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California Health Care Almanac

Cost & Quality

The US has the most expensive health care in the world. Yet disappointing gaps can occur between the quality of care that has been advanced by modern medicine and the quality that patients receive. CHCF's California Health Care Almanac focuses on market dynamics around cost and quality.
    • Cost & Quality
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2020 Edition — Quality of Care: Children’s Health

July 2020
Jen Joynt
This set of quality measures focuses on children's health.
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2020 Edition — Quality of Care: Chronic Conditions

July 2020
Jen Joynt
This set of quality measures highlights California’s performance across a range of chronic conditions, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease.
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2020 Edition — Health Care Costs 101

May 2020
Katherine Wilson
Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing
US health spending reached $3.6 trillion in 2018. National health spending grew 4.6% in 2018, a slightly higher rate than the 4.2% growth in 2017.
Publication

Infographic — US Health Care Spending: Who Pays?

May 2020
Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing
Over the past 60 years, the way health care is financed has changed, with public insurance paying for more care. This graphic shows who paid for health care and how much it cost.
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2020 Edition — Quality of Care: Maternal Health and Childbirth

March 2020
Jen Joynt
Maternal Health, Health Equity
This set of quality measures focuses on maternal health and childbirth.
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2020 Edition — Quality of Care: Behavioral Health

March 2020
Jen Joynt
Behavioral Health
This set of quality measures focuses on behavioral health, including mental health and substance use.
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2020 Edition — Quality of Care: Providers

February 2020
Jen Joynt
This set of quality measures focuses on providers, including ambulatory surgery centers, emergency departments, inpatient hospitals, nursing homes, home health care, and hospice.
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2019 Edition — Health Care Costs 101

May 2019
Katherine Wilson
Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing
National health spending grew by 3.9% in 2017, slower than the 4.8% growth in 2016. This Almanac report, Health Care Costs 101: Spending Keeps Growing, details how much is spent on health care in the US, which services are purchased, and who pays.
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2019 Edition — Quality of Care: Children’s Health

March 2019
Jen Joynt
This set of quality measures focuses on children's health and includes vaccination rates, rates of obesity and being overweight, and preventable hospital admissions.
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2019 Edition — Quality of Care: Chronic Conditions

April 2019
Jen Joynt
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.
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2017 Edition — Quality of Care: Maternal and Childbirth Health

November 2017
Jen Joynt
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.
Publication

California Health Care Spending

September 2017
Katherine Wilson
Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing
Health spending in California totaled $292 billion in 2014, which is 12.6% of the state's economy. See California's health care spending numbers for private health insurance, Medi-Cal, and Medicare.
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2018 Edition — Health Care Costs 101

May 2018
Katherine Wilson
Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing
US health spending reached $3.3 trillion in 2016, and is expected to grow faster than the economy over the next decade. This Almanac report, Health Care Costs 101: A Continuing Economic Threat, details how much is spent on health care in the US, which services are purchased, and who pays.
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Survey Says: Californians’ Perspectives on Health Care

March 2015
PerryUndem Research/Communication
Are Californians getting the care they need? This survey shows that some groups are having a more difficult time accessing care than others.
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Health Spending Projections: 2015–2025

November 2016
Robbin Gaines
Payment & Financing, Health Care Costs
National health spending will reach $5.6 trillion by 2025. Get the data on payers, per enrollee costs, payment sources, and spending on types of services.
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2014 Edition — Quality of Care

November 2014
Jen Joynt
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.
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