Analysis of the Rural Health Transformation Program
Memo: Response to Request for Analysis
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We connect researchers from across the University of Pennsylvania with a common mission: to improve health and health care by catalyzing collaborative, multidisciplinary research that influences policy and practice.
Featured Research Updates
Our work addresses some of the most pressing health and health care challenges facing our nation today.
Reforming Long-Term Care Policy
Lessons from the Past, Imperatives for the Future
Inside ICE Detention: Many Facilities Operated Without Qualified Health Staff
A New Study of a Sample of Facilities Found Half Without Any Behavioral Health Staff
New National Study Finds Doctors Paid Less for Treating Black and Hispanic Patients
Physicians Were Paid About 10% Less for Visits Involving Black and Hispanic Patients, With Pediatric Gaps Reaching 15%, According to a First-of-Its-Kind LDI Analysis
Hospital Mergers Don’t Make Care Better—They Just Make It Pricier, LDI Fellows Say
A New Review Finds Hospital Mergers Raise Prices Without Improving Care, and Urges Regulators to Stop Accepting Quality Claims to Justify Consolidations
The Moral Quandary of Tech-Enabled Caregiving
Technology Helps Older Adults Stay at Home—But May Delay Necessary Transitions to Higher Levels of Care
Upcoming Events
In-Person Event
LDI Fellows Workshop: Using Large Language Models (LLMs) for Health Services Research, Part 2
Open only to LDI Fellows
Virtual Event
Financing Long-Term Care: Public vs. Private Solutions
A Conversation with Richard G. Frank, PhD, Narda Ipakchi, MBA, and R. Tamara Konetzka, PhD, moderated by Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD
Our Experts
Our 500+ Fellows are national experts and thought leaders who bridge all of Penn’s schools, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Cassie Houtz, PhD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genetics and Genomics , Perelman School of Medicine
Courtney Benjamin Wolk, PhD
- Associate Professor, Psychiatry , Perelman School of Medicine
Matthew McCoy, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Medical Ethics and Health Policy , Perelman School of Medicine
Stephanie Mayne, PhD, MHS
- Assistant Professor, Pediatrics , Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Se Hee Min, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
Diane Alexander, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Healthcare Management , Wharton School
Cynthia Chude
- PhD Student, Health Care Management and Economics , Wharton School
Kiersten McCartney, DPT, PhD
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation , Perelman School of Medicine
What We Do
As Penn’s hub for health care delivery, health policy, and population health, we connect and amplify over 500 Fellows across the University, and train the next generation of researchers.
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$160M+
Awarded in External Grant Funding
11,300+
Journal Articles Published (2020–2024)
$400K+
Awarded in Research Grants from LDI