Lynn Blewett, Ph.D.

Ph.D., Health Services Research, Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1992

M.A., Public Affairs, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 1986

B.A., Psychology, University of Wisconsin, 1980

Courses

The U.S. Health Care System and Public Health, Public Health 6724

International Comparative Health Systems, Public Health 6730

Fall 2009
6724: The Health Care System and Public Health

Spring 2010
6730: International Comparative Health Systems

Research Interests:

Dr. Blewett directs the State Health Access Data Assistance Center, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to conduct research and provide technical assistance to states on efforts to measure and monitor health insurance coverage and inform state health policy. Additional research interests include studying the impact of the growing Midwest Latino population on the delivery of health care services; studying the impact of SCHIP implementation; understanding elements of underinsurance and evaluating the future of the safety-net in meeting the needs of the growing number of uninsured.

Recent Publications:

Blewett, Lynn A., Jeanette Zigenfuss*, and Michael Davern. "Local Access to Care Programs (LACPs): New Developments in the Access to Care for the Uninsured." The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 86, No. 3, 2008 (pp 459-479).

Blewett, Lynn A., Pamela Jo Johnson, Brian Lee*, and Peter Scal*. "When a Usual Source of Care and Usual Provider Matter: Adult Prevention and Screening Services." Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2008, 23(9):1354-60.

Blewett, Lynn A., Gestur Davidson, Matthew Bramlett, Holly Rodin*, Mark L. Messonnier. "The Impact of Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage on Immunization Status for Young Children."Health Services Research. 43:5, Part I (October 2008): 1619-1636.

Blewett, Lynn A. and Michael Davern. "Evaluating Federal Funding Formulas: The State Children’s Health Insurance Program." Journal of Health Policy Politics and Law. June 2007; 32: 415-455.

Blewett, Lynn A., Andrew Ward and Timothy Beebe. "Underinsurance: An Overview of Definitions, Data and Approaches to Measurement." Medical Care Research and Review. 2006. Vol (63): 663-700.

Blewett, Lynn A., and Michael Davern. "Meeting the Need for State Level Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage: Use of State and Federal Survey Data."Journal of Health Services Research. June 2006 41(3), Part I: 946-975.

Blewett, Lynn A., Michael Davern, and Holly Rodin*. "Employment and Health Insurance Coverage for Rural Latino Populations." Journal of Community Health. June 2005. Vol. 30 (3): 181-195.

Blewett, Lynn A., Michael Davern, and Holly Rodin*. "Covering Kids: Variation in Health Insurance Coverage Trends by State, 1996-2002. Health Affairs. 2004. Nov-Dec; 23(6):170-80.

Blewett, Lynn A, Michelle Casey, Kathleen Thiede Call. "Improving Access to Primary Care for a Growing Latino Population: The Role of Safety Net Providers in the Rural Midwest." Journal of Rural Health, 20(3): 237-245, Special Issue/ Summer 2004.

Blewett, Lynn A., Timothy J. Beebe. "State Efforts to Measure the Health Care Safety Net." Public Health Reports, 119 (2): 125-135, March 2004.

Professional Experience:

Associate Professor, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 2004

Assistant Professor, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1998 - 2004

Director, Health Economics Program and State Health Economist, Minnesota-Department of Health, 1992 – 1996

Project Director/Senior Research Associate, Institute for Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1988 - 1992

Consultant-Health Policy, Lewin and Associates, Washington, D.C. 1985 - 1987

Legislative Aide-Health Policy, Office of Senator Dave Durenberger, U.S. Senate, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee on Health, Washington, D.C., 1983 - 1985

Honors:

Leonard M. Schuman Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, 2006

Delta Omega Honorary Society, Public Health, 1992

Agency for Health Services Research-Dissertation Grant, 1990

National Institute of Health Trainee, 1988 - 1989

Division of HSRP Fellowship, 1987 - 1988

Graduated magna cum laude, 1980

Psi Chi Honorary Society, Undergraduate Psychology, 1979 - 1980

Contact

Mailing Address:
Health Policy and Management
420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 729
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone (Work): (612) 626-4739

Email: blewe001@umn.edu