In a Q&A, Ashish Thakrar discussed his study about several barriers that keep patients from receiving long-term methadone treatment for opioid addiction.
Research by Alexander Moffett, Scott Halpern, and Gary Weissman found that using race-neutral lung function testing led to greater identification of illness in Black patients.
Check out our list of books that LDI Senior Fellows have recently written on topics such as Medicare reform, pharmacy benefit managers, prisons, and more.
PENN LDI AT ACADEMYHEALTH 2023
80 LDI Fellows are presenting their research at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 24-27 in Seattle, WA. Browse our day-by-day Fellow presentation schedule, and be sure to stop by the LDI booth #300 in the conference exhibitor hall.
“Dear Future Mayor: In the Fight Against Opioids, Be Bold.” Margaret Lowenstein, Shoshana Aronowitz.Philadelphia Inquirer
“ChatGPT’s Responses to Suicide, Addiction, Sexual Assault Crises Raise Questions in New Study.” David Asch.CNN
“Bad Air Quality Poses a Particular Risk to Children With Asthma. In Unequal Philly, Those Kids Are Mostly Black and Hispanic.” Tyra Bryant-Stephens.Philadelphia Inquirer
PUBLICATIONS
“Continuous Eligibility And Coverage Policies Expanded Children's Medicaid Enrollment.” Aditi Vasan, Chén C. Kenyon, Alexander G. Fiks, Atheendar S. Venkataramani.Health Affairs
“Stakeholder Perspectives on Minimum Clinically Important Difference and Noninferiority Margin for Hospital-Free Days to Assess Interventions.” Catherine L. Auriemma, Maayra I. Butt, Jasmine A. Silvestri, Scott D. Halpern, Katherine R. Courtright. JAMA Internal Medicine
“Ethical Responsibilities for Companies That Process Personal Data.” Matthew S. McCoy, Anita L. Allen, Katharina Kopp, Michelle M. Mello, D.J. Patil et al.American Journal of Bioethics
“Considering the Whole Person in Hospital Admission Decisions for Older Adults in the Emergency Department.” Austin S. Kilaru, Ari B. Friedman, Mucio Kit Delgado.JAMA Internal Medicine
“Considering Tomorrow's Patients in Today's Drug Approvals.” Holly Fernandez Lynch, Emily Largent. BMJ
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