blog post What Ohio’s COVID-19 Outbreaks Can Teach California Prisons By Heather Harris Jun 30, 2020 With an outbreak at San Quentin highlighting the threat posed by COVID-19, the experiences of Ohio prisons could provide lessons for California.
blog post Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality By Daniel Tan, Paulette Cha Jun 22, 2020 The intersection of social and economic inequities put African Americans at greater risk than other Californians of dying from the coronavirus.
blog post California’s Quick Response to COVID-19 Likely Saved Lives By Paulette Cha, Shannon McConville, Eric McGhee Apr 22, 2020 Early actions before the statewide shelter-in-place order appear to have been effective in reducing the spread of the coronavirus.
blog post Coping with COVID-19 in California’s Cities By Lori Pottinger Apr 14, 2020 California’s cities have taken bold actions to manage coronavirus. We talked to Carolyn Coleman of the League of California Cities about challenges the pandemic is bringing to cities large and small.
interactive California Critical Care during COVID-19 Mar 23, 2020 As the number of Californians testing positive for the coronavirus rises, there is growing concern about available critical care resources and how they are distributed across the state.
page COVID-19 Mar 1, 2020 The coronavirus outbreak poses a tremendous challenge to California, the nation, and the global community. PPIC’s analyses examine the impacts of COVID-19 and how policy choices and other actions can help address them.
Report Improving Health Care Data in California By Shannon McConville, Paulette Cha, Caroline Danielson, Daniel Tan Feb 26, 2020 California policymakers are moving to create a health care payment database (HPD) for examining health care use, costs, and outcomes. A state HPD would be a crucial resource to inform state policy around homelessness and improving children’s well-being. This report highlights research that could be advanced by an HPD.
blog post Better Data for Better California Health Policy By Shannon McConville, Paulette Cha Dec 10, 2019 As state leaders work to create a health care payments database for California, PPIC is providing research on how policymakers and others could use the database to inform key policy decisions.
Report Medi-Cal Expansion and Children’s Well-Being By Paulette Cha, Shannon McConville Nov 13, 2019 The Affordable Care Act allowed California to expand Medi-Cal to most low-income adults. Evidence indicates that access to health insurance improves the finances and behavioral health of adults—and that these improvements could benefit children.
Report Recidivism of Felony Offenders in California By Mia Bird, Justin Goss, Viet Nguyen Jun 19, 2019 California’s recent corrections reforms aimed to reduce persistently high recidivism rates. In the years following public safety realignment in 2011, have rearrest and reconviction rates for felony offenders changed?
