FEATURE STORIES

Photos: LDI Conference Discussed Inflation Reduction Act and More

Our recent conference discussed the complex collection of changes from the Inflation Reduction Act and their impact on drug costs and accessibility for patients.

LDI Fellow Received Distinguished Career Award

Therese Richmond received the 2023 Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.

Decreasing Availability of Nursing Home Beds

Katherine Miller, Paula Chatterjee, and Rachel M. Werner found that the number of nursing home beds relative to the population of older adults declined by almost 25% from 2011 to 2019.

LDI's Digital Editor Honored With Penn Excellence Award

Hoag Levins won a 2023 University of Pennsylvania Models of Excellence Award for his multi-media reporting and production spotlighting the work of Penn's health services researchers.

Childbirth Education Podcast Leads to Higher Birth Satisfaction

Sindhu Srinivas' research found that patients who received education on childbirth podcasts had higher birth satisfaction scores than those that didn't.

EVENTS

Research Seminar with Jessica L. Cohen

Thursday, May 25, 2023
12:00–1:00 p.m. ET

Impact of Medicaid Payment for Immediate Long-Acting Reversible Contraception on Postpartum Contraception, Birth Spacing and Infant Health

Open to Penn affiliates.

Co-sponsored with the Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy.

Policy Engagement Workshop

Thursday, June 1, 2023
12:00–1:30 p.m. ET

Open to LDI Fellows.

IN THE MEDIA

“Home Care: Medicare Panacea or Mirage?” Rachel M. Werner. Politico

“Private Equity Owns 30% Of For-Profit Hospitals, Tracker Says.” Atul Gupta. Bloomberg News

“Diversity in Medicine Can Save Lives. Here’s Why There Aren’t More Doctors of Color.” Jaya Aysola. NPR

“In an Aging America, a Looming Shortage of Home Health Care Workers.” Amanda Kreider, Rachel M. Werner. U.S. News & World Report

“Type of Insurance May Prevent Patients From Seeing a Gynecologic Oncologist.” Anna Jo Bodurtha Smith. Targeted Oncology

PUBLICATIONS

“Xylazine - Medical and Public Health Imperatives.” Rahul Gupta, David R. Holtgrave, Michael A. Ashburn. New England Journal of Medicine 

“Intersectionality As a Lens for Achieving Kidney Health Justice.” Elle Lett, Carmen H. Logie, Dinushika Mohottige. Nature Reviews Nephrology

“Precision Palliative Care as a Pragmatic Solution for a Care Delivery Problem.” Ramy Sedhom, Lawrence N. Shulman, Ravi B. Parikh. Journal of Clinical Oncology

“Ethical Considerations for Researchers Developing and Testing Minimal-Risk Devices.” Anna Wexler, Emily Largent. Nature Communications

“Patient Experience at U.S. Hospitals Following the Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act.” Courtney R. Lee, Elizabeth Taggert, Norma B. Coe, Paula Chatterjee. JAMA Network Open

One of the world’s leading university institutes, Penn LDI is guided by our mission to improve health and health care by catalyzing collaborative, multidisciplinary research that influences policy and practice.