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Health Equity

An Outdated Federal Law Bars Inmates from Medicaid After Release. A Recent Effort to Fix That Failed.

Why Plugging That Gap Would Save Lives and Money

By:
  • Jason Schnittker, PhD
March 20, 2023

News

Health Equity

Underfunded Public Health Systems Still a Concern as Pandemic Fades

Former Top Michigan Health Official Featured at Annual Penn LDI Charles C. Leighton Memorial Lecture

By:
  • Hoag Levins
March 20, 2023
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Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

What Makes an Innovative Academic Medical Center?

Penn Researchers and Leader Describe Key Activities and Factors

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
March 17, 2023

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Chart of the Day: The Financial Cost of Complications From Preterm Birth

As Birth Complications Increase, Total Costs Do as Well

By:
  • Kaday Kamara, MPH
March 13, 2023

News | Video

Health Care Access & Coverage

The Effect of Private Equity Investment in Health Care

A Penn LDI Virtual Seminar Brings Together Top Financial and Health Care Experts

By:
  • Hoag Levins
March 10, 2023

News

Population Health

Justin Bekelman Named to NAM National Cancer Policy Forum

LDI Senior Fellow is a Leading Authority in Cancer Care Innovation

By:
  • Hoag Levins
March 8, 2023

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

What Keeps Patients With Cancer From Using Financial Assistance Programs?

Barriers Include Perceptions of Eligibility, Fear of Consequences, and Being Overwhelmed, Interviews Show

By:
  • Meredith Doherty, PhD, LCSW
  • and Jessica L. Jacoby
March 8, 2023

Blog Post

Health Equity

What Drives Transplant Waitlisting Disparities?

Q&A on a Psychosocial Screening System and its Impact on Racial Minorities

By:
  • Dominic Weiss
March 7, 2023

News

Improving Care for Older Adults

Penn LDI William Kissick Policy Research Award Winner Announced

LDI Associate Fellow Zachary Templeton Cited for Nursing Home Paper

By:
  • Hoag Levins
March 7, 2023
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Blog Post

Health Equity

Increasing the Diversity of Clinical Research Participants 

Building Trust is Key to Recruiting Underrepresented Groups  

By:
  • Nancy Stedman
March 6, 2023

News

Health Equity

Reviewing The Flaws of U.S. Prisons and Jails’ Health Care System

Emily Wang of Yale's Health Justice Lab Keynotes LDI 2023 Samuel Martin Lecture

By:
  • Hoag Levins
March 6, 2023

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Hospital Privatization Increases Profits, at What Cost?

New Study Finds Privatized Hospitals Serve Fewer Patients — Particularly Those on Medicaid — Than Public Hospitals

By:
  • Jen Fisher Wilson
March 2, 2023

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