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Current Briefs and Reports

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Impact of Medicare Part D on Access to Antipsychotic Drugs and Hospital Costs among Medi-Cal Dual Eligibles in California
Martha Shumway
March 2008, CPAC Findings

Confronting Healthcare Disparities in Medi-Cal Managed Care: The Role of Ethnicity, Race, and Primary Language
Michael Rodriguez
March 2008, CPAC Findings

Increasing Health Care Access for the Medically Underserved in Four California Counties
Annette Gardner
February 2008, CPAC Findings

State-Provided Crime Victim Services Do Not Meet the Mental Health Needs of California's Disadvantaged Crime Victims
Alicia Boccellari, Robert L. Okin, Jennifer Alvidrez, Martha Shumway, Jon Dean Green, and Joanne Penko
April 2007, CPAC Findings / Authors' Report

The Impact of Race/Ethnicity and Language on Access and Experience of Care Among California’s Commercially Insured Adults
Alicia Fernandez, Joyce Viloria, Ellen Wu,Martin Martinez, Frances Wang, and Sarah, and Jane Selig
February 2007, CPAC Findings

How Well Are California’s HMOs Caring for Enrollees with Chronic Conditions?
Ying-Ying Meng, Gerald Kominski, and Dylan Roby
February 2007, CPAC Findings

Enrollee Characteristics, Use of Services, and Health Plan Performance: Evidence from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
Lynn Paringer
February 2007, CPAC Findings

Do HMOs Help or Hinder Access for Children with Special Health Care Needs from Limited English-Proficient Families?
Lonnie R. Snowden, Mary Masland, Soo Kang Pak, and Neal Wallace
February 2007, CPAC Findings

Overcoming Language Barriers to Public Mental Health Services in California
Joan R. Bloom, Mary Masland, Crystal Keeler, Neal Wallace, and Lonnie R. Snowden
April 2005, CPAC Findings / Authors' Report

CPAC/CPRC-Funded Research Related to Oral Health
October 2004, CPAC Findings

Prevalence of Dental Disease Among California's Latino Children
Manel Kappagoda (in collaboration with the Dental Health Foundation's Latino Task Force)
October 2004, CPAC Findings

Business Size and the Uninsured in California (Small Business Is Not THE Problem)
Richard Kronick, Louis Olsen, and Todd Gilmer
October 2004, CPAC Findings

Prescription Drug Policy Options for Improving Access and Lowering State Costs Before the California Legislature
Ramón Castellblanch
August 2004, CPAC Author's Report

The Role of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in Access to Basic Health Care for Californians
Ninez Ponce and Jeanne Black
October 2003, CPAC Issue Brief

Reassessing Hospital Uncompensated Care in California: Implications for Research and Policy
Leonard Finocchio, Richard Hirth, John R. C. Wheeler, Jeffrey Alexander, Peter Hammer, and Jonathan Showstack
March 2003, CPAC Brief

Transitional Medi-Cal for Families Leaving Welfare Is Underused
Jane Mauldon, Kamran Nayeri, and Carlos E. Dobkin
August 2002, CPAC Brief

Improving Recruitment and Retention of Primary Care Practitioners in Rural California
Janet Coffman, Emily Rosenoff, and Kevin Grumbach
July 2002, CPAC Issue Brief

Access to Health Care for California's Hired Farm Workers: A Baseline Report
Don Villarejo, David Lighthall, Daniel Williams III, Ann Souter, Richard Mines, Bonnie Bade, Steve Samuels, and Stephen McCurdy
October 2001, CPAC Authors' Report

Holding onto Our Own: Migration Patterns of Underrepresented Minority Californians in Medicine
Janet Coffman, Rebecca Levin, Lois Colburn, and Kevin Grumbach
October 2001, CPAC Authors' Report

Policy Implications of Access to Dental Care for Immigrant Communities
Marvin Marcus, Carl A. Maida, Norma Guzman-Becerra, Roberto Belloso, and Linda Fidell
February 2001, CPAC Authors' Report

Medical Insurance Coverage and Usage Among Farmworker Families: A Case Study
Kathryn Azevedo
October 2000, CPAC Brief

Is There a Doctor in the Field? Underlying Conditions Affecting Access to Health Care for California Farmworkers and Their Families
Bonnie Lynn Bade
October 2000, CPAC Author's Report

Improving Access to Health Care for California's Women Prisoners
Nancy Stoller
October 2000, CPAC Author's Report

Children in Immigrant Families: Issues for California's Future
(From Public Forums Sponsored by the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council/Institute of Medicine and the UCLA CHPR, December 10-11, 1998)
CPAC and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR)
August 2000, Brief / Report

Si Se Puede: A Policy Brief with Recommendations to Improve Access to Health Care for California's Farmworkers
Farm Worker Health Task Force
1999, CPAC Report Summary

Expansion of Health Care to the Working Poor
Richard Kronick and Todd Gilmer, Lucien Wulsin Jr., Don Villarejo, and E. Richard Brown
November 1999, CPAC Brief / Report

Strategies for Increasing Physician Supply in Medically Underserved Communities in California
Kevin Grumbach, Janet Coffman, Ruth Liu, and Elizabeth Mertz
May 1999, CPAC Brief / Report