While California continues to make progress on the quality of care provided to women during their pregnancies and deliveries, there is room for improvement.

Health spending in California totaled $292 billion in 2014, which is 12.6% of the state's economy. See California's health care spending numbers for private health insurance, Medi-Cal, and Medicare.

US health care spending continued its modest growth in 2016. This was due in part to increased use of services as enrollment in Medicaid and private insurance expanded. This Almanac report, Health Care Costs 101: Spending Rose with More Coverage and Care, takes a look at how much is spent on health care in the US, which services are provided, and who is paying for what.

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.

Some hospitals perform one or two brain cancer surgeries; others do hundreds. Small volumes can mean greater risks. See the numbers for 11 cancers.

California's insurance market changed dramatically when millions became newly eligible for public insurance and private subsidies. California Health Insurers: Two Years After Reform provides a snapshot of the insurance market at the end of 2015.

One in eight US births takes place in California. How is our state doing on maternity care measures, and how does California compare with the rest of the nation?

A surge in digital technology innovations is helping low-income consumers monitor their health, manage their care, and connect with clinicians.

Health care data are becoming increasingly portable across provider organizations and information technology systems. Concomitant advances in infrastructure are needed to manage the data flow.