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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 6d

Join us on October 17 for our virtual seminar examining how governments can design effective food policies that support better health outcomes for all Americans, and what policies are most likely to lead to health improvements. Register today! https://bit.ly/3Kv7bjS

Food Policy Opportunities to Build a Healthier America

This panel will examine what policies are most likely to lead to health improvements and how governments can design effective food policies that support better health outcomes for all Americans.

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 12h

This research features LDI Fellow Andy Tan of @asc.upenn.edu.

PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 12h

Using national data, researchers found that Hispanic sexual minority females face a higher risk of e-cigarette use than heterosexual peers. Findings underscore the need for tailored, culturally sensitive vaping prevention & cessation strategies. https://bit.ly/4ottbdF

E-Cigarette Use at the Intersection of Sexual Identity and Race-Ethnicity Among US Adults: Results From 2021–2023 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

AbstractIntroduction. Understanding e-cigarette use among those with multiple intersecting marginalized identities is important since those individuals mig

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 14h

Next Wednesday (October 15), don't miss a fireside chat on the impact of the Medicaid cuts on women's health, with a particular emphasis on policy and maternal health outcomes. This event features LDI Fellow Madeline Perry.

Register here:
https://bit.ly/3IKX0XR

PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 15h

Check out new research featuring LDI Fellow @hollylynchez.bsky.social! ⤵️

Holly Fernandez Lynch @hollylynchez.bsky.social · 8d

With @pennmedicine.bsky.social MD student, Caleb Rhodes, and @reshmagar.bsky.social, I have a new paper in @natmed.nature.com arguing that drug approval (or rejection) decisions are too complex and high stakes to be left in the hands of individual FDA office or center directors. 1/
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Diffusing authority to make drug approval decisions at the US Food and Drug Administration

Nature Medicine - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is at a crossroads. There is an urgent need to strengthen the integrity of drug approvals and rejections by diffusing the decision-making...

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 1d

This research features LDI Fellow Nadim Mahmud of @pennmedicine.bsky.social.

PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 1d

In a VA study of 14,500 surgeries in patients with cirrhosis, high-volume centers (>16 cases/past yr) had 36% lower risk of 90-day mortality vs. low-volume centers. Findings support triaging patients to high-volume centers when possible.

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 1d

4.2 million people may lose coverage if Congress doesn't extend premium subsidies for ACA plans.

“These are your friends, neighbors, and colleagues who [will] lose insurance, and their health [will] suffer as a result.”— @rachelwerner.bsky.social in @bloomberg.com.
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This Shutdown Fight Has Life-or-Death Consequences

At the heart of the fight over the government shutdown is the fate of health insurance for millions of Americans who may soon face an impossible choice: accept a significant increase in their premiums...

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Population Aging Research Center @pennaging.bsky.social · 1d

This @pennldi.bsky.social post discusses recent Op-Ed: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

↪️ Public Policies, Social Narratives, and Population Health in @NEJM.org
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by PARC Research Associate Atheendar Venkataramani @atheendar.bsky.social

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In @nejm.org, Atheendar Venkataramani (@pennmehp.bsky.social) & co discuss how public policies, by way of the social narratives they reinforce, can affect health by mechanisms that are independent of…

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 2d

📣 New #Funding Opportunities to support impactful research that will shape the future of health care:

🔹 Penn LDI Research Initiative on Improving Primary Care for Older Adults

🔹 Penn LDI-Penn Medicine Research Laboratory

🔹 Penn LDI Small Grants Program

Apply here: https://bit.ly/46EDepU

Apply for Grants with Penn LDI

Penn LDI offers support to LDI Fellows through several grant programs. Learn about our funding opportunities here.

