Health Data

 

Collection

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.
Publication

2019 Edition — Quality of Care: Children’s Health

March 2019
Jen Joynt
This set of quality measures focuses on children's health and includes vaccination rates, rates of obesity and being overweight, and preventable hospital admissions.
Publication

2019 Edition — California’s Health Care Safety Net

March 2019
Matthew Newman, Eunice Roh
This Almanac report, California’s Health Care Safety Net: A Patchwork of Programs and Providers, presents data on the providers and programs that comprise California’s system for providing health care to people with low incomes.
Collection

California Hospitals and Emergency Departments — Almanac Collection

The reports in this Almanac collection examine hospitals and emergency departments, including supply, use of services, finances, and quality.
Collection

Behavioral Health in California — Almanac Collection

Behavioral Health
The Almanac publications in this collection provide an overview of mental health and substance use in California. Using the most recent data available, these reports paint a picture of prevalence, supply and use of treatment providers, quality of care, and spending.
Publication

2013 Edition — California Hospitals

January 2013
Lisa Maiuro, Bret Corzine
This Almanac report, California Hospitals: Buildings, Beds, and Business, looks at the state of California's general acute care hospitals in 2010. It examines bed supply and capacity, use of services, financial health, and selected quality measures.
Publication

2019 Edition — Medi-Cal Facts and Figures

February 2019
Len Finocchio, Matthew Newman, Eunice Roh, Blue Sky Consulting Group
Medi-Cal, Coverage Trends
Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, is the state’s health insurance program for Californians with low incomes, including children, persons with disabilities, seniors, and adults with low incomes. Get the latest data on this program, which covers one in three Californians.
Collection

Medi-Cal Facts and Figures — Almanac Collection

Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal
Medi-Cal is the state’s health insurance program for Californians with low incomes, including 40% of all children, half of all people with disabilities, and more than a million seniors. This collection of current and past editions of Medi-Cal Facts and Figures presents data on enrollment, benefits, financing, and access and use.
Investment

Verato

Investing in Innovation, Data Exchange
Verato helps health care organizations reconcile fragmented and duplicate records to create a comprehensive view of every patient’s health and history.
Publication

Promise and Pitfalls: A Look at California’s Regional Health Information Organizations

January 2019
Walter Sujansky
Investing in Innovation, Data Exchange
This report examines the various types of health information exchange resources available to provider organizations in California. It focuses on the role of nonprofit regional health information organizations and profiles the largest nine currently operating in the state.
Publication

Does Your Neighborhood Have Enough Doctors?

January 2019
Workforce
California faces an overall shortage of physicians, but not all areas are the same. Use this searchable, interactive map to find out how many primary care doctors, psychiatrists, and ob/gyns are in your area.
Publication

2019 Edition — Health Care Costs 101

May 2019
Katherine Wilson
Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing
National health spending grew by 3.9% in 2017, slower than the 4.8% growth in 2016. This Almanac report, Health Care Costs 101: Spending Keeps Growing, details how much is spent on health care in the US, which services are purchased, and who pays.
Publication

2018 Edition — Mental Health and Substance Use: A Crisis for California’s Youth

December 2018
Behavioral Health
For adolescents, mental illnesses and substance use disorders often occur together. This report paints a picture of California youth and the behavioral health conditions they face.
Publication

The ABCs of APCDs

November 2018
Josephine Porter, Denise Love
Health Care Costs
All-payer claims databases are helping states nationwide understand what's driving their health care costs. This issue brief analyzes the elements behind these successes.
Publication

ACA Reduces Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Coverage Rates in California

October 2018
Tara Becker
Coverage Trends
New data from the California Health Insurance Survey show that coverage in California remained stable in 2016–17. Of particular note is how the Affordable Care Act has narrowed disparities in coverage between different racial and ethnic groups.