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New California Health Interview Survey data highlight urgent need for mental health services, challenges in accessing medical care
October 05, 2022
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New California Health Interview Survey data highlight urgent need for mental health services, challenges in accessing medical care
October 05, 2022
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UCLA researchers find coverage and health care access disparities continue to persist: Black and Latinx Californians had the lowest rates of employer-based insurance across all groups, especially among women.
January 31, 2022
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UCLA researchers find coverage and health care access disparities continue to persist: Black and Latinx Californians had the lowest rates of employer-based insurance across all groups, especially among women.
January 31, 2022
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Low-income residents, even those with insurance, see dentists less often. A new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that low-income California adults are less likely to receive timely dental care like regular checkups and are more likely to visit the dentist for specific problems than those with higher incomes — a fact that holds true even for low-income residents who have dental insurance.
July 28, 2020
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Low-income residents, even those with insurance, see dentists less often. A new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that low-income California adults are less likely to receive timely dental care like regular checkups and are more likely to visit the dentist for specific problems than those with higher incomes — a fact that holds true even for low-income residents who have dental insurance.
July 28, 2020
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In California, both men and women benefitted from insurance expansions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Using data from the 2012 to 2016 waves of the California Health Interview Survey, the policy brief outlines gender differences in health insurance and health care access in the state.
December 11, 2019
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In California, both men and women benefitted from insurance expansions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Using data from the 2012 to 2016 waves of the California Health Interview Survey, the policy brief outlines gender differences in health insurance and health care access in the state.
December 11, 2019
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UCLA report finds that big cuts to health care benefits would hurt the disabled, children and elderly Americans. The Trump administration’s intent to reform Medicaid includes financing changes that would save hundreds of billions in federal dollars over time, but at the expense of cutting significant health care benefits to tens of millions of the program’s most vulnerable recipients — the disabled, children and elderly Americans.
April 27, 2017
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UCLA report finds that big cuts to health care benefits would hurt the disabled, children and elderly Americans. The Trump administration’s intent to reform Medicaid includes financing changes that would save hundreds of billions in federal dollars over time, but at the expense of cutting significant health care benefits to tens of millions of the program’s most vulnerable recipients — the disabled, children and elderly Americans.
April 27, 2017
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Why are hundreds of thousands of the state's ''dual eligibles'' — fragile older seniors and disabled young people who receive both Medi-Cal and Medicare benefits — rejecting the new state-managed health care pilot program? That's the question being posed by researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, who have received a $400,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
November 30, 2015
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Why are hundreds of thousands of the state's ''dual eligibles'' — fragile older seniors and disabled young people who receive both Medi-Cal and Medicare benefits — rejecting the new state-managed health care pilot program? That's the question being posed by researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, who have received a $400,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
November 30, 2015
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Health disparities persist for California's 9.8 million Latino adults, whose rates for obesity, fair or poor health, food insecurity and uninsurance are much higher than the state average, according to updated Race and Ethnicity Health Profiles that use 2012-2013 California Health Interview Survey data. African-Americans have the highest rates of high blood pressure, obesity and current smoking, the data show.
October 29, 2015
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Health disparities persist for California's 9.8 million Latino adults, whose rates for obesity, fair or poor health, food insecurity and uninsurance are much higher than the state average, according to updated Race and Ethnicity Health Profiles that use 2012-2013 California Health Interview Survey data. African-Americans have the highest rates of high blood pressure, obesity and current smoking, the data show.
October 29, 2015
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A new fact sheet from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research provides a useful overview of some of the biggest health challenges for women in California, including high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, overweight and obesity and cancer screening.
May 28, 2010
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A new fact sheet from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research provides a useful overview of some of the biggest health challenges for women in California, including high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, overweight and obesity and cancer screening.
May 28, 2010
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Low-income women are four times more likely than higher-income women to report fair or poor health and nearly twice as likely to report a health condition that limits their basic physical activities, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
November 30, 2009
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Low-income women are four times more likely than higher-income women to report fair or poor health and nearly twice as likely to report a health condition that limits their basic physical activities, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
November 30, 2009
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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research cordially invites graduate and upper-division undergraduate students to attend a FREE conference, "Research Opportunities to Reduce Health Disparities: The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)." The event is on Thursday, October 8, 2009. Read more about the conference.
July 27, 2009
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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research cordially invites graduate and upper-division undergraduate students to attend a FREE conference, "Research Opportunities to Reduce Health Disparities: The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)." The event is on Thursday, October 8, 2009. Read more about the conference.
July 27, 2009