The Colorado Household Survey is a telephone survey to collect information about children and adults who are uninsured and underinsured in Colorado. The survey is made possible through the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing in partnership with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Health Institute. Financial support for survey development and implementation is provided by The Colorado Trust.

Overview

Survey development was initiated in the spring of 2008 by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to address the need for state and regional data about health insurance. Along with the recommendation from the Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform, these data will be used by Governor Ritter and the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to inform health care reform in Colorado. During a comprehensive planning process, an advisory committee was convened to develop data collection and survey methodology recommendations. Based on the advisory's recommendations  a four year plan was developed for the "Colorado Household Survey" which includes:
 
Year 1 (2008):    Survey development and data collection;
Year 2 (2009):    Data dissemination;
Year 3 (2010):    Migration of the Colorado Household Survey to the
                         2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the 2011 Colorado

                         Child  Health Survey at the Colorado Department of Public Health
                         and Environment;
Year 4 (2011):    Data collection through the Colorado Department of Public Health
                         and Environment.

Contact Information

For inquiries regarding the Colorado Household Survey, please contact:

Lindy Wallace, MPH

Deputy Director, Project Oversight and Planning Office

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
1570 Grant Street
Denver, CO 80203
Telephone: 303-866-5066 or
Email: lindy.wallace@state.co.us