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… Health Insurance Coverage & the ACA: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Mississippi Adults
In 2017, the Center for Mississippi Health Policy commissioned researchers at the Social Science Research Center (SSRC) at Mississippi State University to survey non-elderly Mississippi adults to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to health insurance and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This survey serves as a follow-up to similar studies conducted in 2013 and 2014-15. The Center has prepared an Issue Brief that summarizes the results of the 2017 survey and a Chartbook with a more detailed analysis … Read more...
Rural Hospitals: Economic and Health Implications in Mississippi
The healthcare delivery and financing systems in the United States are evolving rapidly, and the impact on small rural hospitals is made evident by increasingly common news of closures or employee layoffs. Since 2010, 58 rural hospitals have closed nationally, mostly in the South, including two in Mississippi. Another 283 hospitals nationwide have been identified as “vulnerable,” with 22 of those in Mississippi. As a percentage of all rural hospitals in the state, Mississippi has the highest proportion of its … Read more...
Health Insurance Coverage and the ACA: Results of the 2014-15 Survey of Mississippi Adults
The Center for Mississippi Health Policy commissioned researchers at the Social Science Research Center (SSRC) at Mississippi State University to survey non-elderly Mississippi adults to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to health insurance and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This survey serves as a follow-up to a similar study conducted in the fall of 2013 and contains additional analysis by geographic area of the state. The Center has prepared an Issue Brief that summarizes the results of this … Read more...
Health Insurance Coverage and the ACA: Results of the 2013 Survey of Mississippi Adults
The Center for Mississippi Health Policy commissioned researchers at the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to survey non-elderly Mississippi adults to assess their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to health insurance and the Affordable Care Act. The Center has prepared an Issue Brief that summarizes the results of this survey, which was conducted in September and October of 2013. A copy of the full UAB report containing all survey responses, as well as … Read more...
