University of California, Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research Fifteen Year Review July 2005 – June 2020 August 26, 2020 Dear Colleagues, The Center for Healthcare Policy and Research (CHPR) is pleased to submit this 2103 Stockton Blvd report as part of the UCOP 15-year review process to retain our Center’s Organized Sacramento, CA 95817 Research Unit (ORU) designation. This review process affords us the opportunity (916) 734 – 2818 to reflect on our research and training accomplishments, the health policies and
[email protected] legislation our work has informed, and reaffirm our mission to improve the health of the public by contributing new knowledge about healthcare access, delivery, costs, and outcomes. EXECUTIVE As you know, 2020 has been a very difficult year. As I write this, 179,519 COMMITTEE MEMBERS Americans have died from COVID-19. By tomorrow, the number will have JOY MELNIKOW, M.D., M.P.H. surpassed 180,000. Over 20 million have lost their jobs, and nearly 4 million have Director Center for Healthcare Policy and lost their employer-sponsored health insurance. The high costs and inequities in our Research Professor healthcare system have been highlighted by the pandemic. As CHPR faculty and Department of Family & Community staff work from home, as we have since March, we continue our research aimed at Medicine improving health outcomes and healthcare services, and conducting analyses to JEFFREY HOCH, M.A., Ph.D. inform evidence-based policy. This year, more than any other, highlights the critical Associate Director Center for Healthcare Policy and need for evidence to guide health policy and to inform the public.