Health Care Policy

A Penn Medicine study found that Pandemic-era Medicaid rules resulted in coverage for more than 655,000 additional children.

A study by Alexander Moffett of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues found that use of a race-neutral reference equation resulted in an increased number of Black people with respiratory impairment and increased severity of impairment.

Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine hopes that blood-based tests will lower two long-standing barriers to the uptake of Alzheimer’s biomarker testing: high cost and high patient burden.

Jennifer Prah of the School of Social Policy & Practice and the Perelman School of Medicine says that any online group trying to function as a safe space needs to set clear guidelines that must be followed.

A report co-written by PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel sheds light on mistakes, data gaps, and dysfunctional organizational cultures that contributed to America’s loss of life during the COVID pandemic.

According to PIK Professor Ezekiel Emanuel, the pandemic has shown that officials should think carefully about school closures and keep them as limited as possible to avoid negative educational impact.

Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing says that Pennsylvania doesn’t have a shortage of trained nurses, but the state does have a shortage of nurses currently working in hospitals.

Linda Aiken of the School of Nursing says that Pennsylvania is unique because it has 25 years of data to study on nursing staff ratios.