For-Profit Hospitals Invest Less in Nursing Services
As States Consider Reforms, Study Finds Sharp Disparities in Staffing and Safety Between For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Hospitals
Research & Policy Updates
Better Care at Home: Family Plus Formal Help Makes a Difference
Economist Norma Coe’s Caregiving For Relatives Informed Her Research
Parents of Hospitalized Infants Often Neglect Their Own Health Care
A Pilot Study Finds Doulas and Midwives in the NICU Helped Parents Get Needed Care Faster
Chart of the Day: NIH Funding Has Stalled Since 2003
The Inflation-Adjusted NIH Budget is Lower in 2024 Than It Was at Its 2003 Peak
Chart of the Day: Longer Prescriptions Could Equalize All Patients’ Medication Supply
A Simple Change to Clinicians' Prescribing System Reduced Prescription Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, Insurance Type, and Income
Medicare’s New Drug Spending Cap Will Likely Help Few Seniors
Many With High Drug Costs Have Supplemental Coverage and Won’t Reach the $2,000 Out-of-Pocket Cap, a New LDI Study Finds
Chart of the Day: Home Health Care Use Rose Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia Until the Pandemic
The Decline Since 2020 May Signal Gaps in Service and Access
How State Medicaid Choices Eased Children’s Coverage Loss After COVID-19
New Research Shows That Continuous Eligibility and Streamlined CHIP Structures Helped Protect Kids During the “Unwinding”
Medicaid Cuts Will Imperil Many Sick Recipients
Those on Medicaid and Medicare Will Die at Higher Rates If They Lose Low-Cost Drug Coverage, New LDI Study Shows
Six Policy Actions to Help Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees Get Better Care
LDI Fellows Outline a Path Forward Based on Lessons From the Last Decade
Chart of the Day: Political Outlook Drives Trust in the Use of Digital Health Data by Health Agencies After COVID
Conservatives Show Less Trust in the Use of Digital Health Data by CDC, NIH, While Liberals’ Distrust of Tech Firms Rises
AI in Health Care and the FDA’s Blind Spot
A Novel Study Shows That Large Language Models Act Like Medical Devices in Clinical Care Scenarios