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•	National Health Care Reform Will Help Four Million Uninsured Adults and Children in California Shana Alex Lavarreda, E. Richard Brown This fact sheet looks at the likely implications of national health care reform efforts on health insurance coverage in California.	Fact Sheet	Oct 2009

•	Swimming Upstream: The Hard Politics of Health Reform in California Walter Zelman This report provides a comprehensive examination of political, policy, and economic factors that contributed to the failure of California's 2007 health care reform effort.	Policy Research Report	Jun 2009

•	Politics and Policy in State Health Reform Walter Zelman, Alex Melamed The purpose of this issue brief is to enhance understanding of the politics of health insurance coverage expansion efforts, thereby increasing the probabilities that such expansions may be achieved.	Policy Research Report	Jun 2009

•	Assessing the Barriers to Engaging Challenging Populations in Disease Management Programs: The Medicaid Experience (Disease Management and Health Outcomes) Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski, Nadereh Pourat This article explores the barriers to dealing with chronic illness and other factors faced by disease management programs for Medicaid populations.	Journal Article	Dec 2008

•	Waste in the U.S. Health Care System: A Conceptual Framework (The Milbank Quarterly) Tanya G. K. Bentley, Rachel M. Effros, Kartika Palar, Emmett B. Keeler This article divides health care waste into administrative, operational, and clinical waste and provides an overview of each.	Journal Article	Dec 2008

•	Health of California's Adults, Adolescents and Children: Findings from CHIS 2005 and CHIS 2003 Sue Holtby, Elaine Zahnd, Y. Jenny Chia, Nicole Lordi, David Grant, Mirabai Rao This report provides a summary of the statewide findings from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), with highlights of changes from 2003 to 2005.	Research Report	Sep 2008

•	Women's Health in California: Health Status, Health Behaviors. Health Insurance Coverage and Use of Services Among California Women Ages 18-64 Roberta Wyn, Theresa A. Hastert, Erin Peckham This report examines important health concerns of nonelderly women (ages 18-64) in California, including their health status, selected health behaviors, health insurance coverage, usual source of care and access to health care.	Research Report	Aug 2008

•	One in Five Californians Were Uninsured in 2005 Despite Modest Gains in Coverage Jean Yoon, E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Sungching Glenn Despite marginal improvements in job-based health insurance for adults and public program enrollment for children, one in five (6.5 ...	Policy Brief	Oct 2006

•	More than Half of California's Uninsured Children Eligible for Public Programs But Not Enrolled Shana Alex Lavarreda, E. Richard Brown, Jean Yoon, Sungching Glenn Using data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, researchers found that more than half of the uninsured children in California are eligible for public programs but are not enrolled, a further sign of the limitations in current health insurance arrangements.	Fact Sheet	Oct 2006

•	High Cost of Insurance Outweighs Other Barriers for Mid-Size Firms Nadereh Pourat, Jay C. Ripps The continued decline of employment-based coverage in California and more than 6.6 million uninsured residents are major reasons for concern, since health insurance is the primary means by which health care for employed persons and their families is financed in the state.	Policy Research Report	Jun 2006

•	Insured Californians Report High Satisfaction with Health Care Gerald F. Kominski, Meghan E. Cameron, Dylan H. Roby More than 96 percent (nearly 24 million) of insured Californians report "good" or better satisfaction with their health care.	Policy Brief	Jun 2006

•	Language Barriers Pose a Risk for California HMO Enrollees Gerald F. Kominski, Cori Reifman, Meghan E. Cameron, Dylan H. Roby More than 1 million adult HMO members in California with limited English proficiency are at risk for problems accessing health care services and receiving quality treatment.	Policy Brief	May 2006

•	More Than Half of Californians in HMOs Are Overweight or Obese Gerald F. Kominski, Dylan H. Roby, Natalya Mostovskaya More than 5 million Californians enrolled in HMOs (over 50% of enrollees aged 12-64) are overweight or obese.	Policy Brief	Jul 2005

•	Health of California’s Adults, Adolescents and Children: Findings from CHIS 2001 Sue Holtby, Elaine Zahnd, Wei Yen, Nicole Lordi, Christy McCain, Charles A. DiSogra This report summarizes selected findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey. A broad range of health topics are addressed.	Research Report	May 2004

•	Evaluation of California's 24-Hour Coverage Pilot Demonstrations Gerald F. Kominski, Nadereh Pourat, Danielle Ash, Hongjian Yu, Marianne Cantwell	Research Report	Nov 2001

•	Socioeconomic Differences in Medicare Supplemental Coverage (Health Affairs) Nadereh Pourat, Thomas Rice, Gerald F. Kominski, Rani E. Snyder Pourat N, Rice T, Kominski GF, Snyder R. Socioeconomic Differences in Medicare Supplemental Coverage.	Journal Article	Oct 2000

•	Delivery of Sexually Transmitted Disease Services in Medicaid Managed Care E. Richard Brown, John Nakashima, Nadereh Pourat, Natasha Razack, Sylvia Chu This report examines the extent to which managed care organizations (MCOs) that serve Medicaid beneficiaries are promoting effective management, control and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among their enrollees—and whether these organizations’ policies correspond with the actual practices of the primary care providers in their networks.	Policy Research Report	Jun 2000

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