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•	California Budget Cuts Fray the Long-Term Safety Net Steven P. Wallace, A. E. Benjamin, Valentine M. Villa, Nadereh Pourat This policy brief examines the likely effects of the sweeping 2009 cuts to California's safety-net programs for low-income and disabled seniors.	Policy Brief	Oct 2009

•	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

•	Uncontrolled Asthma Means Missed Work and School, Emergency Department Visits for Many Californians 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.	Policy Brief	Jul 2008

•	7.6 Million Californians Rely on the Safety Net of Health Care Providers for Regular Care 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.	Fact Sheet	Sep 2007

•	Improving Access Through Health Insurance Coverage and Safety Net Expansion: A Review of the Literature 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.	Policy Brief	Aug 2007

•	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

•	Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States: Health Care Access 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.	Research Report	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

•	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

•	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

•	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

•	Fact Sheets – Mexican Immigrants in the United States 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.	Fact Sheet	Oct 2005

•	Mexico-United States Migration: Health Issues 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 ...	Policy Research Report	Oct 2005

•	Health Status of the Uninsured: Opportunities for Improvement 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.	Policy Brief	Dec 2004

•	A Framework for Evaluating Safety-Net and Other Community-Level Factors on Access for Low-Income Populations (Inquiry) Pamela L. Davidson, Ronald M. Andersen, Roberta Wyn, E. Richard Brown	Journal Article	Apr 2004

•	County Residency and Access to Care for Low- and Moderate-Income Californians 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.	Policy Brief	Mar 2004

•	Hospital Concentration, DSH Payments and Access for the Uninsured in Los Angeles County and the State of California Gerald F. Kominski, Dylan H. Roby This study examines how recent trends toward concentration within the hospital industry among hospital chains and the increase in for-profit ownership affects access to affordable healthcare in Los Angeles.	Outside Publication	Sep 2003

•	Tenet Medi-Cal Disproportionate Share Hospitals: High on Profits, Low on Patient Care Benchmarks Gerald F. Kominski This report describes how Tenet has turned the Medi-Cal Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program, which was created to keep safety net hospitals alive, into a corporate profit center.	Outside Publication	Sep 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

•	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

•	Important Health Care Issues for California Latinos: Health Insurance and Health Status 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).	Fact Sheet	Jan 2003

•	The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings from the 2001 California Health Interview Survey 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.	Research Report	Jun 2002

•	Advancing Universal Health Care Coverage in Alameda County Ninez A. Ponce, Tomiko Conner, B. Patricia Barrera, Dong Suh	Research Report	Sep 2001

•	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

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