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Market and Policy Monitor

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Goal:
To promote greater transparency and accountability in California's health care system.

Objectives:

  • Analyze policy developments and market trends to inform or guide decision-makers.
  • Advance reporting on health care provider and insurer performance.
  • Increase the availability and usefulness of information and tools for consumer decision-making.
  • Inform statewide efforts to expand access to affordable care and coverage.

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Key Publications

Geography Is Destiny: Differences in Health Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States and California More

While income and race play a role in the health of patients and the care they receive, greater differences are often seen in the amount and quality of care patients receive in various parts of California, and the rest of the nation.

Beds for Boomers: Will Hospitals Have Enough? More

Snapshot: Health Care Costs 101, 2008 EditionMore

California Employer Health Benefits SurveyMore

Uncoordinated Care: A Survey of Physician and Patient ExperienceMore

Snapshot: California's Uninsured 2008More

Key Projects

CalHospitalCompare.org: Rating Hospital Quality in California

Featured in the video clip above, CalHospitalCompare.org allows Californians to compare the performance of more than 200 hospitals on a variety of quality measures from maternity services to cardiac treatment.

CHCF State Health Policy Office

California Hospital Financial Performance Dashboard

CalNHS.org: Your Guide to Long-Term Care in California

CalHealthReform.org: A Resource on California Health Care Reform

Staff

Maribeth Shannon, M.S.
Director

Teri Boughton, M.H.A.
Senior Program Officer, State Health Policy

Marian R. Mulkey, M.P.H., M.P.P.
Senior Program Officer

Christopher V. Perrone, M.P.P.
Senior Program Officer

Robbin Gaines, M.B.A.
Program Officer

Helen Barry
Program Assistant

Sari Weis
Program Assistant

Danny Sandoval
Program Assistant

Media Contact

Alexandra Matisoff-Li, Communications Officer
510.587.3154