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JD Supra — California’s bold experiment with Whole-Person Centered care: Has it worked? — June 12, 2025

California’s bold experiment with Whole-Person Centered care: Has it worked? — California’s bold experiment with Whole-Person Centered care: Has it worked? — June 12, 2025

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research evaluation is cited in this article that highlights California Medi-Cal Program’s whole-person centered care initiative.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation

Newsweek — Health Care Premiums Will Go Up in 2025, Experts Say — February 3, 2025

Health Care Premiums Will Go Up in 2025, Experts Say — Health Care Premiums Will Go Up in 2025, Experts Say — February 3, 2025

Associate Center Director Nadereh Pourat said that consolidation in the health care market is usually associated with increasing costs and subsequent increases in premiums.
Features: Nadereh Pourat

FOX 40 (KTXL Sacramento) — Sutter Health approved for expansive Folsom campus — December 2, 2024

Sutter Health approved for expansive Folsom campus — Sutter Health approved for expansive Folsom campus — December 2, 2024

Data from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's evaluation of California's Whole Person Care program were cited in a television news report about Sutter Health expanding its medical offerings in Folsom and the surrounding foothills.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation

KFF Health News — Medi-Cal’s Dental Care Gap: Getting a Tooth Pulled Is Easy — Much Harder To Get an Implant — August 7, 2024

Medi-Cal’s Dental Care Gap: Getting a Tooth Pulled Is Easy — Much Harder To Get an Implant — Medi-Cal’s Dental Care Gap: Getting a Tooth Pulled Is Easy — Much Harder To Get an Implant — August 7, 2024

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that 21% of California dentists saw Medi-Cal patients of all ages, according to data from 2019 to 2021. Also published on California Health Line.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Quad-City Times (Illinois-Iowa) — 12 Quad-Cities organizations to receive funds through Emergency Food and Shelter Program (paywall) — July 15, 2024

12 Quad-Cities organizations to receive funds through Emergency Food and Shelter Program (paywall) — 12 Quad-Cities organizations to receive funds through Emergency Food and Shelter Program (paywall) — July 15, 2024

A 2021 report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research showed enrollees reported 45 fewer hospital stays and 130 fewer emergency room visits per 1,000 beneficiaries per year.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

Planetizen — ‘Parks After Dark’ Helps LA County Communities Thrive — June 13, 2024

‘Parks After Dark’ Helps LA County Communities Thrive — ‘Parks After Dark’ Helps LA County Communities Thrive — June 13, 2024

Story on Planetizen about the Los Angeles County Parks After Dark program cites a UCLA Center for Health Policy Research evaluation of the program's outcomes and benefits.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Los Angeles County Parks After Dark (PAD) Evaluation, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

Los Angeles Daily News — Los Angeles County program fights violence, obesity with an open-air approach — June 12, 2024

Los Angeles County program fights violence, obesity with an open-air approach — Los Angeles County program fights violence, obesity with an open-air approach — June 12, 2024

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research's evaluation of the L.A. County Parks After Dark program that showed participants felt safe was cited in a story published in all six Southern California New Group papers, as well as the Los Angeles Post and San Fernando Sun.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program, Los Angeles County Parks After Dark (PAD) Evaluation

MyNewsLA.com — LA County Nighttime Recreation Program Finds Success, UCLA Study Finds — May 23, 2024

LA County Nighttime Recreation Program Finds Success, UCLA Study Finds — LA County Nighttime Recreation Program Finds Success, UCLA Study Finds — May 23, 2024

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research evaluation of the Los Angeles County Parks After Dark program found that the program has largely been successful.
Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program, Los Angeles County Parks After Dark (PAD) Evaluation