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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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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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The Health of Diverse Californians with Needs for Long-Term Services and Supports
This brief presents data on the health and well-being of adults with a disability or with long-time chronic conditions who also have needs for long-term services and supports.
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Early Data Show Overdose Deaths and Substance Use Rose During Pandemic
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Recent data on overdose deaths and substance use paint a grim picture of what the COVID-19 pandemic year has been like for people who are predisposed to substance use.
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Committed Champion for Health Equity Joins Biden White House
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith — clinician, researcher, and academic leader at Yale School of Medicine — will lead President Joe Biden’s White House COVID-19 equity task force.
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COVID-19 Tracking Poll: Most Frontline Staff at California Nursing Homes See Infections at Work
Rates are higher in facilities located in Los Angeles County and in those where most residents are Black or Latino.
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COVID-19 Tracking Poll: Most Californians Continue to Favor Staying Home Despite Economic Consequences
This week, 71% of Californians want to continue the statewide shelter-in-place order compared to 75% two weeks ago.
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Sacrifices Californians Make Together to Slow Spread of Coronavirus Are Worth It
We have entered an important new chapter in the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wildfires Create ‘New Normal’ for California Health Care Facilities
Stories That Caught Our Attention: California health care organizations are suddenly grappling with the operational challenges of climate change.
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New California Data Resource Highlights Need for Bold Action on Health Disparities
Nowhere is the need to measure racial and ethnic health disparities greater than in California, one of the few states where people of color compose the majority of the population.
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Politics Aside, Patients with Preexisting Conditions Need Protection
Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Americans across party lines agree on one important thing — people who have preexisting conditions should continue to be protected by federal health law.
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Health Conditions Data
These CHCF California Health Care Almanac reports examine use of services, costs, and coverage for different health care needs, such as chronic conditions, maternity care, and behavioral health.