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 2d

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 3d

At our seminar with @tradeoffs.org, a panel of experts warned if ACA subsidies end in 2025, premiums may rise 75%, ~4M could lose insurance, 2K–5K lives may be lost, and small business owners and low-income families will be heavily impacted. See a recap & video recording here: https://bit.ly/42N2acs

The Price of Obamacare Subsidies Loss: Millions Uninsured, Thousands at Greater Risk

Penn LDI/Tradeoffs Panel Discussion Eyes Impact of December Congressional Cutoff

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 4d

📩 Are you interested in health policy, health care delivery, and population health?

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 5d

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 5d

Do nursing home patients fare better with high-volume physicians? A new study led by LDI Fellow Kira Ryskina finds outcomes are similar regardless of clinician caseload. She discusses further in our new Q&A: https://bit.ly/42l4RBX

Nursing Home Caseloads and Patient Outcomes

Practice makes perfect often applies to surgery, where quality tends to rise with greater numbers of patients. But the same doesn’t hold in nursing homes. Data from more than 77,000…

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 5d

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 5d

A new study found that the 2018 MISSION Act reduced travel time to cardiovascular procedures for veterans living far from VA hospitals, but worsened outcomes for some procedures.

Read more on our blog: https://bit.ly/3Kxp7Kz

Impact of the MISSION Act

Congress passed the 2014 CHOICE Act and 2018 MISSION Act, first allowing, and then expanding veterans' options to obtain care outside of VA facilities.

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 6d

This research features LDI Fellow @victorroy.bsky.social of @pennmedicine.bsky.social.

PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 6d

This event features experts: Aviva Musicus of @cspinet.org, LDI Fellow Christina Roberto of @pennmedicine.bsky.social, Lynn Silver of @publichealthinst.bsky.social, and LDI Executive Director @rachelwerner.bsky.social.

PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 6d

A study found that states that kept flexible methadone take-home policies did not experience increased methadone-related overdose deaths. Read more:
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U.S. states opting out of expanded methadone take-home policies and associated mortality

Historically, federal regulations limited take-home methadone doses largely due to concerns about methadone-related overdose. In response to the COVID…

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 6d

Food Policy Opportunities to Build a Healthier America

This panel will examine what policies are most likely to lead to health improvements and how governments can design effective food policies that support better health outcomes for all Americans.

ldi.upenn.edu

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 6d

Read this new op-ed in @statnews.com by former LDI Executive Director and Wharton Professor Emeritus Mark Pauly.⤵️

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Opinion: Instead of work requirements, Medicaid should turn to employer incentives

Work requirements will add strain to an already overburdened Medicaid system.

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 7d

👋Welcome to LDI Senior Fellow Dr. Betsy Salazar!

Dr. Salazar evaluates how the financing, structures, operations, and processes of the perinatal health system impact quality of care and outcomes.

Learn more: https://ldi.upenn.edu/fellows/fellows-directory/elizabeth-betsy-salazar-md-mshp/

PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 7d

This study features LDI Fellow Kimberly Waddell of @pennmedicine.bsky.social.

PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 7d

In older Veterans hospitalized for ischemic stroke, clinical presentation most strongly determined discharge destination to a rehabilitation facility compared to home.

Read more: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1052305725002125?via%3Dihub

Discharge disposition following acute ischemic stroke in the veterans health administration: A retrospective cohort study

The purpose of this study was to examine the discharge disposition of older adults who were hospitalized for an ischemic stroke in the Veterans Health…

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PennLDI @pennldi.bsky.social · 8d

Check out LDI Fellow @aschwartz.bsky.social on a recent episode of the @tradeoffs.org podcast. ⬇️

Aaron Schwartz @aschwartz.bsky.social · 13d

Few topics in health care policy can incite passions like insurer prior authorization. What do researchers know about this practice? I spoke with @dgorenstein.bsky.social and @lesliemwalker.bsky.social for the latest @tradeoffs.org podcast.

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A Closer Look at a Widely Despised Health Insurance Policy

Every year, millions of people’s medical care runs into the roadblock known as prior authorization, which requires a patient’s health insurer to sign off before chemotherapy, surgery or countless othe...

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