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May 10, 2024
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital used data from the California Health Interview Survey to study the digital divide affects the virtual delivery of health care.
May 08, 2024
Dr. David Eisenman, a professor of medicine and public health at UCLA, told KNX News’ Pete Demetirou that researchers are looking to interview people between 18 and 34 years old who lived within five miles of the site.
May 07, 2024
Data from the California Health Interview Survey showed that 22% of adults in San Luis Obispo County were diagnosed with asthma from 2019–2021.
May 03, 2024
The work of Yusuke Tsugawa, a faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is cited for his research into how female doctors may communicate better with their female patients.
May 01, 2024
A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study about disparities in LGBTQ+ health care is cited as important reading in the promotion of an upcoming webinar about ways to improve health care for the LGBTQ+ community.
May 01, 2024
1 in 4 California adolescents ages 15–17 and nearly 1 in 3 Californians ages 18–24 said they had suicidal thoughts at least once in their lifetime.
Apr 30, 2024
This story which appeared on the University of California Newsroom highlights the work of Dr. May Sudhinaraset, associate professor of community health sciences and UCLA CHPR faculty associate. Sudhinaraset and her colleagues launched the first study to collect national data on the sexual and reproductive health care experiences of Asian immigrant women.
Apr 28, 2024
Los Angeles Times' columnist Steve Lopez talks with Ashvin Gandhi, a professor and faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, about how nursing home companies sometimes use “tunneling” practices to obscure true profitability.
Apr 25, 2024
Nearly half of California youths from the ages of 12 to 17 report having recently struggled with mental health issues, with nearly a third experiencing serious psychological distress, according to a 2021 study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Also published on KFF Health News.
Apr 22, 2024
A new study by Dr. Yusuke Tsugawa, a faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, found that patients who have a female doctor are less likely to die in the days after being admitted to the hospital than patients who have a male doctor.