FEATURE STORIES

Care After Hospital Stays Remains Common for Medicare Recipients

Robert Burke and Rachel M. Werner analyzed data from 27 million Medicare beneficiaries and found that regardless of Medicare type, patients used more skilled nursing facilities than home health care after hospital discharge.

Maternal Well-Being for Infant and Community Health

Daria Murosko and colleagues analyzed community-level factors that make mothers vulnerable to poor health and determined the impact of these factors on infant mortality.

Build or Buy: Five Key Strategies for Health Care Technology Decisions

Kevin B. Mahoney and Raina Merchant offered insights to health care leaders on the decision-making process between creating tailored solutions and selecting pre-designed options for their health systems.

Boost Employment for People With Disabilities

Atheendar Venkataramani and fellow researchers found that employment and labor force participation rose immediately after two states repealed part of a 1938 law that allowed people with disabilities to be paid less than minimum wage.

Many Medicare Recipients Are One Hospital Visit Away From Poverty

Research by Paula Chatterjee and Eric T. Roberts showed that many Medicare beneficiaries with low-to-modest incomes would face financial hardship from just one hospital stay. 

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Penn LDI Undergraduate Training Programs

Applications are now open for the Summer Undergraduate Minority Research (SUMR) Program, and for the Get Experience in Aging Research Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP). Applications for both programs are due February 3, 2025.

EVENT RECAP

Boosting Health Through Economic Policy: Increasing Income and Wealth

At our recent seminar, a panel of experts discussed how guaranteed income programs might enhance stability and health for low-income groups.

Co-hosted series with the Opportunity for Health Lab

 UPCOMING EVENTS

Integrating Care for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries

Friday, December 6, 2024
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. ET

A Conversation with Aisha Adkins, MPA, CNP, Toyin Ajayi, MD, MPhil, Matthew Behrens, MPA, and Melanie Bella, MBA. Moderated by Rachel M. Werner, MD, PhD.

Virtual event open to the public

IN THE MEDIA

“Harris' Elder Care Plan Would Help Gen X Through Sandwich Years.” Rachel M. Werner. Bloomberg

“Obesity May Raise Risk of Long COVID in Youth.” Yong Chen. MedPage Today

“Penn's Hit-and-Run Shows It's Time for Violence Against ER Nurses and Doctors to Stop.” Anish K. Agarwal, K. Jane Muir. Philadelphia Inquirer

“Trying To Quantify Everything is Hurting Our Decisions.” Katherine Milkman, PhD. Bloomberg

“Why You Should Change Your Exercise Routine - and How to Do It.” J. Margo Brooks Carthon. MSN

PUBLICATIONS

“Leading a Healthcare Organization During a Period of Social Change: A Qualitative Study of Chief Executive Officers.” Kerry K. Meltzer, Zoe Bouchelle, Jaideep S. Grewal, Kevin B. Mahoney, David T. Grande. Journal of General Internal Medicine

“Building A Longitudinal Community Supports Model.” Kathleen Noonan, Mary D. Naylor. Health Affairs

“Racial Disparities in Receipt of Guideline-Concordant Care in Older Adults With Early Breast Cancer.” Brenda S. Castillo, Taussia Boadi, Xiaoyan Han, Lawrence N. Shulman, Yehoda M. Martei. JAMA Open Network

“Acceptability, Facilitators, and Barriers to a Hypothetical HIV Vaccine in the Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Era.” Aaron Richterman, Caroline O'Brien, Fatemeh Ghadimi, Elijah Sumners, Andre Ford, Nafisah Houston, Sebrina Tate, Nancy Aitcheson, Hervette Nkwihoreze, John B. Jemott, Florence Momplaisir. AIDS Care

“Firearm-Related Hospitalizations and Newly Acquired Morbidities in Children and Adolescents: A Nationally Representative Study.” Rebecca Chae, Laura Bricklin, Anireddy R. Reddy, Charlotte Z. Woods-Hill, Garrett Keim, Nadir Yehya. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 

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