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  • Community Health Workers talk to client outdoors
    Report

    CalAIM Experiences: The Community-Connected Workforce

    This survey of organizational leaders shows that those who employ community-connected workers have more positive experiences with CalAIM and better outcomes for the people they serve.

    •CalAIM, Community Health Workers, Health Workforce, Health Workforce Diversity, Surveys and Polls
  • blue medical scrubs hanging on hooks
    Almanac

    California’s Health Care Workforce Almanac — 2024 Edition

    California’s health care industry employed more than 1.8 million people in 2022. Seven Almanac quick reference guides provide data on wages, education, and workplaces for selected health professions.

    •Health Workforce, Health Workforce Diversity, Regions
  • Patient at office visit with midwife.
    Report

    Understanding California’s Midwife Workforce

    Midwives are licensed clinicians who play a key role in the maternity care workforce. These snapshots present survey findings on licensed midwives and nurse-midwives in California.

    •Education and Training, Health Workforce, Health Workforce Diversity
  • Illustration of dots moving through a maze, some are falling out of the maze.
    Report

    Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

    This report provides an in-depth analysis of the disparities in the state’s recruitment and retention of Latino/x and Black medical students.

    •Black Health Equity, Education and Training, Health Workforce, Health Workforce Diversity, Latino/x Health Equity, Racial Health Equity
  • Report

    Improving and Expanding Programs to Support a Diverse Health Care Workforce

    CHCF commissioned the Urban Institute to conduct a national study of health care pathway programs to examine the persistent barriers and challenges facing aspiring doctors and nurses from systemically and structurally excluded groups. The study draws from interviews and focus…

    •Health Workforce, Health Workforce Diversity
  • Medical practitioner wearing scrubs stands against a blue wall
    Fact Sheet

    Fact Sheet: Nurse Practitioners and California’s Latino/x Community

    Nurse practitioners are a vital part of California’s health care workforce. Today they play a particularly important role providing care to underserved Californians, especially Latino/x communities.

    •Health Workforce, Health Workforce Diversity, Latino/x Health Equity, Racial Health Equity
  • Report

    Access, Affordability, and Respect: California Poll Shows Benefits Associated with Having a Primary Care Provider

    An analysis of poll findings reveals significant differences between insured Californians who have a primary care provider and those who do not across topics related to health care utilization, experience, affordability, and health behaviors.

    •Consumer Affordability, Health Workforce Diversity, Primary Care, Racial Health Equity, Surveys and Polls, Telehealth
  • Asian doctor examines elderly Asian woman
    Report

    Health Professionals and Patients in California: Speaking the Same Language

    This brief identifies policy strategies to increase the number of health professionals with language concordance — those that speak the same language as their patients. This is especially important in California where 44% of households speak a language other than…

    •Health Workforce, Health Workforce Diversity, Racial Health Equity
  • Medical students stop and chat on campus
    Report

    Expanding Postbaccalaureate Programs to Address California’s Health Workforce Crisis

    Prehealth postbaccalaureate programs (PBPs) increase the rates at which students from underrepresented communities are admitted to and graduate from medical school. PBP participants are more likely to provide care in underserved areas.

    •Education and Training, Health Workforce, Health Workforce Diversity
  • Report

    California’s Physician Supply and Distribution: Headed for a Drought?

    According to data from physician surveys, California’s medical doctors are unevenly distributed across the state, and new doctors aren’t being trained in great enough numbers to address this imbalance.

    •CalAIM, Health Workforce, Health Workforce Diversity, Medi-Cal, Primary Care, Regions