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Loss of Medicare Part D subsidy linked to higher mortality among low-income older adults

Loss of Medicare Part D subsidy linked to higher mortality among low-income older adults

A new Penn Medicine study reveals that losing Medicaid coverage saw mortality rates jump between 4 and 22 percent.

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Study suggests parents of preterm infants miss more postpartum care

Study suggests parents of preterm infants miss more postpartum care

Researchers from the Leonard Davis Institute have investigated whether the intensive focus on neonatal care for preterm infants may come at the expense of critical maternal follow-up, and recommend integrating maternal health care into the NICU.

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Many Medicare beneficiaries are one hospital visit away from poverty

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Many Medicare beneficiaries are one hospital visit away from poverty

A new Penn LDI fellows’ study finds that the out-of-pocket costs of hospitalization may be too costly for older adults of modest incomes.

Why deaths are likely to rise from hotter weather due to climate change

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Why deaths are likely to rise from hotter weather due to climate change

A new study from Penn LDI senior fellows and colleagues seeks to understand the pressing implications of climate change on mortality in the U.S.

Emergency care can help patients get health insurance and unclaimed benefits for food, rent

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Emergency care can help patients get health insurance and unclaimed benefits for food, rent

Penn Medicine faculty and LDI fellows are working to design the kind of interventions that will connect patients with eligible care coverage.

Trauma surgeon works to confront firearm injury at its source

Elinore Kaufman, assistant professor of surgery in the Perelman School of Medicine.

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Trauma surgeon works to confront firearm injury at its source

Elinore Kaufman, LDI senior fellow and assistant professor of surgery in the Perelman School of Medicine, focuses on helping patients and communities with firearm violence.

Patients in nursing homes after hospitalization have better outcomes at specialized facilities

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Patients in nursing homes after hospitalization have better outcomes at specialized facilities

A new study by LDI associate fellow Zachary S. Templeton and LDI executive director Rachel M. Werner finds that death and readmission rates are lower but stays are longer and Medicare costs are higher.

High levels of disadvantage affect ability amongst younger people

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High levels of disadvantage affect ability amongst younger people

A new study from Penn LDI finds that structural inequities produce significant disparities in community health, and that addressing concentrated disadvantage could meaningfully improve health outcomes.

The best way to prevent HIV is often out of reach for women and marginalized people

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The best way to prevent HIV is often out of reach for women and marginalized people

LDI fellows are working with local communities to increase PrEP use through improving the message about the drug, reducing stigma, and normalizing the conversation about HIV infection.

The nursing burnout crisis is also happening in primary care

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The nursing burnout crisis is also happening in primary care

A study co-authored by Penn Nursing’s Jacqueline Nikpour and J. Margo Brooks Carthon finds nurses in primary care face burnout and poor work environments, especially in low-income clinics.