Infographics

US Health Care Spending: Who Pays? — 2024 Edition

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.

New CHCF Poll Shows Californians’ Concerns About Obtaining Home-Based Supports

February 16, 2023

Health Equity, Medi-Cal, Older Adults with Complex Needs, Workforce

From personal experience, Californians are acutely aware of our health systems’ weaknesses serving older adults and others with chronic illnesses or disabilities.

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: One in Five Californians Knows Someone Who Died of COVID-19

September 3, 2020

Kristof Stremikis

Black and Latinx Californians are more likely than white Californians to know someone who has died of the new coronavirus.

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: Most Frontline Staff at California Nursing Homes See Infections at Work

Kristof Stremikis

Rates are higher in facilities located in Los Angeles County and in those where most residents are Black or Latino.

Shortchanged: Health Workforce Gaps in California

Homelessness & Health Care, Workforce

An estimated 11,226,111 people in California live in an area that has a shortage of primary care providers. Approximately 150,675 people are experiencing homelessness and in need of housing, health, and social services. It is critically important to fill the health workforce gaps across California to meet these needs. What are the numbers in your region?

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: More Than Three in Four Californians Are Worried About Contracting COVID-19

Kristof Stremikis

Nearly 8 in 10 Californians are concerned they or a family member will contract COVID-19 as statewide cases climb.

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: Many Say California Reopening Too Quickly, Worry Cases Will Increase

Kristof Stremikis

Forty-three percent of state residents think the rules are being relaxed too rapidly.

Hospital ED Visits in California, Five Other States Bounce Back but Remain Well Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

Glenn Melnick, Susan Maerki, Ben A. Zaniello

Real-time hospital data provide valuable economic and public health signals in the COVID-19 era.

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: Most Californians Want Quarantine for People Exposed to Coronavirus

Kristof Stremikis

The overwhelming support cuts across all demographic lines.

Health Care Costs Accounted for 17.7 Percent of GDP in 2018

Katherine Wilson

Health Care Costs, Payment & Financing

New CHCF Almanac shows hospital care was the biggest spending category.

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: Two Months into Crisis, Californians Have High Level of Trust in Health Officials

Kristof Stremikis

Health Care Costs, Telehealth

Nearly 7 in 10 Californians have confidence in the California Department of Public Health and in their county public health department.

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: One-Third of California Primary Care Doctors Worry Their Practices Won’t Survive

Kristof Stremikis

Workforce, Telehealth

Many physicians say their practices furloughed or laid off staff or cut physician pay while increasing telehealth visits with patients.

Infographic — Old Payment Rules Are Hurting Health Center Patients During the COVID-19 Crisis

Payment & Financing, Medi-Cal

Old payment rules are hindering the ability of FQHCs and FQHC Look-Alikes (health centers) to care for their approximately four million Medi-Cal patients, especially during the COVID-19 crisis. This infographic shows what kind of care is possible for patients under traditional versus patient-centered payment.

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: Most Californians Continue to Favor Staying Home Despite Economic Consequences

Kristof Stremikis

Health Care Costs, Telehealth

This week, 71% of Californians want to continue the statewide shelter-in-place order compared to 75% two weeks ago.

COVID-19 Tracking Poll: California Critical Care Doctors Report Increased Availability of Protective Gear, Tests

Kristof Stremikis

Compared with two weeks ago, California frontline clinicians are now less worried about hospitals meeting staffing needs in the next month.