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The outcomes and benefits of Los Angeles County’s Parks After Dark Program have been well-documented. According to a recent evaluation by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 92 percent of people who attended a nighttime events program in L.A. County parks in the summer of 2022 felt safe.
Starting this year, California is extending its public health insurance coverage to undocumented adults between 26 and 49 years old, making the state the first to offer a comprehensive plan to those without legal status ... some researchers believe it will save the state money in the long run. But this all assumes people will sign up, said Nadereh Pourat, who heads the Center for Health Policy Research’s Health Economics and Evaluation Research Program at UCLA.
Ninety-two percent of people who attended a nighttime events program in Los Angeles county parks in the summer of 2022 felt safe, according to a new evaluation by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Ninety-two percent of people who attended a nighttime events program in Los Angeles county parks in the summer of 2022 felt safe, according to a new evaluation by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
A California program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with complex medical needs and chronic conditions reduced the number of emergency department visits and hospital stays among its enrollees, according to an evaluation published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
A California program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with complex medical needs and chronic conditions reduced the number of emergency department visits and hospital stays among its enrollees, according to an evaluation published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Nadereh Pourat with UCLA's Center for Health Policy Research talks about the Whole Person Care Pilot program.
But an analysis from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that such programs saved “an average of $383 per Medi-Cal beneficiary per year — a meager amount compared with the program’s cost.
Over five years the program has reduced expensive hospital stays and emergency room visits for people on Medicaid, saving taxpayers an average of $383 per patient per year, according to an analysis by researchers at UCLA.
In a precursor to the state’s current initiative, California experimented with a mix of housing assistance programs and social services through its “Whole Person Care” pilot program. Nadereh Pourat, of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, evaluated the program for the state concluding that local trials reduced emergency visits and hospitalizations, saving an average of $383 per Medi-Cal beneficiary per year — a meager amount compared with the program’s cost. Over five years, the state spent $3.6 billion serving about 250,000 patients enrolled in local experiments, Pourat said.