Nadereh Pourat, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Adjunct Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Public Health 10960 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1550 Los Angeles, CA 90024 (310)794-2201, (310)794-0909 Fax: (310)794-2686 E-mail:

Biographical Information

Nadereh Pourat (PhD, UCLA) is an associate professor of health services at the UCLA School of Public Health. She is also a senior research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Dr. Pourat's primary research interest is in assessing the disparities in access to care of underserved population. Within this context, she has examined access issues among Asian Americans, immigrants, the low-income, and the elderly as well as access to services such as breast and cervical cancer screening and oral health care among others.
Dr. Pourat has extensive experience in design and implementation of surveys of professionals and is on the adult technical advisory committee for the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). She is currently the co-principal investigator for the DWC/UCLA Medical Access Study and is responsible for the sampling strategy, survey design, and data collection on surveys of workers' comp providers, injured workers, and payers. She is also a member of the California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP) faculty taskforce, which evaluates the cost, medical effectiveness and public health impact of benefit mandates proposed by the California legislature.

Selected Publications

Pourat, N; Lubben, J; Wallace, S; Yu, HJ. "Perceptions of Health and Utilization of Ambulatory Care: Differences Between Korean and White Elderly". Journal of Health and Aging. 12(1):112-134, 2000.

Kagawa Singer, M; Pourat, N. "Asian American and Pacific Islander Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Rates and Healthy People 2000 Objectives". Cancer. 89(3):696-705, August, 2000.

Pourat, N; Rice, T; Kominski, GF; Snyder, R. "Socioeconomic Differences in Supplemental Insurance Coverage Among Medicare Beneficiaries". Health Affairs. 19(5):186-196, October, 2000.

Pourat, N; Andersen, R; Wallace, S. "Postadmission Disparities in Nursing Home Stays of Whites and Minority Elderly". Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 12(3):352-366, 2001.

Rice, T; Snyder, RE; Kominsky, J; Pourat, N. "Who Switches from Medigap to Medicare HMOs?" Health Services Research. 37(2):273-290, April 2002.

Pourat, N; Brown, ER; Razack, N; Kassler, W. "Medicaid Managed Care and STDs: Missed Opportunities to Control the Epidemic". Health Affairs. 21(3):228-239, May/June 2002.

Chen, JY; Diamant, AL; Kagawa-Singer, M; Pourat, N; Wold, C. "Disaggregating Asian American and Pacific Islander Groups to Assess Cancer Screening in Women". American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 27(2):139-148, August 2004.

Harada, N; Pourat, N. Does Membership in Veterans' Service Organizations Influence Using the VA as the Usual Source of Care? Military Medicine, September 2004.

Pourat, N; Rice, T; Tai-Seale, M; Bolan, G ; Nihalani, J. Impact of Physician Compensation Method on Delivery of Guideline-Concordant STD Care. American Journal of Managed Care, 11:426-432, July 2005.

Chen, JY; Diamant, AL; Pourat, N; Kagawa-Singer, M. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Preventive Services among the Elderly. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 29(5):388-95, December 2005.

Pourat, N; Kagawa-Singer, M; Wallace, S. "Are Managed care Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions Satisfied with Their Care?" Journal of Aging and Health, 18(1):70-90, February 2006.

Kominski, J; Ripps, J; Laugesen, M; Cosway, R; Pourat, N. The California Cost and Coverage Model: An Analytic Tool for Examining the Financial Impacts of Benefit Mandates. Forthcoming in Health Services Research, 41(3 Pt 2):1027-44, June 2006.

Halpin, H; McMenamin, S; Pourat, N; Yelin, E. An Analysis of California Assembly Bill 2185: Mandating Coverage of Pediatric Asthma Self- Management Training and Education. Health Services Research, 41(3 Pt 2):1061-80, June 2006.