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.

E. Richard Brown, Richard Kronick, Ninez A. Ponce, Jennifer R. Kincheloe, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Erin Peckham

This comprehensive, biennial report provides an overview of insurance trends throughout the state and looks specifically at coverage of California's working adults, elderly as well as children's coverage.

California Pan-Ethnic Health Network

This report examines a range of indicators, from education to housing, to neighborhood safety, to food access, to criminal justice as well as health insurance, among other topics to explore how health inequities can be eliminated in communities of color.

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.

Nadereh Pourat, Cori Reifman, Dylan H. Roby, Ying-Ying Meng, Allison L. Diamant, Gerald F. Kominski

Only 27 percent of non-elderly adults in the United States have a "medical home" –- a place where they regularly receive medical care and advice.

Shana Alex Lavarreda, E. Richard Brown

The authors examined how children ages 0-18 who enrolled into or disenrolled from California's Medicaid program (called Medi-Cal,"MC") and State Children's Health Insurance Program (called Healthy Families, "HF") are affected in their access to physician services.

Judy Y. Chen, Sharon Swonger, Gerald F. Kominski, Honghu Liu, Ji Eun Lee, Allison L. Diamant

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of different school-based health insurance strategies to provide coverage to uninsured Korean American children.

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Erin Peckham, Y. Jenny Chia

This policy brief draws upon CHIS 2007 data to examine latest trends in health insurance for the state of California.

Nadereh Pourat

Although many Californians have dental insurance, even those with coverage may not be getting the dental care they need, and this is also the case among people who get dental benefits under Medi-Cal.

Steven P. Wallace, Xóchitl Castañeda

This landmark report describes patterns and trends associated with Latin American, in particular, Mexican migration to the United States.

David Grant, Samantha Kurosky

This policy brief compares three CHIS survey cycles –- 2001, 2003 and 2005 –- to examine key indicators of children’s health in California.

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.

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.

Ying-Ying Meng, Susan H. Babey, Theresa A. Hastert, Christina Lombardi, E. Richard Brown

Despite advances in therapy, asthma remains a disease that is not optimally controlled in many Californians.

Susan Baldwin, M. Rosa Solorio, Donna L. Washington, Hongjian Yu, Yii-Chieh Huang, E. Richard Brown

Emergency contraception reduces women's risk for pregnancy after unprotected intercourse, and women’s awareness of the method is increasingly important for expanding access.

Nadereh Pourat, Guoyu A. Tao, Cathleen M. Walsh

This article examines the rates of self-reported Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) screening among young women and to examine the independent association of type of insurance and specific health plans with these rates.

Ninez A. Ponce, Susan D. Cochran, Vickie M. Mays, Y. Jenny Chia, E. Richard Brown

The health coverage of low-income workers represents an area of continuing disparities in the United States system of health insurance.

Nadereh Pourat

This report examines dental care utilization of California children and finds that disparities in dental visits exist, including lower rates of visits for Latino and African American children and those without dental insurance.

Steven P. Wallace, Xóchitl Castañeda, Sylvia Guendelman , D. Imelda Padilla-Frausto, Emily Felt

A collaboration of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and the Health Initiative of the Americas, this report explores the health care challenges faced by Latin American immigrants, and Mexican immigrants in particular.

Melissa S. Gatchell, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Ninez A. Ponce

This fact sheet looks at the health insurance types and the status of people who use community health centers, public hospitals, and clinics, also called the "safety net," as their usual source of health care.

Ken Jacobs, Korey Capozza, Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski, E. Richard Brown

This research brief, jointly authored by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, finds that many California families spend a substantial amount of their annual income on health care premiums and out-of-pockets costs, and could face financially devastating medical expenses if they are not adequately protected.

Dylan H. Roby, Gerald F. Kominski, Meghan E. Cameron

This policy brief reviews the literature on access to health care as it relates to current proposals for health care reform in California.

E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce, Shana Alex Lavarreda

As California's system of job-based health insurance continues to erode, low- and moderate-income workers are increasingly being left out, according to this policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Joshua S. Yang, Steven P. Wallace

New expansions of health insurance in California are unlikely to attract additional undocumented immigrants to the state, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Ninez A. Ponce, Jean Yoon, Janet Cummings, Thomas Rice

This report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that job-based health insurance coverage -- the backbone of the state's system of health insurance – continues to decline.

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Using data from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey, researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research were able to produce these fact sheets detailing health insurance coverage, the lack of coverage, and demographic characteristics for counties and regions in California.

E. Richard Brown, Nadereh Pourat, Steven P. Wallace

This fact sheet uses information from the 2005 California Health Interview Survey to determine how many of the 4.8 ...

Elena Zúñiga, Xóchitl Castañeda, Al Averbach, Steven P. Wallace

This report focuses on the population of Mexican ancestry in the United States and in California, with an emphasis on immigrants.

