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As Trump attempts to dismantle Obamacare, California leads fight to preserve it
UCLA Blueprint: Professor Mark A. Peterson considers the Affordable Care Act the most important advance in health protection since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid.
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California children are drinking less soda but are getting more calories from sugary sports and energy products
African-American and low-income kids are the most at risk for health problems as the biggest consumers of sweetened beverages, a study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has found.
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How California can break down barriers to breast cancer treatment
Three fact sheets recommend that legislators enact changes to help patients and survivors — particularly low-income women — who face serious obstacles to care.
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Public health dentists offer recommendations to better integrate oral health and primary care
The authors’ goals are to influence policymakers, clinicians, educators and health researchers.
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Public mental health care for older Californians is lacking as need grows
A UCLA study makes recommendations including standardized data reporting and geriatric training, outreach and more integrated services.
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State Medicaid expansions from 1996 to 2011 led to more prenatal care for low-income mothers
UCLA’s Laura Wherry found that there was a 7.9 percent decrease in the number of mothers who didn’t have insurance while they were pregnant.
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Loretta Jones, civil rights activist and policy advocate, receives UCLA Medal
“By addressing health disparities and promoting health equity... she has raised the public profile of health care access as a true social justice issue,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block.
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Under Affordable Care Act, Americans have had more preventive care for heart health, UCLA study finds
The results “provide people with more information to make a judgment about the value of the ACA,” said Dr. Joseph Ladapo, the study’s lead author.
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Rainfall can indicate that mosquito-borne epidemics will occur weeks later
The findings, from a study by UCLA and Brazil’s Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, could help public health officials better prepare for outbreaks.
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Federal policy to reduce re-hospitalizations is linked to increased mortality rates
A federal policy meant to spur hospitals to reduce Medicare readmission rates may actually be harming many of the patients it was meant to help.
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Mortality rate for people with lupus remains higher than U.S. rate overall
A UCLA study looks at more than four decades’ worth of data; the findings help public health officials design interventions to address disparities in health care.
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Low-cost, high-volume services make up big portion of spending on unneeded health care
The UCLA-led research suggests that a reduction in “low-value” care can safely cut expenses.
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UCLA report shows most vulnerable Angelenos reject managed health program
Three in five of the poorest, sickest residents in L.A. County opted out of a managed health care program meant to improve their access to health services.
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Parks After Dark turns Los Angeles County parks into safe havens for communities
The program’s budget for 2016 was $2.3 million, but a UCLA report estimated that it saved the county about $5.87 million in law enforcement costs last year.
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Community health centers form partnerships to increase capacity, improve service
A policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research looks at facilities in four U.S. regions, including Los Angeles.
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Survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome often experience delays in returning to work
Nearly half of adults who had been employed before experiencing and surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome were jobless one year after hospital discharge.
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Federal budget would win, but the most vulnerable and poor would lose, under capped Medicaid funding scenarios
A UCLA report finds that big cuts to health care benefits would hurt the disabled, children and elderly Americans.
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As Affordable Care Act increased health insurance coverage, volunteering rose
UCLA researchers found that volunteerism surged among people in low-income groups who lived in states that enacted the ACA’s Medicaid expansion.
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Large-scale screenings for diabetic retinopathy boost exam rates, reduce wait times
Offering an eye exam for people with diabetes in a primary care setting in addition to eye clinics dramatically reduced the length of time people had to wait for the test.
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Patients at hospital-based primary clinics are more likely to get unnecessary tests and services
Physicians working in hospitals may be more likely to refer patients for certain types of follow-up care because they’re more immediately accessible and convenient, said UCLA’s Dr. John Mafi.
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Deportation, loss of health care raise concerns in L.A. County, according to UCLA survey
Second annual Quality of Life Index shows how residents feel about some of the Trump administration’s policies and also includes opinions on traffic, cost of living and gentrification.
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Despite ongoing meningitis outbreak, vaccinations low among gay men, study shows
Study from UCLA and other research partners suggests more data collections in conjunction with increasing access to immunizations.
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UN strategy for eliminating HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is unfeasible, according to UCLA study
The researchers concluded that the UNAIDS approach would not be practical because it would require finding and treating a very large number of people in remote areas.
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UCLA policy brief details what the American Health Care Act would have meant for California
Ideas in the unsuccessful legislation could be reintroduced in the future, the authors say.
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Medicaid expansion boosts access, reduces costs for poor
States that participated in Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act saw increased numbers of insured, better access to care and less worry about paying medical bills, but also longer wait times among low-income residents, according to new research.
- Saturday, July 21, 2018