The Legislature required the Controller to contract with actuaries for California's first valuation of unfunded state retiree health liabilities. reported that the state's estimated unfunded liabilities total $48 billion. This report answers key questions concerning the valuation and identifies actions the Legislature could take to address the state's liabilities. Analyst's Office (LAO) is a no...

Resumo Objetivo Verificar como se expressa a cultura da Segurança do Paciente na visão de profissionais Atenção Primária à Saúde, partir análise produções científicas que aplicaram o instrumento Medical Office Survey on Patient Culture. Métodos Revisão integrativa, elaborada com base metodologia scoping review, busca em banco dados online Biblioteca Virtual Web of Science, PubMed®, Cummulative ...

Given the highly political nature of abortion in the United States, the provision of medical abortion with mifepristone (Mifeprex®) and misoprostol has always occurred under a unique set of circumstances. The Food and Drug Administration-approved regimen requires clinicians to administer the mifepristone in the office and also requires women to return to the office for the misoprostol. In the U...

Most research on adults with chronic conditions focuses on a single disease or condition, such as hypertension or diabetes, rather than on multiple chronic conditions (MCC). Our study's objective was to compare physician office visits by adults with MCC with visits by adults without MCC, by selected patient demographic characteristics. We also identified the most prevalent dyads and triads of c...