Colorado Childhood Immunization Rates: Policy and Practice
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention placed Colorado 50th in the country in 2002 and 2003 for child immuniztions. The research by CHI provided a more nuanced analysis revealing three...
View ArticleSouthwest Colorado: A Demographic and Health Profile
Profiles of selected demographic, health care access and health status characteristics of these southwest Colorado counties: Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, San Juan...
View ArticleLong-Term Care Glossary
A glossary of the terms and acronyms from the Colorado Alzheimer's Coordinating Council (CACC). The glossary lists definitions that explain important vocabulary and acronyms when discussing long-term...
View ArticleResidential Settings and Services for Long-Term Care Medicaid Clients
A fact sheet presenting the number of residential settings and services available for long-term Medicaid clients.The report shows the different types of institutional and home and community based...
View ArticleNorthwest Colorado: A Demographic and Health Profile
CHI conducted an analysis of the range of factors that might affect health care access and the health status of residents in Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Routt counties. Community leaders,...
View ArticleHealthWords
A glossary of the myriad terms and acronyms that are part of the ongoing health care reform discussions. CHI prepared this glossary to assist policymakers, state and local agency officials and others....
View ArticleRegional Health Profiles
Health profiles of Colorado’s 21 Health Statistics Regions. A resource for regional information on population breakdowns by age, unemployment rates, median household incomes and percentage of...
View ArticleHealth Trends Impacting the Colorado Landscape
Is the Affordable Care Act's definition of "affordable health insurance" really affordable for many uninsured Coloradans? Are medical homes heroes or hassles? How are big investments in physical and...
View ArticleA Profile of Your Community's Health
What are the factors that influence health, and where does your community stand? How do different Colorado communities compare to one another? What data resources are available to help you understand...
View ArticleTaking The Long View When Tackling Obesity
A report by the Campaign to End Obesity suggests using a 25-year budget window instead of the frequently used ten-year period. This would more appropriately and effectively captu...
View ArticleWhat Factors Convince a Physician to Practice in Rural Colorado?
A statewide survey by CHI asked Colorado’s rural physicians to rate the factors that contributed to their decision to practice medicine in rural Colorado. Lifestyle-related factors topped the list,...
View ArticleCounty Health Rankings Aid Data Comparisons
In Colorado, we often refer to the importance of geographic and demographic variation within our state. However, when we discuss how Colorado performs as a state with respect to health indicators and...
View ArticleCHI Projection: Annual Diabetes Cost in Colorado May Hit $8.3 Billion by 2030
The New York Times recently reported on a study that found nearly one in four American adolescents to be diabetic or prediabetic. Adolescents with diabete...
View ArticleColorado’s State Health Agencies: A Primer
The four state agencies that oversee health care programs across Colorado account for a third of Colorado’s general fund, employ about 7,000 state workers and directly impact the health and health care...
View ArticleOral Health: Emerging Issues and Policy Options
CHI provided this fact sheet to policymakers and other health care leaders who attended the 2012 Hot Issues in Health Care legislative conference. While oral health is strongly tied to overall health,...
View ArticleObesity Treatment: A New Strategy to Address a Growing Problem
At a time when the thoughts of many Coloradans turn to weight loss and diets, the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) is releasing an issue brief examining a provision of the Affordable Care Act that...
View ArticleNew Survey Results on Colorado’s Children and Oral Health
New results from the state’s ongoing oral health survey show encouraging trends, particularly in the prevalence of untreated tooth decay among Colorado children. Untreated decay in kindergartners was...
View ArticleFAQs: 2011/12 National Survey of Children's Health Obesity Data
Frequently-asked questions on the new child obesity data in the 2011/12 National Survey of Children's Health....
View ArticleHealthWords 2013
The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) offers HealthWords, a glossary, to help navigate the many terms and acronyms that are part of Colorado’s health care discussions. These definitions come from CHI...
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