COVID-19 Impacts on Oregon Health Insurance Coverage 2020-2021
The data brief and dashboard linked below provide the most up-to-date estimates of health insurance coverage rates in Oregon during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data brief covers April through December of 2020 while the dashboard covers April 2020 through July of 2021. The dashboard is a supplement to the data brief.
Data Brief:
COVID-19 and the Changes to Oregon Residents' Health Insurance Coverage
Dashboard:
COVID-19 and the Changes to Oregon Residents' Health Insurance Coverage 2020-2021
Oregon Health Insurance Survey
The Oregon Health Insurance Survey (OHIS) is an important source of information about health care coverage and progress toward health equity goals in the state. The survey provides detailed information about the impacts of health system reform efforts on health care coverage, access to care, and utilization. OHIS is fielded every two years and more than 8,000 Oregonian households completed the survey between January and September of 2021.
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is offering OHIS data in interactive online dashboards that allow viewers to explore and filter the data in ways that are meaningful to them. Data are currently organized into two dashboards: Health Insurance Coverage and The Uninsured. Data from multiple years and with several demographic breakdowns are available in each dashboard.
The dashboards:
- Provide insights into disparities around health insurance coverage, access, and costs over several years.
- Give information on why people are uninsured. For example, 22% of uninsured Oregonians were uninsured because they lost OHP coverage.
- Allow users to access the breadth and depth of six years of OHIS data.
Click on one of the buttons to get started:
American Community Survey & Other Survey Resources
The
American Community Survey (ACS) is an annual national survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2009, the ACS started collecting data on health insurance coverage. Data is released annually on a set schedule, beginning in mid-September. The Census Data tables are available here:
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/.
Contact Information
If you have questions, please contact
ohis.admin@dhsoha.state.or.us.