Penn CICADA Initiative Names Three Researchers for 2019-2020 Cohort
What's Happening at Skilled Nursing Facilities on Day 20?
There’s something unusual happening on patients’ 20th day in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).
Contributors to Post-injury Mental Health in Urban Black Men with Serious Injuries
Factors over the life course affect the mental health of urban black men with serious injuries. Childhood adversity, pre-injury physical and mental health conditions, and intentional injury (violence) are risk factors for post-injury depression and posttraumatic stress. Clinicians should expand assessment beyond the acute injury event to identify those patients at risk for poor mental health outcomes.
Making History at LDI: An Interview with Rachel Werner
CMS Minority Health Office Chief Lauds Penn's Shreya Kangovi
STRUGGLING TO ESCAPE POOR HEALTH: 120 Years of Health Disparities Reports
Penn SUMR Undergrad Minority Research Pipeline Program Turns 20
Health Affairs Journal Convenes Own National Council on Spending and Value
How the U.S. Military Has Minimized Racial Health Care Disparities
Twelve Penn Researchers Receive 2019 LDI Pilot Grants
New Penn Research Center Focuses on Elder Health Care
David Shulkin Looks Back on His Tenure as Veterans Affairs Secretary
Reimagining Care to Support Families and Workers
At some point in our lives, each of us will need care, or be asked to provide or arrange care for a loved one. Historically, we have relied on unpaid or poorly paid labor, largely delivered by women and minorities, to fill these needs; however, current arrangements are neither fair nor feasible.
What Does It Mean To Make Health Care “Affordable”?
Health care “affordability” is a top concern for most Americans, but it means different things to different people. Affordability can be examined as an economic concept, a policy threshold, or through the decisions made by individuals and families.
Supply of Primary Care Providers and Appointment Availability for Philadelphia's Medicaid Population
Supply of Primary Care Providers and Appointment Availability for Philadelphia's Medicaid Population
This brief analyzes the supply of primary care providers serving the Medicaid population in Philadelphia, and the geographic variability of this measure across the city. It also examines important measures of access – appointment availability and wait time for an initial appointment – that highlight challenges faced by Medicaid patients.