Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - While comprehensive data on the amount of health care services available statewide are not available, the level of employment in the health care sector can be used as a proxy for the available supply of health care services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Medi-Cal Telehealth Proposal

May 13, 2021 - This literature explores the clinical effectiveness of telehealth, the patient characteristics of its users, and the impact telehealth expansions have had on health care utilization (a proxy for access) and costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4430

A Long-Term Outlook: Disability Among California’s Seniors

Nov 28, 2016 - (We note that education is considered to be a proxy for socioeconomic status.) Assuming this difference in rates of disability and current trends towards higher levels of educational attainment continue going forward, this will partially offset the impact of the trends in race and age on the growth of the senior population with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3509