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.

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 ...

Sue Holtby, Elaine Zahnd, Nicole Lordi, Christy McCain, Jenny Chia, John Kurata

Many Californians are still struggling to reach good health, according to this report from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS), the country's largest population-based state health survey.

Gregory D. Stevens, Michael Seid, Neal Halfon

Stevens GD, Seid M, Halfon N. Enrolling Vulnerable, Uninsured but Eligible Children in Public Health Insurance: Association With Health Status and Primary Care Access.

Elena Zúñiga, Steven P. Wallace, Salvador Berumen, Xóchitl Castañeda

The fundamental purpose of "Mexico-United States Migration: Health issues" is to present a general overview of the conditions faced by Mexican residents in the United States concerning their health care. Good ...

Steven P. Wallace, Veronica F. Gutierrez, Xóchitl Castañeda

The following two fact sheets viewing, respectively, demographics of Mexican immigrants to the United States and the health service disparities among that population are the products of a joint research effort conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the California-Mexico Health Initiative at the California Policy Research Center, University of California Office of the President.

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Thomas Rice, Jennifer R. Kincheloe, Melissa S. Gatchell

This report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that job-based health insurance coverage -- the backbone of the state's system of health insurance -- is declining.

Gerald F. Kominski, Dylan H. Roby, Jennifer R. Kincheloe

This new study found that providing health insurance to the estimated 6.3 million Californians who were uninsured in 2001 would increase health care expenditures within the state by about $842 million, or $143 per uninsured person, with significant savings likely through program consolidation, better health and preventive care, reduced uncompensated care spending by "safety net" providers, and expanding insurance revenues. The ...

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda

Between 2001 and 2003, both children and adults lost employment-based health insurance coverage. For children, increased enrollment in Medi-Cal and Healthy Families resulted in a lower uninsured rate.

Ninez A. Ponce, Robert J. Nordyke, Sherry Hirota

Ponce N, Nordyke RJ, Hirota S. (2005) Uninsured immigrant workers: A View from a California County. Journal of Immigrant Health. ...

Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Mona Jhawar, Steven P. Wallace

This policy brief highlights the geographic variations in self-reported poor/fair health status, asthma and hypertension rates among uninsured Californians for counties, county-groups, Los Angeles Service Planning Areas, as well as for state legislative and Congressional districts.

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda

This fact sheet examines children's health insurance coverage, and children who are uninsured but eligible for coverage through public programs, using data from the 2003 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2003).

Mona Jhawar, Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Y. Jenny Chia, Steven P. Wallace

This policy brief highlights regional variations of rates among California children ages 0-5 and ages 6-17 from limited income families (below 300% FPL) who were uninsured and not eligible for Medi-Cal or Healthy families in 2001.

Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Y. Jenny Chia, Alek Sripipatana, Beth L. Newman, Steven P. Wallace

This policy brief highlights the geographic variations in uninsured children's Medi-Cal/Healthy Family eligibility rates by state Assembly, Senate and Congressional districts, as well as by counties and the Los Angeles Service Planning Areas (SPAs).

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.

Gerald F. Kominski, Dylan H. Roby

This new study found that providing health insurance to the estimated 6.3 million Californians who are currently uninsured would increase direct health care expenditures within the state by about $7.4 ...

E. Richard Brown, Pamela L. Davidson, Hongjian Yu, Roberta Wyn, Ronald M. Andersen, Natasha Razack

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda, Ying-Ying Meng, Ronald M. Andersen, Andrew B. Bindman, Lillian Gelberg

Where Californians live within the state plays an important role in determining their access to health care.

Ninez A. Ponce, Susan H. Babey, David A. Etzioni, Benjamin A. Spencer, E. Richard Brown, Neetu Chawla

This in-depth report describes cancer screening in California based on data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001), the largest state-level health survey in the nation.

Ying-Ying Meng, Susan H. Babey, Elizabeth Malcom, E. Richard Brown, Neetu Chawla

This in-depth report describes asthma in California based on data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001), the largest state-level health survey in the nation.

E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce, Thomas Rice, Shana Alex Lavarreda

This report, based on data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001), examines long-term and intermittent health insurance coverage, and the sources and consequences of resulting periods of uninsurance.

Joy H. Lewis, Ronald M. Andersen, Lillian Gelberg

Lewis J, Andersen R, Gelberg L. Health Care for Homeless Women: Unmet Needs and Barriers to Care. Journal of General Internal Medicine. ...

Steven P. Wallace, Veronica F. Gutierrez, E. Richard Brown

This health policy fact sheet presents information on selected indicators of the health status and access to health care of Mexican immigrants in California.

Neetu Chawla, Michael A. Rodriguez, Susan H. Babey, E. Richard Brown

This fact sheet examines diabetes management and access to care among Latinos with diabetes in California.

