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Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity in California — 2024 Edition

Aurrera Health Group

Disparities among historically marginalized groups in California occur across many demographic categories. This Almanac provides data that show how people of color face barriers in accessing health care, often receive suboptimal treatment, and are most likely to experience poor outcomes in the health care system.

National Health Spending Quick Reference Guide — 2024 Edition

Katherine Wilson

Health Care Costs

National health care spending totaled $4.5 trillion in 2022, or $13,493 per person. The Almanac report provides a detailed look at national health care spending.

Quality of Care: Maternal Health and Childbirth — 2023 Edition

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.

Quality of Care: Providers — 2023 Edition

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

Quality of Care: Behavioral Health — 2023 Edition

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

Quality of Care: Chronic Conditions — 2023 Edition

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.

Infographic — US Health Care Spending: Who Pays?

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.

2023 Edition — California Health Care Spending

Katherine Wilson

Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing

Between 2010 and 2020, health care spending in California grew faster on an annual average basis than health spending in the US and the economic growth in the state. This Almanac quick reference guide provides an overview of spending in California.

National Health Spending — 2023 Edition

Katherine Wilson

Health Care Costs

National health care spending totaled $4.3 trillion in 2021, or $12,914 per person. The Almanac report provides a detailed look at national health care spending.

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.

Quality of Care — Almanac Collection

Behavioral Health, Maternal Health

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

Health Care Costs and Spending — Almanac Collection

Health Care Costs

This series of reports details how much is spent on health care in the US and California, which services are purchased, and who pays. This collection includes current and past editions of Health Care Costs 101 and Health Care Spending Almanac materials.