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  • Issue Brief

    Language Access in California Health Care: Key Issues and Opportunities for Improvement

    This issue brief examines where California stands today, why language access matters, and the policy opportunities that could strengthen implementation across the health care system.


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    Almanac

    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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    Almanac

    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…


  • Case Study

    How to Identify and Support Emerging Risk Medi-Cal Members with Complex Social and Behavioral Needs

    Many Medi-Cal enrollees with diabetes have unmet behavioral and social needs. Medi-Cal health plans and providers are identifying how to reduce barriers to care and better support patients’ health.


  • Issue Spotlight

    California Achieves Lowest Uninsured Rate Ever in 2022

    California achieved its lowest uninsured rate ever in 2022, in large part due to federal pandemic policy that prohibited disenrollments in Medi-Cal. Amid improvements, racial disparities persisted.


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    Report

    The California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness

    The study demonstrated that most people become homeless primarily because the cost of housing has become unsustainable. Many study participants said that experiencing homelessness worsened their health, including their mental health.


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    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.


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    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.


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    Report

    Care in the COVID-19 Era: An Analysis of California Community Clinics

    The COVID-19 pandemic is having unprecedented effects on California’s health care delivery system. OCHIN is a nonprofit information technology and research organization that includes 29 health care organizations in California. This issue brief uses OCHIN’s unique data sources to show…


  • CHCF News

    California’s Latino Leaders Urge Governor Newsom to Protect Immigrant Families During COVID-19 Crisis

    An April 15 letter to Governor Newsom from Latino leaders, including CHCF’s CEO, recommends a series of policy actions to protect California’s Latino immigrants and families during the COVID-19 pandemic.