Journal Article
Authors examine the Medical Services Initiative program — a safety net-based system of care — in Orange County, which assigned uninsured, low-income residents to a patient-centered medical home. The medical home provided case management, a team-based approach for treating disease, and increased access to primary and specialty care among other elements of a patient-centered medical home.
Journal Article
Authors examine the Medical Services Initiative program — a safety net-based system of care — in Orange County, which assigned uninsured, low-income residents to a patient-centered medical home. The medical home provided case management, a team-based approach for treating disease, and increased access to primary and specialty care among other elements of a patient-centered medical home.
Journal Article
In this Health Affairs journal article, the authors use data from the 2005 CHIS to examine disparities in the rate of visits to dental health professionals by children enrolled in both public and private insurance programs. Among the findings: Children in Medicaid, especially Latinos and African Americans, experience high rates of tooth decay, yet they visit dentists less often than privately insured children.
Journal Article
In this Health Affairs journal article, the authors use data from the 2005 CHIS to examine disparities in the rate of visits to dental health professionals by children enrolled in both public and private insurance programs. Among the findings: Children in Medicaid, especially Latinos and African Americans, experience high rates of tooth decay, yet they visit dentists less often than privately insured children.
Journal Article
In this journal article, Center researchers Meng, Pourat and Kominksi and their co-author examine the impacts on coverage, utilization, and costs of a California bill that requires health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to expand coverage for pediatric asthma self-management educational services. The study population includes 503,000 children ages 1-17 years with symptomatic asthma and 134,000 children with uncontrolled asthma insured by California HMOs.
Journal Article
In this journal article, Center researchers Meng, Pourat and Kominksi and their co-author examine the impacts on coverage, utilization, and costs of a California bill that requires health maintenance organizations (HMOs) to expand coverage for pediatric asthma self-management educational services. The study population includes 503,000 children ages 1-17 years with symptomatic asthma and 134,000 children with uncontrolled asthma insured by California HMOs.
Policy Brief
This policy brief examines the growing rate of repeated falls among senior citizens, comparing data from the 2003 and 2007 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). The authors found that over half million older Californians (565,000) fell more than once in 2007—about 100,00 more seniors with repeated falls than in 2003.
Policy Brief
This policy brief examines the growing rate of repeated falls among senior citizens, comparing data from the 2003 and 2007 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). The authors found that over half million older Californians (565,000) fell more than once in 2007—about 100,00 more seniors with repeated falls than in 2003.
Policy Note
In this policy note analysis paper, the authors examine the likely impact of budget cuts to the state's community-based and home care services on low-income older and disabled Californians.
Policy Note
In this policy note analysis paper, the authors examine the likely impact of budget cuts to the state's community-based and home care services on low-income older and disabled Californians.
Policy Brief
This policy brief examines the experience of ten California counties participating in the Health Care Coverage Initiative (HCCI), a demonstration project to expand coverage to low-income and indigent residents, in overcoming these barriers and creating provider networks based on existing safety-net systems
Policy Brief
This policy brief examines the experience of ten California counties participating in the Health Care Coverage Initiative (HCCI), a demonstration project to expand coverage to low-income and indigent residents, in overcoming these barriers and creating provider networks based on existing safety-net systems
Policy Brief
This policy brief examines the number of children in California who miss school due to lack of affordable dental care.
Policy Brief
This policy brief examines the number of children in California who miss school due to lack of affordable dental care.
Policy Brief
This policy brief examines the likely effects of the sweeping 2009 cuts to California's safety-net programs for low-income and disabled seniors. Specifically, it examines reductions in programs that help disabled seniors remain safely at home, including the Supplemental Security Income, In-Home Supportive Services, Adult Day Health Care and other programs.
Policy Brief
This policy brief examines the likely effects of the sweeping 2009 cuts to California's safety-net programs for low-income and disabled seniors. Specifically, it examines reductions in programs that help disabled seniors remain safely at home, including the Supplemental Security Income, In-Home Supportive Services, Adult Day Health Care and other programs.
External Publication
Dental insurance plays a key role in oral health. However, while dental insurance typically covers preventive services and significantly reduces the costs for services such as fillings, crowns, and dentures, dental benefits often are not comprehensive and come with significant cost-sharing requirements and annual caps, which may lead to unaffordable out-of-pocket expenditures.
External Publication
Dental insurance plays a key role in oral health. However, while dental insurance typically covers preventive services and significantly reduces the costs for services such as fillings, crowns, and dentures, dental benefits often are not comprehensive and come with significant cost-sharing requirements and annual caps, which may lead to unaffordable out-of-pocket expenditures.
External Publication
Although structured similarly to health insurance, dental insurance is often more limited in scope and availability. People without dental coverage typically seek dental care less often and may suffer poor dental health as a result.This issue brief examines the basic structure of dental insurance to illustrate how it enables Californians' access to dental care.
External Publication
Although structured similarly to health insurance, dental insurance is often more limited in scope and availability. People without dental coverage typically seek dental care less often and may suffer poor dental health as a result.This issue brief examines the basic structure of dental insurance to illustrate how it enables Californians' access to dental care.