Quality of Care — Almanac Collection

The Almanac reports in this collection examine the quality of health care in California. Topics include maternity care, behavioral health, chronic conditions, and providers.

See all reports in the California Health Care Almanac

Past editions of Quality of Care reports, quick reference guides, data files, and other resources are available on this page. These materials are part of CHCF’s California Health Care Almanac, an online clearinghouse for key data and analyses describing the state’s health care landscape.

2023 Edition — Quality of Care: Children’s Health

This set of quality measures is part of a series CHCF is publishing on the quality of care in our state. and focuses on children's health.

2023 Edition — Quality of Care: Maternal Health and Childbirth

While California continues to make progress on the quality of care provided to women during their pregnancies and deliveries, there is room for improvement. This set of quality measures focuses on maternal health and childbirth.

2022 Edition — Quality of Care: Behavioral Health

Behavioral Health

This set of quality measures focuses on behavioral health, including mental health and substance use.

2021 Edition — Quality of Care: Children’s Health

This set of quality measures focuses on children's health.

2021 Edition — Quality of Care: Maternal Health and Childbirth

While California continues to make progress on the quality of care provided to women during their pregnancies and deliveries, there is room for improvement.

2021 Edition — Quality of Care: Chronic Conditions

This set of quality measures highlights California’s performance across a range of chronic conditions, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease, and includes data by race/ethnicity, payer, and county.

2021 Edition — Quality of Care: Behavioral Health

This set of quality measures focuses on behavioral health, including mental health and substance use.

2021 Edition — Quality of Care: Providers

This set of quality measures focuses on providers, including ambulatory surgery centers, emergency departments, inpatient hospitals, nursing homes, home health care, and hospice.

2020 Edition — Quality of Care: Children’s Health

This set of quality measures focuses on children's health.

2020 Edition — Quality of Care: Chronic Conditions

This set of quality measures highlights California’s performance across a range of chronic conditions, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease.

2020 Edition — Quality of Care: Maternal Health and Childbirth

Maternal Health, Health Equity

This set of quality measures focuses on maternal health and childbirth.

2020 Edition — Quality of Care: Behavioral Health

Behavioral Health

This set of quality measures focuses on behavioral health, including mental health and substance use.

2020 Edition — Quality of Care: Providers

This set of quality measures focuses on providers, including ambulatory surgery centers, emergency departments, inpatient hospitals, nursing homes, home health care, and hospice.

2019 Edition — Quality of Care: Chronic Conditions

This set of quality measures highlights California’s performance across a range of chronic conditions, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease, and includes data by race/ethnicity, payer, and county.

2019 Edition — Quality of Care: Children’s Health

This set of quality measures focuses on children's health and includes vaccination rates, rates of obesity and being overweight, and preventable hospital admissions.

2018 Edition — Quality of Care: Providers

This set of quality measures focuses on patient safety across various care settings including ambulatory surgery centers, emergency departments, inpatient hospitals, nursing homes, and home health care.

2017 Edition — Quality of Care: Maternal and Childbirth Health

Maternal Health

While California continues to make progress on the quality of care provided to women during their pregnancies and deliveries, there is room for improvement.

2014 Edition — Quality of Care

Maternal Health, Behavioral Health

Over the last few years, the quality of health care in California has improved on a number of measures. However, significant racial and ethnic disparities persist in some areas. This Almanac report, Quality of Care: Signals of Change, provides data on a number of measures, including childbirth, children's health, and management of patients with common chronic conditions.

2013 Edition — Quality of Care

Behavioral Health, Maternal Health

The quality of health care in California is improving, yet significant disparities persist in some areas. This Almanac report, Quality of Care: Steps in the Right Direction, provides data on a number of measures, including childbirth, children's health, and management of patients with common chronic conditions.