Hospital Consolidation Continues to Boost Costs, Narrow Access, and Impact Care Quality
A Penn LDI Virtual Seminar Unpacks the Challenging Contradictions of this Continuing Trend
Research & Policy Updates
Racial Disparities in Postpartum Visits Decreased With Telehealth
Q&A with Rebecca Feldman Hamm
Innovative Post-Discharge Support System for Patients Expands to Second Penn Hospital
A Profile of Penn Nursing and LDI Researcher Margo Brooks Carthon and Her Team's THRIVE Program
The Wealth and Health Gap Between Black and White Americans
Reparation Payments May Narrow Racial Disparities
Are Skilled Nursing Facility Patients Getting the Specialty Care They Need?
New Study Finds BIPOC Patients Receive Less Subspecialty Follow-Up Care After Hospital Discharge and More Subsequent Emergency Department Care
LDI Research Blogs That Caught Your Attention in 2022
A Wide Range of Health Policy Issues Drew Interest
LDI News That Caught Your Attention in 2022
Racism and the War on Drugs, COVID-19 Vaccine Issues, and Nurses as Engineers Were Among the Most Popular
How Inadequate Hospital Staffing Continues to Burn Out Nurses and Threaten Patients
New Penn Nursing Study Finds COVID-19 Pandemic Outcomes Were Worse at Hospitals with Prior Years of Poor Staffing Policies
Examining Places Where People Experiencing Homelessness Overdose
Targeted Harm Reduction Efforts in Areas Under Construction Could Reduce Fatalities
Extreme Heat and Cold Put People with Type 2 Diabetes at Risk for Dangerous Health Conditions
Temperature Extremes Linked to Climate Change Make Lower Income People with Type 2 Diabetes Especially Prone to Bad Health Outcomes
Another Threat to Abortion Privacy? Health Websites Tracking and Sharing Your Data
Researchers Sound the Alarm