LDI Health Economist

An eMagazine of LDI People, Research and Resources

LDI/Wharton-USC Collaborative Plays Key Role in Greece's COVID-19 Response

Team Develops Algorithm to Vet Contagion Risk of Incoming Tourists

Is The Threat of COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Getting Enough Attention?

Penn LDI Experts Weigh in on the Latest Developments - or Lack Thereof

Alison Buttenheim Appointed to NAM COVID Vaccine Committee

The Work is Focused on Developing a Framework for Vaccine Allocation

CHERISH Studies on Substance Use Treatment Economics Get New 5-Year, $8 Million Grant

Collaborative National Center Includes Scientists from Penn LDI and 3 Other Universities

Health Policy$ense Blog

Pediatric ED Utilization during COVID-19

Dramatic Decline in Visits during Pandemic

Does Access to an ICU Bed Depend on Income?

Fewer ICU Beds in Low-income Communities, Despite Greater Need

Social Determinants Among Communities Receiving Early COVID-19 Relief Funds

Tracking 'High Impact' Relief to Hospitals

LDI In The News

A Conversation with Zeke Emanuel on Policy, Politics, Covid-19 and What We Can Learn from Other Nations

Ezekiel Emanuel, Interview
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John MacDonald, Author
Another COVID Inequity: Low-Income and Rural Communities Lack Access to ICU beds, Penn Study Finds

Genevieve Kanter, Interview

LDI Research Summaries

Health Services Research

Public Insurance Expansions And Mental Health Care Availability

Movement Disorders

Visual Impairment Is More Common In Parkinson's Disease And Is A Risk Factor For Poor Health Outcomes

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Association Of An Emergency Department-Embedded Critical Care Unit With Hospital Outcomes And Intensive Care Unit Utilization

Journal of the American Heart Association

Resource Utilization In The First 2 Years Following Operative Correction For Tetralogy Of Fallot: Study Using Data From The Optum's De‐Identified Clinformatics Data Mart Insurance Claims Database

Issue & Data Briefs

What Do We Know About Health Insurance Choice?

Lessons for health care reform

Payment and Pricing Decisions in Health Care Reform

Rate setting, cost control, and public option proposals

Setting Standards for Affordable Health Care

A review of concepts to guide policymakers

Calendar

Fri Sep 25

Fri, September 25

LDI Event, COVID

Virtual Seminar: Prospects for Health Care Reform: Pandemics, Politics, and Public Opinion

A Conversation with Daniel Dawes, JD, Erika Franklin Fowler, PhD, Andy Slavitt, MBA, and Rodney Whitlock, PhD, moderated by Ezekiel Emanuel, PhD, MD, MSc

Sep. 25, 2020 12:00pm to 1:00pm

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Fri Oct 23

Fri, October 23

LDI Event, COVID

Virtual Seminar: The Financial Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Providers

A Conversation with Carmela Castellano-Garcia, JD, Rebekah Gee, MD, MPH, MS, Kevin Mahoney, MBA, DBA, and Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, moderated by Rachel Werner, MD, PhD

Oct. 23, 2020 12:00pm to 1:00pm

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News From Elsewhere

Philadelphia Inquirer

Why Internet Access is a 'Super' Determinant of Health

More Than 21 Million Live in 'Digital Deserts' Without Broadband Service
New York Times

The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus

New Federal Data Reveals a Clearer and More Complete Picture
STAT

Data Show Panic and Disorganization Dominate the Study of Covid-19 Drugs

STAT Analysis Results Released
Modern Health Care

Virus, Floyd Death Merge in Brutal Blow to Black Well-Being

Reflections From Former AMA President