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CHCF Testifies to State Lawmakers About Health Care Affordability
Kristof Stremikis: We cannot address this consumer affordability crisis without getting at the underlying cost of health care.’
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The 2026 CHCF California Health Policy Survey
CHCF and NORC at the University of Chicago conducted a representative, statewide survey of residents’ views and experiences on a variety of health care topics.
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Our Top 10 Reads of 2025
CHCF’s most popular resources of 2025 reflected your need to understand unprecedented changes in the state health care system.
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Going Beyond ROI to Create Cultures of Equity: How Internal DEIB Impacts Community Health Outcomes
Health care leaders are asked to demonstrate how internal organizational diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) investments impact community health equity outcomes. To answer this question, CIN conducted a comprehensive environmental scan of academic literature, expert knowledge, and case studies…
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Controlling Health Care Costs
Health care is too expensive for many Californians. CHCF offers these resources that detail where health spending happens, why health care costs are increasing so rapidly, and what policymakers could consider to improve value in the system.
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California’s Behavioral Health Data Landscape
This paper delivers a comprehensive overview of behavioral health data requirements and structures in California.
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Quality of Care: Providers Almanac — 2024 Edition
This set of quality measures focuses on providers, including ambulatory surgery centers, emergency departments, inpatient hospitals, nursing homes, and home health care.
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Quality of Care: Chronic Conditions Almanac — 2024 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.
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Quality of Care: Behavioral Health Almanac — 2024 Edition
This set of quality measures focuses on behavioral health, including mental health and substance use.
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Quality of Care: Children’s Health Almanac — 2024 Edition
This set of quality measures focuses on children’s health and reports the most recently available data.
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US Health Care Spending: Who Pays? — 2024 Edition
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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Health Disparities by Race and Ethnicity in California Almanac — 2024 Edition
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…
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Quality of Care: Maternal Health and Childbirth Almanac — 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.
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California Health Care Spending Almanac — 2023 Edition
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…
