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Planetizen — Spring Fun at Los Angeles County Parks — April 3, 2024

Spring Fun at Los Angeles County Parks — Spring Fun at Los Angeles County Parks — April 3, 2024

The outcomes and benefits of Los Angeles County’s Parks After Dark Program have been well-documented. According to a recent evaluation by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 92 percent of people who attended a nighttime events program in L.A. County parks in the summer of 2022 felt safe. 

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

Bakersfield Californian — More of the same: Medi-Cal expansion takes subtle form at the local level — January 16, 2024

More of the same: Medi-Cal expansion takes subtle form at the local level — More of the same: Medi-Cal expansion takes subtle form at the local level — January 16, 2024

Starting this year, California is extending its public health insurance coverage to undocumented adults between 26 and 49 years old, making the state the first to offer a comprehensive plan to those without legal status ... some researchers believe it will save the state money in the long run. But this all assumes people will sign up, said Nadereh Pourat, who heads the Center for Health Policy Research’s Health Economics and Evaluation Research Program at UCLA.

Features: Nadereh Pourat

My Science — 92% of attendees feel safe at long-running L.A. County parks program — August 7, 2023

92% of attendees feel safe at long-running L.A. County parks program — 92% of attendees feel safe at long-running L.A. County parks program — August 7, 2023

Ninety-two percent of people who attended a nighttime events program in Los Angeles county parks in the summer of 2022 felt safe, according to a new evaluation by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program, Los Angeles County Parks After Dark (PAD) Evaluation

UCLA Newsroom — 92% of attendees feel safe at long-running L.A. county parks program — August 7, 2023

92% of attendees feel safe at long-running L.A. county parks program — 92% of attendees feel safe at long-running L.A. county parks program — August 7, 2023

Ninety-two percent of people who attended a nighttime events program in Los Angeles county parks in the summer of 2022 felt safe, according to a new evaluation by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program, Los Angeles County Parks After Dark (PAD) Evaluation

UCLA Newsroom — Program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with complex health needs reduced emergency visits, hospitlizations — July 12, 2023

Program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with complex health needs reduced emergency visits, hospitlizations — Program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with complex health needs reduced emergency visits, hospitlizations — July 12, 2023

A California program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with complex medical needs and chronic conditions reduced the number of emergency department visits and hospital stays among its enrollees, according to an evaluation published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

My Science — Program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with complex health needs reduced emergency visits, hospitalizations — July 12, 2023

Program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with complex health needs reduced emergency visits, hospitalizations — Program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with complex health needs reduced emergency visits, hospitalizations — July 12, 2023

A California program for Medi-Cal beneficiaries with complex medical needs and chronic conditions reduced the number of emergency department visits and hospital stays among its enrollees, according to an evaluation published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program

Spectrum 1 LA — Inside the Issues — May 30, 2023

Inside the Issues — Inside the Issues — May 30, 2023

Nadereh Pourat with UCLA's Center for Health Policy Research talks about the Whole Person Care Pilot program.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation

Pasadena Star-News — The risks of using Medi-Cal for housing funding — May 30, 2023

The risks of using Medi-Cal for housing funding — The risks of using Medi-Cal for housing funding — May 30, 2023

But an analysis from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research found that such programs saved “an average of $383 per Medi-Cal beneficiary per year — a meager amount compared with the program’s cost.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) Program Evaluation

Associated Press — California looks to spend some Medicaid money on housing — March 29, 2023

California looks to spend some Medicaid money on housing — California looks to spend some Medicaid money on housing — March 29, 2023

Over five years the program has reduced expensive hospital stays and emergency room visits for people on Medicaid, saving taxpayers an average of $383 per patient per year, according to an analysis by researchers at UCLA.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation

Los Angeles Times — Prescription for housing? California wants Medicaid to cover 6 months of rent — March 28, 2023

Prescription for housing? California wants Medicaid to cover 6 months of rent — Prescription for housing? California wants Medicaid to cover 6 months of rent — March 28, 2023

In a precursor to the state’s current initiative, California experimented with a mix of housing assistance programs and social services through its “Whole Person Care” pilot program. Nadereh Pourat, of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, evaluated the program for the state concluding that local trials reduced emergency visits and hospitalizations, saving an average of $383 per Medi-Cal beneficiary per year — a meager amount compared with the program’s cost. Over five years, the state spent $3.6 billion serving about 250,000 patients enrolled in local experiments, Pourat said.

Features: Nadereh Pourat, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation