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The new U.S. plan to target xylazine-laced fentanyl

Researchers from Penn LDI, in conjunction with the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, analyze the plan and raise the question of whether it goes far enough.

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The problem of race-specific tests in lung care

Using different baseline lung function for Black and white patients leads to lower rates of diagnosis in Black patients, say Penn LDI fellows.

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What drives transplant waitlisting disparities?

For transplant patients, psychosocial evaluations, like other measures in the transplant process, can lead to people of color facing worse outcomes.

Racial disparities in postpartum visits decreased with telehealth

A new study shows disparities in postpartum visit attendance improved considerably for Black patients after telehealth was implemented.

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Patient-reported racism and emergency care

A new study by Penn LDI fellows used text messaged-based surveys to assess patient emergency department experience, including the impact of race.

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Racial differences in access to Medicare plans have health consequences

A study by Penn LDI finds that low access to five-star plans is linked to a high rate of preventable hospitalizations.

Promising efforts to mitigate the opioid crisis

Margaret Lowenstein, an LDI senior fellow and assistant professor of medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine discusses the increase in opioid and drug overdoses since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Abortion clinic websites may unwittingly aid patient prosecutions

More than 99% of abortion clinic web pages studied included widely used code that transferred user data to external entities, which could sell the data or provide it to law enforcement, without the clinics knowledge.

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Who wants government health care and unemployment programs to expand?

A study by Penn LDI fellows finds that people who felt most at risk from COVID-19 tend to favor expansions, regardless of their political attitudes.

Two vehicles parked outside the Harris Sub-Regional Clinic in Alaska

The economic impact of rural hospital closures

A study led by Paula Chatterjee and colleagues shows that rural hospital closures reflect existing economic downturns in communities and economies that were already declining before the hospital shut its doors.

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