Penn LDI – Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics

LDI Senior Fellow and director of the Center for Health Incentives Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, was featured in an NPR radio report  McDonald's new plan to lower the calorie count of childrens' Happy Meals. Volpp suggested the move was a positive one but noted a study showing that when similar health…

While the fear of Alzheimer's remains high in the U.S., denial about the disease is lessening, says LDI Senior Fellow Jason Karlawish, MD. "People understand that the value of a physician visit is not simply to write prescriptions for memory pills but to help a patient and family make sense of…

A new analysis of health reform polls throughout 2010 finds that public support for health reform was broader and more consistent than portrayed in the mainstream media and political party announcements at that time. That's according to a new study by LDI Senior Fellows David Grande and David A. Asch published…

A new study led by LDI Senior Fellow Scott Halpern has found doctors and nurses who treat the critically ill reluctant to consider cutting back care for the dying. Featured in a report on WHYY, the study explores an issue that is a major point of contention in the current…

Born with severe physical impairments, trapped in a body cast for much of her teens, ridiculed by her classmates and given little hope of achieving anything beyond high school, LDI Senior Fellow Margaret Stineman proved them all wrong. Now a physician, professor, artist and nationally renowned health care data management visionary,…