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•	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

•	Trends in the Health of Older Californians: Data from the 2001, 2003 and 2005 California Health Interview Surveys Steven P. Wallace, Jennifer Lee, May Jawad Aydin California's population is getting older. By 2026 the elderly population will double to nearly 8 million.	Research Report	Nov 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

•	Association of Insurance Coverage with Chlamydia Screening (The American Journal of Managed Care) 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.	Journal Article	Apr 2008

•	Access to Medical Treatment in the California Workers' Compensation System, 2006 Gerald F. Kominski, Nadereh Pourat, Dylan H. Roby, Meghan E. Cameron This report was produced by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research under contract to the California Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC), Department of Industrial Relations, which is required to perform an annual study of access to medical treatment for injured workers.	Policy Research Report	Feb 2007

•	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

•	Sexually Transmitted Disease Services in California's Medi-Cal Managed Care: Findings from a Baseline Survey of STD Care Delivery in 2002 Nadereh Pourat, Jas Nihalani, Romni Neiman, George Rutherford, Barry Handon, E. Richard Brown, Gail Bolan In California, chlamydia and gonorrhea are the most common reportable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).	Research Report	Sep 2006

•	Health of California's Adults, Adolescents and Children: Findings from the CHIS 2003 and CHIS 2001 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.	Research Report	Jun 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

•	Increased Medicare Expenditures for Physicians' Services: What are the Causes? (Inquiry) Melinda J. Beeuwkes Buntin, Jose J. Escarce, Dana Goldman, Hongjun Kan, Miriam J. Laugesen, Paul Shekelle In light of rising expenditures for physicians' services and the scheduled decreases in the amounts Medicare pays for such services, this article identified the sources of change in the volume and intensity of Medicare physicians' services.	Journal Article	Jun 2004

•	California's HMO Enrollees: Diversity in Language and Education Poses Challenges for Health Plans Gerald F. Kominski, Deborah Glik, Cori Reifman	Policy Brief	May 2003

•	Diabetes in California: Nearly 1.5 Million Diagnosed and 2 Million More at Risk Allison L. Diamant, Susan H. Babey, E. Richard Brown, Neetu Chawla	Policy Brief	Apr 2003

•	Diabetes in California: Findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey Allison L. Diamant, Susan H. Babey, E. Richard Brown, Neetu Chawla This report, prepared by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is the first on diabetes prevalence among Californians using data from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001).	Policy Research Report	Apr 2003

•	Profile of California's HMO Enrollees: Findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey 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 ...	Research Report	Jan 2003

•	Access is Better for Racial / Ethnic Elderly in Medicare HMOs - But Disparities Exist Steven P. Wallace, Valentine M. Villa, Vilma Enriquez-Haass, Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck	Policy Brief	May 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

•	Reconsidering the Role of Competition in Health Care Markets (Journal of Health Policy, Politics, and Law) Thomas Rice, Brian Biles, E. Richard Brown, Finn Diderichsen, Hagen Kuehn Special section of Journal of Health Policy, Politics, and Law, Vol. 25, Number 5, October 2000.	Journal Article	Oct 2000

•	Women and Managed Care in California Roberta Wyn, Sarah Samuels, Joanne Leslie, Beatriz Solis (Co-Published by the Pacific Institute for Women's Health) Managed care is becoming the dominant system of health care coverage and delivery throughout the United States and particularly in California, for both private and public sector health care.	Policy Research Report	Sep 2000

•	California Immigrants Have Mostly Lower Rates of Disability and Use of Disability Services than State’s U.S.-Born Residents A. E. Benjamin, Steven P. Wallace, Valentine M. Villa, Kathy McCarthy	Policy Brief	Jul 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

•	Women and Managed Care in California: An Examination of Selected Services Roberta Wyn, Sarah Samuels, Joanne Leslie, Beatriz Solis	Policy Brief	Jun 2000

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