Kevin Jenkins interviewed Black veterans seeking treatment for chronic kidney disease in a VA renal clinic and found that they regularly encounter racism, causing them additional emotional and physical stress.
Jeanmarie Perrone testified at the Pennsylvania House Health Committee's public hearing on opioids and advocated for the need to expand low-barrier treatment access and harm reduction strategies.
Meghan Lane-Fall presented the first annual J. Sanford "Sandy" Schwartz Memorial Grand Rounds, focused on the importance of generating equitable evidence for implementation science.
Research by Bob Burke revealed that while the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Program rewarded SNFs that were already performing well, only a handful that performed poorly at the beginning of the program improved enough to avoid a penalty.
A study by Guy David reveals that, after an FDA warning about minimally invasive hysterectomies, oncologists who were more skilled in performing the procedure were far less likely to abandon it compared to those who were less skilled.
During our Penn Alumni Weekend event, a panel of experts discussed digital health care delivery during the pandemic, and challenges and opportunities for its future.
PENN LDI AT ACADEMYHEALTH 2022
Many Penn LDI Fellows are presenting their research at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, June 4-7 in Washington, D.C. Browse a day-by-day Fellow presentation schedule on our website, and be sure to stop by the LDI booth #218 in the conference exhibitor hall.
“A Shortage of Health Aides Is Forcing Out Those Who Wish To Get Care at Home.” Rachel M. Werner. NPR
“GoFundMe Medical Campaigns Reveal a Big Problem With Health Care.” Jules Lipoff. The Hill
“Abortion Patients Have a Limited Privacy Shield: HIPAA Explained.” Allison Hoffman. Bloomberg Law
“Zeke Emanuel Has an Rx for Pharmacies.” Ezekiel Emanuel.Politico
“How Big is the Latest U.S. Coronavirus Wave? No One Really Knows.” David Rubin. The Washington Post
PUBLICATIONS
“Reforming Nursing Home Financing, Payment, and Oversight.” Rachel M. Werner, R. Tamara Konetzka, David C. Grabowski, David G. Stevenson. New England Journal of Medicine
“Remote Monitoring and Behavioral Economics in Managing Heart Failure in Patients Discharged From the Hospital: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” David A. Asch, Andrea B. Troxel, Lee R. Goldberg, Monique S. Tanna, Shivan J. Mehta, et al. JAMA Internal Medicine
“Price Indices and the Value of Innovation with Heterogenous Patients.” Claudio Lucarelli, Sean Nicholson, Nicholas Tilipman. Journal of Health Economics
“Effect of Mailing an At-home Disposal Kit on Unused Opioid Disposal After Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” Anish K. Agarwal, Daniel Lee, Zarina Ali, Yaxin Wu, Mary Cognilio et al. JAMA Network Open
“Patient Demographics and Clinical Characteristics Influence Opioid and Nonopioid Pain Management Prescriptions of Primary Care NPs, PAs, and MDs.” Jacqueline Nikpour, Marion Broome, Susan Silva, Kelli D. Allen. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
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.
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 3641 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
