Conclusion: Improving health care access among the undocumented would effectively reduce overall uninsured rates. This study advocates expanding county indigent programs to achieve higher health care coverage of the undocumented. Using lower-bound estimates, if My Health LA were to cover the entire ...
Gene Rogers, end of Golden State, government corruption, healthcare for illegal immigrants, illegal immigration, immigrant healthcare debate, immigration policy, Indigent Health Services, journalism, journalistic corruption, low-bid janitorial service, Mark Cromer, media corruption, memoir of California, ...
All of the women were indigent, and less than half had graduated from high school. The drug-using women frequently had criminal records, and more than a quarter were homeless. Many comparison women had mental health problems, and some (16.7%) were teenagers under court custody. Overall, 80%...
(RR: 1.21).Conclusion: Our study estimated prevalence and identified at risk patient groups with 25(OH) D deficiency in Southern California, indicating 25(OH) D deficiency should be suspected, diagnosed, and adequately treated to improve the health status in this at risk urban indigent patient ...
Approximately 9% of Californians aged 12 and over have some type of substance use disorder, but you don’t have to fight addiction alone. The use of medication assisted treatment (MAT) has made the process of detox and recovery safer and more comfortable. MAT has been shown to decrease over...
We sought to evaluate hospice use among patients in Medicaid, which insures younger and indigent patients, relative to those in Medicare.Patients and Methods;Using linked patient-level data from California (CA) and New York (NY) state cancer registries, state Medicaid programs, NY Medicare, and...
AB 657 by Assemblymember Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove):Expedites licensure for health care practitioners that come to California to provideabortioncare services. AB 2626 by Assemblymember Lisa Calderon (D-Whittier):Prohibits specified licensing boards from suspending or revoking a license solely for ...
Sadly, we are entering an era of ‘funeral poverty’ where too many families find themselves unprepared for funeral expenses. Counties generally have an obligation to cover the costs for indigent dispositions. However, there is very limited financial assistance for low-income people o...
The first consisted of redefining the uninsured variable using not just self-pay but also county indigent programs. This is because certain county-level programs, such as Healthy San Francisco,27 provide subsidized care at certain safety-net institutions but do not constitute insurance. The second ...
Caring for Medically Indigent Adults in California: A History How has the evolution of public policy in California affected health care delivery and financing for medically indigent adults? This publication traces the shifting roles of the state and counties in caring for medically indigent adults .....