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Population Health

Heart Failure Patients May Get Sicker When the Rent Is Too High

Cheaper Housing Could be a Way to Lower Hospitalizations Among Medicaid Patients with Heart Failure

By:
  • Joniqua Ceasar MD
  • Sameed Khatana, MD, MPH
January 16, 2026
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Blog Post

The MISSION Act Gave Veterans More Choice but Raised Risks for Heart Care, LDI Fellows’ Study Finds

The 2018 MISSION Act Cut Travel Times for Veterans Needing Major Heart Procedures but That Came With More Complications in VA Community Care

By:
  • Joanna Kim, MPH
October 1, 2025
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Blog Post

Health Equity

Penn LDI Researchers Warn of Rising Cardiac Deaths in Prisons

Study Finds Major Gaps in Cardiac Care Behind Bars

By:
  • Julia Hinckley, JD
September 8, 2025

Blog Post

Health Equity

Why Cardiologists May Hesitate to Give Essential Care to Sicker Patients

Black, Older, Female, and Higher-Risk Patients are Most Affected

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
April 17, 2025

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Here are the Most Lucrative Heart Procedures for Hospitals

Chart of the Day: The Big Moneymaker is a Common Cardiac Surgery, Study by LDI Fellows Finds

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
February 12, 2025

Blog Post

Health Equity

New Index Reveals Unequal Access to 40 Common Hospital Procedures

From Skin Grafts to Cesareans, a New Tool Measures Regional Availability of Surgeries to Help Decision Makers Track the Impact of Policies to Increase Equitable Access

By:
  • Chris Tachibana, PhD, MS
January 29, 2025

Blog Post

Population Health

Why Deaths Are Likely to Rise from Hotter Weather Due to Climate Change

LDI Study Highlights Rising Heat’s Impact on Mortality

By:
  • Mackenzie Bolas
October 16, 2024

Blog Post

Health Care Access & Coverage

Expanded Medicaid Spurs Patient Visits for Heart Care

Study Reveals How the Affordable Care Act Has Helped Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes

By:
  • Jen Fisher Wilson
January 25, 2024

Blog Post

Population Health

Watch: Study Links Climate Change to a Large Rise in Heart-Related Deaths in the U.S.

Extreme Heat Will Likely Harm Black People and the Elderly the Most, LDI Researchers Find 

By:
  • Mackenzie Bolas
November 9, 2023

In The Media tctMD

Even in Big Cities, There Are Barriers to TAVI Access

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Ashwin Nathan, MD, MSHP
November 17, 2021

In The Media Healio

New TAVR Centers Disproportionately Surfacing in Wealthier Metropolitan Areas

Interview

Featured Fellow:
  • Ashwin Nathan, MD, MSHP
October 27, 2021

Health Care Access & Coverage | Health Equity

Geographic Disparities in Lower Extremity Amputation Rates

Highest Rates Associated with Poor and Black ZIP Codes

By:
  • Alexander Craig Fanaroff, MD, MHS
October 6, 2021

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