California Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development

"Trends in the Hospitalization of Persons Living with HIV Infection and AIDS in California, 1988 to 2008" is another report in a continuing series of OSHPD Health Facts reporting on the quality and safety of healthcare in California. Utilizing OSHPD's hospital patient discharge data, this brief assesses trends in the number of people infected with HIV/AIDS, their hospitalization rate, how their treatment was paid for, and their risk for dying in the hospital.

“Trends in Bariatric Surgery in California Hospitals, 2005-2009” is another report in a continuing series of OSHPD Health Facts reporting on the quality and safety of healthcare in California. Utilizing OSHPD’s hospital patient discharge data, this brief examines hospitalization data for the five main types of bariatric surgery and examines trends in the types of people getting surgery, the safety of the procedures, and the number of surgeries performed at individual hospitals during these years.

Follow us to get updates on the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program (STLRP) and other scholarship and loan repayment programs that are offered.

The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development released its “California Report on Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery, 2007-2008 Hospital & Surgeon Data,” showing a continuing decline in operative mortality at the 122 state licensed California hospitals where 279 surgeons performed nearly 14,000 uncomplicated or “isolated” heart bypass surgeries.

OSHPD now has a list server to broadcast updates about programs and services. Sign up for updates and announcements to be informed via e-mail of the latest news.

Hospital Volume and Utilization Indicators for California, 2008 and 2009, provides the counts of admissions (volume) for 6 procedures where there is evidence suggesting that hospitals performing more of these procedures have better outcomes. It also provides hospital rates of use (utilization) for 5 other procedures for which questions have been raised about overuse, underuse, or misuse.

These reports provide seismic compliance status information for Acute Care Hospitals that have SPC-1 Buildings.

"Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare in California" compares access to and quality of healthcare provided in hospitals, and other medical settings for California's racial and ethnic populations, and presents trends from 1999 to 2007, using more than 30 measures of healthcare access and quality.

Hospital Inpatient Mortality Indicators for California, 2008 and 2009, compare the quality of care of California hospitals on their mortality rates for 6 procedures and 6 conditions including brain surgery, stroke, hip fracture, and pneumonia. The indicators are risk-adjusted, taking into account patients' pre-existing health problems to "level the field" and allow fair comparisons among hospitals.

"Preventable Hospitalizations in California: Statewide & County Trends 1999-2008" provides state and county level hospital admission rates for 14 health conditions. These are conditions for which quality outpatient care or early intervention can potentially prevent hospitalization or complications leading to a more severe illness.

The Health Professions Education Program Search Tool is a new application that allows users to identify schools that offer health education/training programs in California. The tool's core capability is to depict health educational opportunities on a map and in a listing. This tool increases the opportunity for students, parents, and others to personally research health professions, related training locations, and resources.

The Complete Set of Hospital Annual Financial data is now available on-line in Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 formats for the most recent reporting years. These files contain all data fields in the OSHPD Hospital Annual Financial Disclosure Report, which is submitted by all hospitals licensed by the State of California. The information reported includes utilization data (beds, days, and discharges), financial statements (balance sheet and income statement), revenues by payer, expenses by natural classification, and payroll data by employee classification. Individual hospital financial disclosure reports are available for download in .pdf format, beginning with 2002.

The next generation of the California Healthcare Atlas (Atlas) is now available. The Atlas is a modern tool that allows users to access more than 80 million health data records, create reports and customize maps in one easy-to-use application available to anyone with a Web browser. Within an instant key stakeholders and the public can locate OSHPD patient, financial, facility and geographical information. Additionally, users can locate more than 6800 health facilities, retrieve shortage area demographics, find shortage area designations, or download inpatient summaries. This second generation of Atlas provides a faster user experience that offers more mapping capabilities in an easier-to-access format.

OSHPD's new Health Care Reform page features information on California's Health Care Reform Workforce Workgroup activities and other Health Care Reform updates including: funding opportunities, meeting announcements, and resource listings. The Website also contains a place for individuals to subscribe to receive regular updates on the Workgroup's activities.

This Web-based report provides a closer examination of some of the trends in utilization and financing from long-term care (LTC) facilities from 2003-2007 in order to provide a better understanding of this facet of the healthcare system. Long-Term Care (LTC) generally refers to a variety of health and human services programs for persons with physical or mental conditions who need care for an extended period of time. OSHPD collects, reports, and publishes Annual Utilization and Annual Financial Disclosure data on LTC facilities licensed by the California Department of Public Health. Long-Term care services can be delivered in a variety of settings ranging from homes, to certain outpatient or day care facilities, to residential care homes, and ultimately to skilled nursing facilities. This report's data focuses on three types of LTC facilities - Skilled Nursing Facilities (Freestanding), Intermediate Care Facilities, and Congregate Living Facilities.

"Readmissions to California Hospitals, 2005 to 2006" is the third in OSHPD's Health Facts series reporting on healthcare in California. Using OSHPD's hospital patient discharge data, the brief profiles readmissions among California hospital patients first admitted to the hospital in 2005. More than one-third of the 1.7 million patients had at least one readmission during the 365 days following discharge. The brief covers patterns in readmissions related to patient age, race and ethnicity; who is paying for the hospital care; the patients' diagnosis at first admission to the hospital and where in the state the hospitalization occurs. Additionally, the brief shows how much readmissions add to the total bill for Medicare, Medi-Cal and other payers.

Senate Bill 1953 (SB 1953) requires hospitals that have buildings that are considered hazardous and at risk of collapse or significant loss of life in the event of an earthquake or other natural disaster must be replaced or retrofitted to higher seismic safety standards by 2013, or later with an approved extension. A slide presentation of OSHPD's testimony on Hospital Seismic Safety before the California Senate Health Committee on February 17, 2010 is now available at the above links.