Online reference collection
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Federal publications
U.S. Census Bureau reports on health insurance and health services utilization
Health Care That Works for All Americans (Citizens' Health Care Working Group)
Institute of Medicine reports on emergency medicine (hospital based ER care, EMS services, and emergency services for children). Executive summaries can be downloaded for free.
National Healthcare Disparities Report - 2005
National Health Interview Survey
U.S. Surgeon General's report on mental health (Chapter 6 deals with organizing and financing mental health services)
Health, United States, 2005 (annual, general report on trends in health statistics)
National Center for Health Statistics (reports on physician office visits, hospital outpatient and emergency department visits, etc.).
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
Staffing, Capacity, and Ambulance Diversion in Emergency Departments: United States, 2003–04
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State and local concerns
A needs assessment of Fort Bend County (health, education, and human services)
Assessing mental health needs in local communities
Code Red: The critical condition of health in Texas
Congressionally mandated evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Site visit report: The state of Texas TexCare Partnership
Fractured: The state of health care in Texas (a report from the Primary Care Coalition on the health care delivery system in Texas)
Medicaid and the 2003-2005 budget crisis: A look at how Texas responded
Medicaid fact sheet (compares TX to US)
Medicaid reform in Texas (Senate Committee on Health and Human Services - September 2006)
Public health task force report (Harris County and Houston)
Recent Trends in Texas Children's Medicaid and CHIP Coverage
Survey Report of STAR and CHIP Renewals and Non-Renewals
Texas community health centers (fact sheet)
Texas Health Care Reform Draft Concept Paper (December 2007 section 1115 waiver request)
The state of health in Houston and Harris County - 2007 (jointly published by city and county health departments)
The Texas health care primer (2007 update)
The Uninsured: A Hidden Burden on Texas Employers and Communities
Uninsured children in the South - December 2007
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The uninsured
Characteristics of the Uninsured: Who Is Eligible for Public Coverage and Who Needs Help Affording Coverage?
No Shelter from the Storm: America's Uninsured Children
Paying a premium: The increased cost of care for the uninsured
Rite of passage? Why young adults become uninsured
Sicker and poorer: The consequences of being uninsured
The community safety net and prescription drug access for low-income, uninsured people
The long term uninsured in America
The uninsured: A primer
The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care (two page fact sheet)
Variations and trends in the duration of uninsurance
Who are the uninsured? A consistent profile across national surveys
Who pays and how much? The cost of caring for the uninsured
Why do people lack health insurance?
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Medicaid and SCHIP
Children's Health Insurance: State Experiences in Implementing SCHIP and Considerations for Reauthorization (February 2007)
Enrollment figures for Medicaid (December 2006 report)
Enrollment figures for SCHIP (December 2006 report)
Health Insurance Coverage of America's Children
Improving Children's Health: A chartbook about the roles of Medicaid and SCHIP (2007 edition)
Increasing Premiums and Cost Sharing in Medicaid and SCHIP: Recent State Experiences
Is Medicaid responsible for the erosion of employer-based health coverage?
January 2007 - multiple reports and surveys on Medicaid and SCHIP
Low Medicaid Spending Growth Amid Rebounding State Revenues (results from a 50 state survey)
Medicaid and SCHIP: States' premium and cost sharing requirements for beneficiaries
Medicaid: A primer
Medicaid: Good medicine for state economies
National Evaluation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (September 2007)
New developments in Medicaid coverage
Resources on children and family health coverage (May 2007)
The nuts and bolts of making Medicaid policy changes: An overview and a look at the Deficit Reduction Act
The role of Medicaid and SCHIP as an insurance safety net
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General safety net and health center
Access denied: A look at America's medically disenfranchised (NACHC)
Access granted: The primary care payoff (NACHC - deals with the economic impact of health centers)
A growing hole in the safety net: Physician charity care declines again
America's health care safety net: Intact but endangered (executive summary can be downloaded for free)
A sketch of community health centers
Closing the Divide: How Medical Homes Promote Equity in Health Care
Economic stress and the safety net: A health center update
Health centers reauthorization: An overview of achievements and challenges
Stresses to the safety net: The public hospital perspective
The impact of community health centers and community affiliated health plans on emergency department use
Threadbare: Holes in America's health care safety net
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Other
2005 National Profile of Local Health Departments
Changes in Employees' Health Insurance Coverage, 2001-2005
Covering health issues: A sourcebook for journalists (one volume reference/introduction to a wide variety of health care issues)
Disparities in health insurance and access to care for residents across U.S. cities
Employer health benefits, 2007
Health care disconnect: Gaps in coverage and care for minority adults
Health care costs: A primer
Health Coverage for Low-Income Americans: An Evidence-Based Approach to Public Policy
Medicare: A primer
Racial and ethnic differences in insurance coverage and health care access and use
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care
Race, Ethnicity and Medical Care, 2007 Update
Squeezed: Why Rising Exposure to Health Care Costs Threatens the Health and Financial Well-Being of American Families
State of the states - 2006 (State Coverage Initiatives)
The emergency care workforce in the United States
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