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The 'bad old days': Two-thirds of California's 6.6 million uninsured lacked coverage for more than a year prior to health reform
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The 'bad old days': Two-thirds of California's 6.6 million uninsured lacked coverage for more than a year prior to health reform
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More than 4.1 million of the state's uninsured ― 12.6 percent of the state's nonelderly population ― went without insurance for more than a year in 2013, and an additional 2.5 million fell in and out of the ranks of the insured, according to a new UCLA Center for Health Policy Research fact sheet. The Center conducts the
February 25, 2015
The 'bad old days': Two-thirds of California's 6.6 million uninsured lacked coverage for more than a year prior to health reform
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The 'bad old days': Two-thirds of California's 6.6 million uninsured lacked coverage for more than a year prior to health reform
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More than 4.1 million of the state's uninsured ― 12.6 percent of the state's nonelderly population ― went without insurance for more than a year in 2013, and an additional 2.5 million fell in and out of the ranks of the insured, according to a new UCLA Center for Health Policy Research fact sheet. The Center conducts the
February 25, 2015
More than half a million California seniors fall repeatedly, but many providers do not routinely screen for falls
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More than half a million California seniors fall repeatedly, but many providers do not routinely screen for falls
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More than half a million older Californians — 12.6 percent of the state’s senior population — fall more than once a year, but nearly 60 percent of them fail to seek medical attention afterward, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
November 20, 2014
More than half a million California seniors fall repeatedly, but many providers do not routinely screen for falls
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More than half a million California seniors fall repeatedly, but many providers do not routinely screen for falls
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More than half a million older Californians — 12.6 percent of the state’s senior population — fall more than once a year, but nearly 60 percent of them fail to seek medical attention afterward, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
November 20, 2014
Sept. 26 Webinar: How to Improve the California Children's Services program
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Sept. 26 Webinar: How to Improve the California Children's Services program
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​The California Children's Services (CCS) program plays an invaluable role in facilitating care of the state's sickest children. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is working with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research to understand opportunities for improvement and potential changes to the CCS program.
September 24, 2014
Sept. 26 Webinar: How to Improve the California Children's Services program
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Sept. 26 Webinar: How to Improve the California Children's Services program
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​The California Children's Services (CCS) program plays an invaluable role in facilitating care of the state's sickest children. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) is working with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research to understand opportunities for improvement and potential changes to the CCS program.
September 24, 2014
Three out of four California children with mental health needs don't get treatment
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Three out of four California children with mental health needs don't get treatment
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Barriers to care persist, althought most have health insurance More than 300,000 California children between the ages of 4 and 11 need mental health care, but only 1 in 4 is treated, according to a new policy brief from the 
July 24, 2014
Three out of four California children with mental health needs don't get treatment
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Three out of four California children with mental health needs don't get treatment
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Barriers to care persist, althought most have health insurance More than 300,000 California children between the ages of 4 and 11 need mental health care, but only 1 in 4 is treated, according to a new policy brief from the 
July 24, 2014
Study finds modest investment could expand Medi-Cal to undocumented residents of California
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Study finds modest investment could expand Medi-Cal to undocumented residents of California
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Approximately 690,000 to 730,000 undocumented Californians could gain access to routine and preventive health care in 2015 with just a 2 percent increase in state Medi-Cal spending – estimated at between $353 to $369 million – according to a joint study by the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education and the

May 21, 2014
Study finds modest investment could expand Medi-Cal to undocumented residents of California
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Study finds modest investment could expand Medi-Cal to undocumented residents of California
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Approximately 690,000 to 730,000 undocumented Californians could gain access to routine and preventive health care in 2015 with just a 2 percent increase in state Medi-Cal spending – estimated at between $353 to $369 million – according to a joint study by the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education and the

May 21, 2014
Diabetes linked to one-third of all California hospitalizations, driving increased health care costs
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Diabetes linked to one-third of all California hospitalizations, driving increased health care costs
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Patients with diabetes account for one in three hospitalizations in California, according to a comprehensive new study on the prevalence of diabetes in hospitals and its impact on providers and spiraling health care costs.   The study of hospital discharge records, conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research with support from the
May 15, 2014
Diabetes linked to one-third of all California hospitalizations, driving increased health care costs
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Diabetes linked to one-third of all California hospitalizations, driving increased health care costs
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Patients with diabetes account for one in three hospitalizations in California, according to a comprehensive new study on the prevalence of diabetes in hospitals and its impact on providers and spiraling health care costs.   The study of hospital discharge records, conducted by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research with support from the
May 15, 2014
Nearly half of California’s Korean women go without regular mammograms
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Nearly half of California’s Korean women go without regular mammograms
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Fewer than 52 percent of Korean women over 40 have had a mammogram screening in the last two years, giving them the lowest mammogram screening rate of all racial and ethnic groups in California, according to a new fact sheet from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research developed with a grant from Susan G. Komen®.   California is home to about 31 percent of the entire U.S.
April 30, 2014
Nearly half of California’s Korean women go without regular mammograms
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Nearly half of California’s Korean women go without regular mammograms
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Fewer than 52 percent of Korean women over 40 have had a mammogram screening in the last two years, giving them the lowest mammogram screening rate of all racial and ethnic groups in California, according to a new fact sheet from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research developed with a grant from Susan G. Komen®.   California is home to about 31 percent of the entire U.S.
April 30, 2014
April 30 seminar: "Health Care Reform in California: How Did We Do in Year One?"
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April 30 seminar: "Health Care Reform in California: How Did We Do in Year One?"
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Image removed.​Nearly 1.4 million Californians have enrolled in health care coverage through Covered California and an additional 1.9 million through an expanded Medi-Cal program. Do these numbers exceed expectations? Will they be revised up or down in the coming year? And what can we do to enroll the remaining uninsured in 2015?
 
In a Wednesday, April 30,

April 24, 2014
April 30 seminar: "Health Care Reform in California: How Did We Do in Year One?"
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April 30 seminar: "Health Care Reform in California: How Did We Do in Year One?"
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Image removed.​Nearly 1.4 million Californians have enrolled in health care coverage through Covered California and an additional 1.9 million through an expanded Medi-Cal program. Do these numbers exceed expectations? Will they be revised up or down in the coming year? And what can we do to enroll the remaining uninsured in 2015?
 
In a Wednesday, April 30,

April 24, 2014
Dentist shortage bites California, as more choose to practice out of state
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Dentist shortage bites California, as more choose to practice out of state
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A lingering recession, the elimination of Medicaid dental reimbursements and a glut of established dentists in wealthier, populated areas may explain why more new dentists are practicing outside California, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
March 26, 2014
Dentist shortage bites California, as more choose to practice out of state
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Dentist shortage bites California, as more choose to practice out of state
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A lingering recession, the elimination of Medicaid dental reimbursements and a glut of established dentists in wealthier, populated areas may explain why more new dentists are practicing outside California, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
March 26, 2014
In California, Great Recession pushes hundreds of thousands of adult children home, and older parent
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In California, Great Recession pushes hundreds of thousands of adult children home, and older parent
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​Californians anticipating an empty nest in their golden years are now faced with a rocky reality: The Great Recession and its jobless recovery have forced many adult children home, increasing household expenses by 50 percent or more for many families, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the

February 27, 2014
In California, Great Recession pushes hundreds of thousands of adult children home, and older parent
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In California, Great Recession pushes hundreds of thousands of adult children home, and older parent
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​Californians anticipating an empty nest in their golden years are now faced with a rocky reality: The Great Recession and its jobless recovery have forced many adult children home, increasing household expenses by 50 percent or more for many families, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the

February 27, 2014