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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, Health Economics and Evaluation Research (HEER) Program, Whole Person Care (WPC) Program Evaluation

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

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

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

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