California HealthCare Foundation Examines California's Uninsured; Snapshot Report and Data Guide Describe California's Uninsured.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2004 Ask three different people how many of California's residents are without health insurance, who they are, how to accurately measure the number of uninsured, and why there is such disparity between these groups, and there will likely be three different responses. To bring clarity to these issues, the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF CHCF California HealthCare Foundation CHCF Committee for Hispanic Children and Families CHCF California High Cost Fund CHCF Capitol Hill Community Foundation CHCF Community Health & Care Forum CHCF Complementary Healthcare Consultative Forum ) today released a snapshot report and data guide, Snapshot: California's Uninsured, 2003 and California's Uninsured and Medi-Cal Populations: A Policy Guide to the Estimates. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Jill Yegian, director of CHCF's Health Insurance Program, "Uninsured Californians are not all the same; they differ widely according to age group, ethnicity, employment, and citizenship status. To help policymakers, the health industry, employers, and others decipher Same as decrypt. the complex web of California's uninsured, CHCF has developed a user-friendly report, highlighting trends and demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data. ." Snapshot: California's Uninsured, 2003, based on data analysis by Paul Fronstin of the Education & Research Fund of the Employee Benefit Research Institute, Washington, DC, includes: -- Health insurance coverage sources and trends -- Likelihood of being uninsured by ethnicity, income, and age group -- Comparisons with other states -- Public program eligibility The Foundation plans to update the snapshot on an annual basis. Yegian added, "Data on the uninsured from different surveys can give contradictory and inconsistent results for a number of reasons including different approaches to sampling, different interviewing procedures, or variation in question wording." California's Uninsured and Medi-Cal Populations: A Policy Guide to the Estimates, prepared by NORC NORC National Opinion Research Center NORC Naturally Occurring Retirement Community NORC National Organization for Research at the University of Chicago NORC Naval Ordnance Research Calculator NORC North Oakland Republican Club (Waterford, MI) , a national organization for research at the University of Chicago, is intended to provide specific advice to people who need to use these estimates on a frequent basis, but do not have the time or expertise to sort out the methodological nuances. The guide focuses on estimates from the national Current Population Survey and the California Health Interview Survey. The data guide also offers recommended approaches to using estimates of the uninsured through scenarios that individuals or organizations might come across in the course of their work, including the need for information related to: -- County or Metropolitan Statistical Areas -- Comparisons with other States -- Changes over Time -- Population sub-groups -- Disparities in Data (SB 2, the Health Insurance Act of 2003, is used to illustrate the challenges of using existing data sources to estimate the effects of policy changes on the uninsured) Data guide co-author, Claudia L. Schur, Ph.D., NORC Principal Research Scientist, concludes, "As long as these data are used carefully and thoughtfully, they increase the ability of policymakers to make solid, evidence-based decisions to improve health care." Both the trends and demographics snapshot and data guide are available at www.chcf.org. About the California HealthCare Foundation The California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) is an independent philanthropy philanthropy, the spirit of active goodwill toward others as demonstrated in efforts to promote their welfare. The term is often used interchangeably with charity. committed to improving California's healthcare delivery and financing systems. For more information, visit www.chcf.org. About the Employee Benefit Research Institute The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI EBRI Employee Benefit Research Institute EBRI Eccma Business Reporting Identifier EBRI Exclusive Buyers Realty Inc. (San Antonio, TX) ) is the only nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. , nonpartisan non·par·ti·san adj. Based on, influenced by, affiliated with, or supporting the interests or policies of no single political party: a nonpartisan commission; nonpartisan opinions. organization committed exclusively to data dissemination dissemination Medtalk The spread of a pernicious process–eg, CA, acute infection Oncology Metastasis, see there , policy research, and education on economic security and employee benefits. For more information, visit www.ebri.org. About NORC NORC is a national organization for research at the University of Chicago. NORC's clients include government agencies, educational institutions, foundations, other nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. , and private corporations. NORC's projects, which include complex survey and other data collection strategies as well as empirical analyses, range across local, regional, and international perspectives as well. For more information, visit www.norc.org. |
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