title: Changes to the Design of the National Health Interview Survey to Support Enhanced Monitoring of Health Reform Impacts at the State Level.
abstract: Pursuant to passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the National Center for Health Statistics has enhanced the content of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)-the primary source of information for monitoring health and health care use of the US population at the national level-in several key areas and has positioned the NHIS as a source of population health information at the national and state levels. We review recent changes to the NHIS that support enhanced health reform monitoring, including new questions and response categories, sampling design changes to improve state-level analysis, and enhanced dissemination activities. We discuss the importance of the NHIS, the continued need for state-level analysis, and suggestions for future consideration.
authors.affiliation: Lynn A. Blewett, Donna Spencer, and Elizabeth Lukanen are with the State Health Access Data Assistance Center, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis. Heather M. Dahlen is with the Medica Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Julia A. Rivera Drew is with the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: Lynn A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Blewett
authors.affiliation: Lynn A. Blewett, Donna Spencer, and Elizabeth Lukanen are with the State Health Access Data Assistance Center, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis. Heather M. Dahlen is with the Medica Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Julia A. Rivera Drew is with the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: Heather M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Dahlen
authors.affiliation: Lynn A. Blewett, Donna Spencer, and Elizabeth Lukanen are with the State Health Access Data Assistance Center, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis. Heather M. Dahlen is with the Medica Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Julia A. Rivera Drew is with the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.affiliation: Lynn A. Blewett, Donna Spencer, and Elizabeth Lukanen are with the State Health Access Data Assistance Center, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis. Heather M. Dahlen is with the Medica Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Julia A. Rivera Drew is with the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: Julia A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rivera Drew
authors.affiliation: Lynn A. Blewett, Donna Spencer, and Elizabeth Lukanen are with the State Health Access Data Assistance Center, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis. Heather M. Dahlen is with the Medica Research Institute, Minneapolis, MN. Julia A. Rivera Drew is with the Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lukanen
mesh_terms: D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States