Adult Dental Medi-Cal Cuts: Costs & Consequences

Outlines the expected impact of the proposal to eliminate California's Medi-Cal dental benefits for adults not in nursing facilities, including loss of federal matching funds, reduced access to dental care, and effects on concomitant health conditions

Children's Health Coverage Facts and Figures

Outlines trends in children's health insurance in California. Reviews 1997-2009 milestones in expanding coverage and examines uninsurance rates; eligibility for and enrollment in public programs; sources of coverage by income and age; and access to care

Three Independent Evaluations of Healthy Kids Programs Find Dramatic Gains in Well-Being of Children and Families

Presents highlights from evaluations of a comprehensive health insurance coverage program for children, launched by Children's Health Initiatives and supported by the California Endowment, in Los Angeles, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties

Pressional training in gerontology: The case of nursing

Integration of gerontology, while needed, has been minimal

Impact of the DRA Citizenship and Identity Documentation Requirement on Medi-Cal: Findings From Site Visits to Six Counties

Evaluates how the 2006 requirement for Medicaid beneficiaries to present proof of citizenship affected the workloads of California counties and enrollees' and applicants' access to Medi-Cal. Examines stakeholders' views of the requirement

A Novel Method for Determination of Dielectric Properties of Materials using a Combined Embedded Modulated Scattering and Near-Field Microwave Techniques-Part II: Dielectric Property Recalculation

The use of combined embedded modulated scattering technique and near-field microwave nondestructive testing techniques is investigated as a novel method for evaluating the dielectric properties of a material. The forward formulation for determining the reflection coefficient at the aperture of a waveguide radiating into a dielectric half-space in which a PIN diode-loaded dipole (i.e., modulated scattering technique probe) is embedded was presented in Part I of this paper. Here, in Part II, the recalculation of the dielectric properties, using the results of the forward model, is presented along with some associated experimental results

Final Report of the Evaluation of the San Mateo County Children's Health Initiative

Summarizes key findings from a five-year evaluation of the county's Children's Health Initiative -- its outreach and enrollment efforts, the impact on children enrolled in the Healthy Kids program, areas for improvement, and financing challenges