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Chart of the Day: Longer Prescriptions Could Equalize All Patients’ Medication Supply
A Simple Change to Clinicians' Prescribing System Reduced Prescription Disparities by Race, Ethnicity, Insurance Type, and Income

Opioid Disposal Kits May Help Patients Dispose of Unneeded Painkillers
Pain Is Hard to Predict, and a Cheap Disposal Kit Offers a Solution

A Special Medicaid Program To Speed Eligibility Still Leaves Delays in Care
Some Who Get Medicaid When Injured Have Longer Hospital Stays and Higher Costs, LDI Fellow’s Study Finds

Kit Delgado Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation
One of Only a Few Emergency Physicians Ever Inducted into ASCI

LDI Research and Analysis That Caught Your Attention in 2024
Topics of Interest Included Insights About Health Disparities and Implications of Health Policies

Report from the 2024 Penn Nudges in Health Care Symposium
The Sixth Annual National Gathering Draws Nearly 200 Experts from 29 Institutions
One-Third of U.S. Firearm Injuries in 2019 and 2020 Were Fatal
First-of-Its-Kind National Analysis Shows Racial and Geographic Disparities

Emergency Care Can Help Patients Get Health Insurance and Unclaimed Benefits for Food, Rent, and More
People Miss Out on Housing, Utility Payments, and Tax Credits. They Also Need Better Links to Primary Care, LDI Studies Find

Chart of the Day: Rise in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Leaving Hospital Prematurely
Untreated Withdrawal May Be the Cause, Researchers Say

Surgeons Are Closer to Predicting Which Patients Need Post-Surgery Opioids—and Which Ones Don’t
Prescribing by Pain Level, Age, and Previous Use May Reduce Excess Pills

Report from the 2023 Penn Medicine Nudges in Health Care Symposium
Nudge Science at the Crossroads and the Obstacles it Faces