Moira Inkelas, Neal Halfon, Kim Uyeda, Gregory D. Stevens, Sue Holtby, Janel Wright, E. Richard Brown

This report, prepared jointly by the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, and the Public Health Institute, is the first of its kind to reveal key measures of health and well being for California's three million children under age 6.

Gerald F. Kominski, Deborah Glik, Cori Reifman

Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Steven P. Wallace, Hongjian Yu, Ying-Ying Meng, Y. Jenny Chia, E. Richard Brown

This policy brief highlights the differences in uninurance rates among the new California Assembly and Senate districts resulting from redistricting based on the 2000 Census.

E. Richard Brown, Shana Alex Lavarreda

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research prepared this new fact sheet report as part of its participation in the Cover the Uninsured Week (CTUW) campaign - an unprecedented week long series of national and local activities taking place during the week of Monday, March 10, through Friday, March 14.

Nadereh Pourat, Gabrielle Lessard, Armine Lulejian, Lida M. Becerra, Rini Chakraborty

This fact sheet is a joint effort of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) using the 2001 California Health Interview Survey data.

Jennifer Aguayo, E. Richard Brown, Michael A. Rodriguez, Lia Margolis

This is a joint publication of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC).

Gerald F. Kominski, Pamela L. Davidson, Crystal L. Keeler, Natasha Razack, Lida M. Becerra, Rabeya Sen

The profile of California’s 17.7 million children and adults who are enrolled in HMO plans is more diverse than previously thought, according to the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research report. The ...

Lillian Gelberg, Barbara D. Leake, Michael C. Lu, Ronald M. Andersen, Adeline M. Nyamathi, Hal Morgenstern

E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce, Thomas Rice, Shana Alex Lavarreda

This report examines health insurance coverage in California based on the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001) data.

Anne Markus, Dylan H. Roby, Sara Rosenbaum

This study examines the characteristics of health centers that serve an unusually high rate of uninsured patients.

Gerald C. Sumner, Ronald M. Andersen, Suzanne L. Wenzel, Lillian Gelberg

Ninez A. Ponce, Tomiko Conner, B. Patricia Barrera, Dong Suh

Lillian Gelberg, Barbara D. Leake, Michael C. Lu, Ronald M. Andersen, Suzanne L. Wenzel, P. Koegel, Carole Browner

Gelberg L, Leake B, Lu M, Andersen R, Wenzel S, Koegel P, Browner C. Use of Contraceptive Methods Among Homeless Women for Protection Against Unwanted Pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Prior Use and Willingness to Use in the Future.

E. Richard Brown, Ninez A. Ponce, Thomas Rice

E. Richard Brown, Jennifer R. Kincheloe, Hongjian Yu

E. Richard Brown, Roberta Wyn, Hongjian Yu, Abel Valenzuela, Liane Dong

Delight E. Satter, E. Richard Brown

Roberta Wyn, Victoria D. Ojeda

In a survey conducted by the California Alliance for Women’s Health Leadership, community-based leaders in women’s health recently identified as key issues lack of health insurance and lack of access to health care for women of color, those with low incomes, and younger women. Without ...

Delight E. Satter, E. Richard Brown

On behalf of the Universal Coverage for California’s Children Coalition, Kaiser Permanente Cares for Kids (KPCK) asked the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (the Center) to study the attitudes, perceptions, and opinions of Californians with incomes between 200% – 275% of the federal poverty level about the value of health insurance for their children. Focus ...

E. Richard Brown, Roberta Wyn, Stephanie Teleki

U.S. metropolitan areas are characterized by pronounced disparities in rates of health insurance coverage and access to care.

Roberta Wyn, Stephanie Teleki, E. Richard Brown

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, The Kaiser Family Foundation

Co-published by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research & The Kaiser Family Foundation. Drawn from "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care." ...

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, The Kaiser Family Foundation

Co-published by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research & The Kaiser Family Foundation. Drawn from "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care." ...

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, The Kaiser Family Foundation

Co-published by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research & The Kaiser Family Foundation. Drawn from "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care." ...

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, The Kaiser Family Foundation

Co-published by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research & The Kaiser Family Foundation. Drawn from "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care." ...

Jennifer R. Kincheloe, E. Richard Brown, Hongjian Yu

Report to the California Assembly Health Committee Based on Research Funded by a Technical Assistance ...

E. Richard Brown, Victoria D. Ojeda, Roberta Wyn, Rebecca Levan

Racial and ethnic groups in the United States continue to experience major disparities in health status.

Ninez A. Ponce, Stephanie Teleki, E. Richard Brown

More than 2 million children in California do not have any form of health insurance. The proportion of uninsured children in the state has increased over the past several years (from 17% in 1995 to 21% in 1998) and is significantly higher than in the rest of the nation (15% in 1998).