健康

湾区在健康方面一直处于全球领先地位, pioneering advances from biotechnology to how healthcare organizations deliver care. 然而, 就像美国其他地方一样, our costs are much higher than those in the rest of the world and our outcomes, 在许多领域, 更糟糕的是. We must work to build a system that creates more health at a more sustainable price to our society. And we must build a culture of health in which individuals are empowered to make healthy choices for their lives.

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加州的带薪家庭假

是国内历史最悠久的PFL项目, the California PFL program provides a unique view into the impacts and effectiveness of PFL legislation. 像这样, there is a growing body of research examining the first two decades of the program, including the 海湾地区委员会hg8868皇冠下载’s previous report focused on California’s program. Published prior to the most recent expansion of the program, that report presents data on program usage and impacts of the program on California businesses. 研究发现，吸毒的比率正在上升, 该计划增加了新妈妈的就业率, 对企业的影响是积极的.

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2020年湾区经济概况

The report includes chapters focused on housing and transportation, 风险投资与创新, 收入不平等, 高等教育, 地区迁移, 全球化的趋势, 以及劳动力参与率. The chapters provide data points that offer early insights into how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted different aspects of the region and economy in 2020 to help the region plan for a strong and equitable economic recovery.

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Evaluation of the California Paid Family Leave Program

In 2004, California implemented the nation’s first Paid Family Leave (PFL) program. 由工人工资扣除提供资金, PFL currently provides up to six weeks of paid leave for workers to bond with a new child or to care for a seriously-ill family member. This report to the Governor’s PFL Task Force offers findings on the effect of Paid Family Leave to date, to inform what the possible effects of expanding the PFL program would be.

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Long Overdue: Full Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners

This report serves as an update to a report titled “Full Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners Increases Access and Controls Cost”, which was released by the Economic Insititute in 2014. Through an extensive review of the literature and a quantitative analysis of three measures, this report explores how allowing nurse practitioners full scope of practice can increase access, 保持质量保健, 以及医疗行业的低成本.

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海湾地区无家可归

Until very recently, homelessness was considered the problem of individual cities and counties. 对于像旧金山湾区这样的大都市来说, 它分为9个县和101个市, this approach fails to meet the needs of an intraregionally mobile homeless population. 在这个报告中, a regional lens provides a new perspective on the homelessness crisis and offers new ways to address the problem.

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A Universal 健康 System for California: The German Model

As the Affordable Care Act’s future continues to hang in the balance, the idea of implementing some form of universal healthcare system in California or nationwide has become increasingly popular. Much of this discussion has focused on the desirability and feasibility of adopting a Canadian-style single-payer or “Medicare for All” system. 而加拿大是一个值得研究的案例, there are other models for a universal healthcare system that may make more sense for California and the U.S., achieve better outcomes, and have a more feasible path to implementation. One such example is a “Universal European 健康 System,受到俾斯麦模式的启发, 最明显的例子就是德国. This report lays out what such a model could look like if implemented in California.

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价格控制或管理竞争? 课程为加州

This report examines the ongoing, mostly state-based efforts aimed at lowering health care prices. It asks whether there are lessons California can learn from these experiments as well as limitations to importing similar practices into the state and expecting the same results. It also explores whether reinvigorating managed competition—a “made in California” alternative that tries to reduce total health care costs while improving quality of care—has the potential both to moderate prices and avoid the drawbacks of price controls.