Quality of Care — Almanac Collection - California Health Care Foundation

Quality of Care — Almanac Collection
The Almanac reports in this collection examine the quality of health care in California. Topics range from maternal to end-of-life care, and quality metrics include look at behavioral health, chronic conditions, and patient safety.

See all reports in the California Health Care Almanac

All 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.

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: Patient Safety

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.