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Health Care Access & Coverage | Health Equity

Why Are There Disparities in Enrollment in Medicare Advantage?

Fewer High-Quality Plans Are Offered to Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
May 5, 2022

Blog Post

When They Can’t Buy Flavored Tobacco, Kids Are Less Likely to Smoke or Vape

Comparing Studies on the Effect of Flavored Tobacco Bans in San Francisco and Oakland

By:
  • Andy Tan, PhD, MPH
  • Jonathan Winickoff, MD, MPH, and Jessica Liu, MPH
May 3, 2022

News

Population Health

Why U.S. Emergency Preparedness Is Unlikely to Improve After Pandemic

Former CDC Director Talks Realpolitik at Penn LDI Health Policy Retreat

By:
  • Hoag Levins
May 2, 2022

News

2022 Health Policy Retreat Returns Penn LDI to In-Person Events

Presenter Panels Focus on Older Adult Care, Health Equity and Health Care Innovations

By:
  • Hoag Levins
May 2, 2022
Hospital corridor.

Blog Post

Population Health

When Health Care and Law Enforcement Overlap

Ideas From a Symposium of Stakeholders

By:
  • Sara Jacoby, PhD, MPH
  • Elinore J. Kaufman, MD, MSHP
  • Utsha Khatri, MD, MSHP, Erin Hall, MD, MPH, Millie Shepherd, and Michael Smith
May 2, 2022

Blog Post

Additional Remote Support Helps Patients Undergoing Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder

Smartphone App Produces Similar Reductions in Heavy Drinking as Telephone Monitoring and Counseling

By:
  • Christine Weeks
May 2, 2022

News

David Asch Wins 2022 Ken Shine Health Leadership Award

LDI Senior Fellow Honored for Work as Head of Penn Medicine Center for Health Care Innovation

By:
  • Hoag Levins
April 28, 2022

Blog Post

Improving Care for Older Adults

Advance Directives May Inadvertently Harm Advance Care Planning

Patients “Set and Forget” Advance Directives, Leaving Family and Clinicians in the Dark and Advance Care Plans Incomplete

By:
  • Catherine (Katie) Auriemma, MD, MSHP
April 26, 2022

News | Video

Health Equity

A Tangled and Tenacious Challenge: Structural Racism in Medicaid

A Penn LDI Virtual Panel of Four Top Experts Explores the Issues

By:
  • Hoag Levins
April 26, 2022

News

Health Equity

How Spirituality, Language, and Culture Influence Social Determinants of Health

Two Penn LDI Senior Fellows Co-Edit Special Journal Edition

By:
  • Hoag Levins
April 25, 2022

Blog Post

Health Equity

What Drives Racial Disparities in Emergency Room Treatment of Agitation?

Hospitals Serving More Black Patients Use Sedatives More Often

By:
  • Ari B. Friedman, MD, PhD
  • and Utsha Khatri, MD, MSHP
April 22, 2022
igure 1. Share of minimally invasive procedures by physician relative skill from 2012 to 2015.

Blog Post

Chart of the Day: Information, Relative Skill, and Technology Abandonment

Oncologists’ Reactions to an FDA Warning Discouraging Minimally Invasive Hysterectomies Show Skill Differences Can Prevent the Translation of Evidence into Practice

By:
  • Guy David, PhD
April 21, 2022

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