources

• AHRQ Analyses of MEPS Data Inform Estimates of the Number of Long-Term Uninsured
• AHRQ Analyses of MEPS Data Inform HHS Report on Declining Employer-Sponsored Insurance Coverage
• AHRQ Analyses of MEPS Data Inform HHS Report on Health Insurance Reform and Costs for Small Businesses
• AHRQ's MEPS Analyses and Data Used in New Report on How Health Insurance Reform Will Help America's Older Women
• Child Health Extramural Research by State and Country
• Health Insurance/Access to Care
• Selected Research on Children's Health Insurance

Full Research Reports

September 1 2012 20120901

ACSUS: Health Insurance Coverage

Other Research & Data

• AHRQ Analyses of MEPS Data Inform Estimates of the Number of Long-Term Uninsured
• Child Health Extramural Research by State and Country
• Health Insurance/Access to Care
• National Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage, Mental Health Utilization, and Spending for Low-Income Individuals
• Near-Elderly Adults, Ages 55-64: Health Insurance Coverage, Cost, and Access
• What Physician Executives Need to Know about HIPAA: Cutting to the Chase

Press Releases

July 22 2010 20100722

AHRQ State Snapshots Expanded to Include New Data on Health Insurance Coverage

April 13 2010 20100413

Annual Quality and Disparities Reports Include Data on Rates of Health Care-Associated Infections, Obesity and Health Insurance

News & Numbers

July 14 2011 20110714

How Much Do Employees Pay for Health Care Coverage? Depends on Where They Live

June 22 2011 20110622

Who Paid More Than 10 Percent of Their Family Income for Medical Expenses?

June 8 2011 20110608

Employees' Share of Health Plan Premium Costs Up Dramatically

January 19 2011 20110119

Growth in Medicaid Patient Hospital Admissions Outpace Those for Privately Insured Patients

Other News & Events

• A usual source of care may be more important than insurance on children's receipt of preventive health counseling
• AHRQ State Snapshots expanded to include new data on health insurance
• Admission rates from emergency departments vary widely
• Adults with individual and employment-related health insurance report similar, often good, access to care
• Americans, especially blacks, spend substantial periods of time uninsured
• Annual quality and disparities reports include data on health care-associated infections, obesity, and health insurance
• Benefits under the Affordable Care Act would have reduced out-of-pocket expenses
• Breast cancer is associated with higher health care use and costs for women covered by fee-for-service Medicaid
• Bundled payments for heart failure disease management programs can save money while reducing readmissions
• Certain Americans pay more than 10 percent of their family income to pay for medical expenses
• Children with health insurance are less likely to receive needed services if their parents are uninsured
• Children's underenrollment in State health insurance programs may be due in part to parents' confusion about coverage
• Children's unmet health needs similar for low- and middle-income families with either public or private insurance
• Consider local health care systems when designing services for the uninsured
• Cost of family coverage provided by employers 1.5 times more in 2009 than in 2000
• Employees in small businesses more likely to have high-premium health plans
• Employees' share of health plan premium costs up dramatically
• Even with universal health insurance, the homeless in Canada encounter barriers to obtaining health care
• For elderly patients with depression, cost-sharing insurance policies reduce drug use without increasing use of care
• Growth in Medicaid patient hospital admissions outpace those for privately insured patients
• Having a usual source of care as well as insurance reduces unmet health needs
• Health Insurance/Access to Care
• Health plan choices are associated with lower premiums for employees
• Health plans vary widely in the prescribing of antibiotics
• Hospital charges for the uninsured have soared
• Immigrant labor negatively affects natives' health insurance coverage
• Increasing premiums and other costs in Oregon's Medicaid program in 2003 led many to drop out
• Inhaler costs contribute to medication nonadherence for Medicare patients with chronic pulmonary disease
• Low- and middle-income children with public and private insurance have similar rates of unmet health care needs
• Many factors are likely to slow the adoption of pay for performance in dentistry
• Many patients with diabetes who reach the Medicare Part D drug coverage gap don't talk about drug costs with their doctors
• Medicare Part D coverage gap reduces antidepressant use in the elderly
• Medicare Part D enrollees have higher cost-sharing amounts for brand name prescription drugs than those in employer plans
• Medicare payment caps on home care add to the family caregiving burden, especially among lower-income families
• Minimally invasive prostatectomy in young men has fewer complications
• More than half of U.S. employers offered health insurance and about one-third offered dental insurance in 2006
• Nearly 4 million adults reported being treated for kidney disease between 2003 and 2007
• New study counters the urban legend that insurers won't cover patients who leave the hospital prematurely
• Patients with chronic diseases who pay coinsurance less likely to refill their medication than those with fixed copayments
• Patients with financial worries or no insurance delay going to the hospital for a heart attack
• Payment reform highlighted in special journal issue
• Persons with mental disorders switching from Medicaid to Medicare drug coverage may have drug access problems
• Potentially avoidable hospitalizations high among Medicare and Medicaid patients
• Public insurance linked to longer perception of disease burden among children with asthma
• Rise in prescription copays puts different patients at risk for nonadherence to medications
• Rising health care costs may have spurred more individuals to use complementary and alternative medicine
• Some adults with disabilities covered by Medicaid have significant out-of-pocket health expenses
• Studies examine impact of drug caps and pay for performance on care costs and outcomes
• Study projects savings by Affordable Care Act to individual health insurance policyholders
• The financial burden from prescription drugs has declined for the nonelderly, but remains a problem for some groups
• Two-thirds of State and local government workers get their health plans from their employers
• Type of insurance affects use and intensity of postacute care for stroke survivors
• Uninsured hospital stays surged from 2003 to 2008
• Uninsured patients respond well to paying a monthly retainer for primary care services
• Veterans who use pharmacy services at VA facilities tend to be sicker, poorer, and have no alternative insurance
• When health plans share physicians, they may have less incentive to improve care quality
• Where low-wage employees work, who their colleagues are, and spouses' wage level affect health insurance coverage and cost