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The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research is a research center within the University of California, Los Angeles. The Center is based in the School of Public Health and affiliated with the School of Public Affairs. It oversees the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)[1], a biennial state-wide survey of more than 50,000 Californians. The director of the Center is E. Richard Brown, PhD. The Center has more than 75 staff involved in research on a range of health policy issues, including health insurance and access to care, health care economics, children's health and disparities in health services and care.

Established: 1994
Director: E. Richard Brown, PhD.
Location: 10960 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1550 Los Angeles,Ca 90024
Website: http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/

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[edit] Programs

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research operates three independent research programs:

  • American Indian Research Program - A research and evaluation program for organizations working to improve health of American Indians and Alaska natives.
  • Health DATA Program - A training program for users of health data, including community groups, researchers and policymakers.
  • California Health Benefits Review Program - Created by the California State Legislature to provide independent analysis of the medical, cost, and public health impacts of proposed health insurance benefit mandates.[2]

[edit] The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) is a telephone survey of more than 50,000 Californians on a range of health issues. The first CHIS survey was conducted in 2001 and has since been repeated every two years. The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research conducts the survey in collaboration with the California Departement of Public Health[3], the Department of Health Care Services [4] and the Public Health Institute [5]. CHIS has been described as a critical tool for researchers seeking data on a range of health issues, especially on the health and health care of hard-to-reach ethnic and rural popualtions. [6]

[edit] Leadership

  • E. Richard Brown - Founder and Director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a health policy reform advisor to the Barack Obama presidential campaign in 2007 and 2008. [7] He has given invited testimony at numerous conferences and congressional committees to help formulate health insurance policy, including committees in both houses of United States Congress and the California Legislature, as well as both state and federal agencies. [8] In particular he has spoken to the National Committee of Health and Human Services on environmental solutions to obesity [9], the National Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on strategies to reduce health disparities,[10] and the Senate Finance Committee on universal health care coverage.[11]
  • Steven P. Wallace - Associate Director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (Center) and professor at the UCLA School of Public Health who has testifies before Federal and other agencies on the issue of aging, particularly in communities of color. [12]
  • David Grant - Director of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
  • Gerald F. Kominski - Associate Director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, professor in the UCLA Department of Health Services and associate dean for Academic Programs, UCLA School of Public Health. Kominski is also the lead investigator of the Center's California Health Benefits Review Program. He has prepared the cost impact analyses for several reports to the California legislature regarding health insurance bills.[13] [14]
  • Peggy Toy - Director of the Health DATA Program
  • Roberta Wyn - Associate Director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research who specializes in issues related to the undeserved, including access to health insurance coverage and health care for women, ethnic populations, and low-income groups.

[edit] External Links

http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/

http://www.chis.ucla.edu/

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.chis.ucla.edu/ California Health Interview Survey site
  2. ^ http://www.chbrp.org/faq.html California Health Benefits Review Site
  3. ^ http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/default.aspx the California Department of Public Health Site
  4. ^ http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ The Department of Health Care Services Site
  5. ^ http://www.phi.org/ The Public Health Institute Site
  6. ^ http://tcenews.calendow.org/pr/tce/ucla-health-grant.aspx The California Endowment Site
  7. ^ http://factcheck.barackobama.com/factcheck/2008/02/01/80_health_care_and_legal_exper.php Obama Campaign Site
  8. ^ http://www.medstudent.ucla.edu/mhc/mhc03/speakers.htm#3 The USC Minority Health Conference site
  9. ^ http://www.niehs.nih.gov/news/events/pastmtg/2005/esoay/docs/brown-doc.pdf The Committee of Health and Human Services Site
  10. ^ http://www.ahrq.gov/news/ulp/dispar/dispar3.htm The National Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Site
  11. ^ E. Richard Brown PhD., “Hearing on Universal Coverage Through Public Insurance Programs” Testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, June 17, 1992.
  12. ^ http://www.epa.gov/aging/listening/2003/la_wallace.htm The Environmental Protection Agency Aging Initiative Public Listening Session Los Angeles, California April 29, 2003
  13. ^ http://chbrp.org/documents/sb_573final.pdf The California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP). (2008). Analysis of Senate Bill 1198: Health Care Coverage: Durable Medical Equipment. Report to California State Legislature. Oakland, CA: CHBRP. 08-02
  14. ^ http://chbrp.org/documents/sb_1198_execsum.pdf The California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP). (2008). Analysis of Senate Bill 1198: Health Care Coverage: Durable Medical Equipment. Report to California State Legislature. Oakland, CA: CHBRP. 08-02