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Physician Supply and Demand in California

While physician supply has increased in recent years, California as a whole barely meets the national recommended minimum range. And future demand is expected to outpace supply due to a confluence of factors. Read details in a new CHCF Almanac report.

Where Big Money Goes in Medi-Cal Spending

Seven percent of Medi-Cal beneficiaries accounted for more than three-quarters of fee-for-service program expenditures in fiscal year 2008. This snapshot profiles this small but expensive population and uses the findings to suggest ways to slow spending growth.

Gauging the Physician Shortage in Medi-Cal

This report uses survey data to measure physician participation in the Medi-Cal program and examine differences across specialties and regions. It finds that low participation rates are a persistent problem and discusses the implications for low-income patients.

Stem Cell Research

Monday, January 11, 2010

California Stem Cell Agency Shifts Targets for Grants

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has shifted the focus of its grants from projects aimed at developing a framework for stem cell research to research projects that are further along in the development process but are unlikely to receive federal funding because of their commercial nature.  CIRM was formed after California voters approved Proposition 71 to fund stem cell research in 2004.



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