Improving Care for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency
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Research & Policy Updates
New Index Reveals Unequal Access to 40 Common Hospital Procedures
From Skin Grafts to Cesareans, a New Tool Measures Regional Availability of Surgeries to Help Decision Makers Track the Impact of Policies to Increase Equitable Access
5 Takeaways from the Evidence on Sweetened Beverage Taxes
Sweetened Drink Sales and Even Weight Fell in Places That Adopted Taxes, Research Shows
Can Mandatory Value-Based Payment Models Improve Health Equity?
LDI Fellows Find the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model Narrowed Disparities in Complications for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries
A Preterm Birth Study by LDI Fellows Supports Newly Instituted Changes to Racial and Ethnic Categorizations by a Key U.S. Agency
The Changes Aim to Better Capture Peoples’ True Identities on Birth Certificates
LDI Senior Fellow Andy Tan Seeks to Undo the Damage the Tobacco Industry Causes in the LGBTQ+ Community
Using Messages Tailored for LGBTQ+ People Who Smoke, Tan and Colleagues Aim to Reduce Their Tobacco Use
We Need to Understand Dobbs’ Impacts on Abortions – But Can Existing Data Help?
Challenges and Opportunities to Using Insurance Data to Analyze Abortion Care
Chart of the Day: More U.S. Patients Use Acupuncture for Low Back Pain, But it Remains Rare
Penn LDI Study Examines Insurance Claims to Learn More about Patients Who Get Acupuncture
Congress Extends More Telehealth Care Just Before the 2024 Holidays
But Many Services Were Only Extended Until March 2025
A Dedicated Effort to Reduce Black Birth Complications Yields Results
LDI Fellows Find a Coordinated Systematic Intervention Improved Black Maternal Health Outcomes
LDI Research and Analysis That Caught Your Attention in 2024
Topics of Interest Included Insights About Health Disparities and Implications of Health Policies
Patients Do Better When Care Teams Collaborate
But Professionals Must Learn from Each Other to Bond as a Team