Issue Briefs
Since 1967, Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute of Economics (LDI) has been the leading university institute dedicated to data-driven, policy-focused research that improves our nation’s health and health care. LDI’s Issue Briefs synthesize the research evidence around key topics and provide relevant and usable information to policymakers. For more information, please contact Penn LDI (pennldi-info@wharton.upenn.edu).
Briefs from 2005
Understanding and Improving Hospice Enrollment, David Casarett
The Effect of Firearm Deaths on Life Expectancy and Insurance Premiums in the United States, Jean Lemaire
No Time to Spare: Improving Access to Trauma Care, Charles Branas
How Primary Care Practice Affects Medicaid Patients’ use of Emergency Services, Robert A. Lowe
Genetics, Disparities, and Prostate Cancer, Timothy R. Rebbeck
Child Neurology: Workforce and Practice Characteristics, Daniel Polsky
Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems: The Right Prescription?, Ross Koppel
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Personal Preference or low Cost Option?, José A. Pagán and Mark V. Pauly
Racial Disparities in Cardiac Care: Geography Matters, Peter W. Groeneveld
Briefs from 2004
Public Spending on Elders and Children: The gap is Growing, Susmita Pati, Ron Keren, Evaline A. Alessandri, and Donald F. Schwarz
Trauma Center-Community Partnerships to Address Firearm Injury: It can be Done, Therese S. Richmond, Charles Branas, and C William Schwab
Transitional Care for Older Adults: A Cost-Effective Model, Mary D. Naylor
Professional and Public Attitudes Toward Incentives for Organ Donation, John D. Jasper and David A. Asch
The new Medicare Drug Benefit: Much ado About Little?, Mark V. Pauly
Briefs from 2003
Self-Management Education of Children with Asthma: A Meta-Analysis, James P. Guevara
Hospital Nurse Staffing, Education, and Patient Mortality, Linda H. Aiken, Sean P. Clarke, Jeffrey H. Silber, and Douglas M. Sloane
The Ineffectiveness of Retrospective Drug Utilization Review, Sean Hennessy and Brian L. Strom
How Physicians React to Cost-Effectiveness Information, David A. Asch, John C. Hershey, and Peter A. Ubel
Guns in the Home: Risky Business, Douglas Wiebe
Market Reform in New Jersey and Quality of Care: A Cautionary Tale, Kevin G. Volpp, Sankey V. Williams, and Mark V. Pauly
Gatekeeping and Children’s Health Care Costs, Susmita Pati
“False Alarm” Mammography Results–how do Women React?, Barbara Kahn and Mary Frances Luce
Accommodating Medical School Faculty with Disabilities, Annie G. Steinberg, Lisa I. Iezzoni, Alicia Conill, and Margaret Stineman
Briefs from 2002
Firearm Injury in America, C William Schwab, Therese S. Richmond, and Maura Dunfey
Needlestick Injuries to Nurses, in Context, Sean P. Clarke, Douglas M. Sloane, and Linda H. Aiken
Living with Dementia: Caregiver Perspectives, Jason Karlawish
Tensions in Antibiotic Prescribing, Joshua P. Metlay
The Risk of Injury to Children in Compact Pickup Trucks, Flaura K. Winston and Dennis Durbin
Supportive Housing for Homeless People with Severe Mental Illness, Dennis P. Culhane, Stephen Metreaux, and Trevor Hadley
The Effects of Medicare Payment Subsidies to Teaching Hospitals, Sean Nicholson
Briefs from 2001
Improving Handwashing In Hospitals: A Patient Education And Empowerment Program, Maryanne McGuckin
From Hospital to Drugstore: Insurance and the Shift to Outpatient Care, Patricia. M. Danzon and Mark V. Pauly
State Helmet Laws and Motorcycle Rider Death Rates, Charles Branas and Martha Knudson
Connections Between AIDS and Homelessness, Dennis P. Culhane and Erica E. Gollub
Cause for Concern: Nurses’ Reports of Hospital Care in Five Countries, Linda H. Aiken, Sean P. Clarke, Douglas M. Sloane, and Julie Sochalski
Does Managed Care Gatekeeping Affect African Americans’ Access to Emergency Care?, Robert A. Lowe
When Data Conflict With Practice: Rethinking the use of Prophylactic Antibiotics Before Dental Treatment, Brian L. Strom
Comparing VA and Non-VA Health Care: the Case of Post-Stroke Rehabilitation, Margaret Stineman and David A. Asch
Community Benefits: How do For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospitals Measure up?, Sean Nicholson and Mark V. Pauly
Briefs from 2000
How Managed Care Growth Affects Where Physicians Locate Their Practices, Daniel Polsky and Jose J. Escarce
Anesthesiologist Direction and Patient Outcomes, Jeffrey H. Silber
To the Rescue: Optimally Locating Trauma Hospitals and Helicopters, Charles Branas, Charles S. ReVelle, and Ellen J. Mackenzie
When “Buckle Up” Is Not Enough: Enhancing the Safety of Children in Motor Vehicles, Flaura Winston and Dennis Durbin
Physician Responses to the Marketplace: Group Practices and Hospital Alliances, Lawton R. Burns
Children’s Mental Health: Recommendations for Research, Practice and Policy, Annie G. Steinberg, Anne Gadomski, and Michele D. Wilson
Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Implications for Life Insurance, Jean Lemaire, Krupa Subramanian, and David A. Asch
Lessons from the Allegheny Bankruptcy, Lawton R. Burns
Violent Injuries Among Women in an Urban Area, Jeane Ann Grisso and Donald F. Schwarz
Briefs from 1999
Sale of Prescription Drugs Over the Internet, Katrina Armstrong and Bernard S. Bloom
Managed Competition: Lessons from Britain, Donald W. Light
Organization and Outcomes of Inpatient AIDS Care, Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane, Eileen Lake, Julie Sochalski, and Anita L. Weber
Colorectal Cancer Screening With Sigmoidoscopy: Primary Care Issues, James D. Lewis and David A. Asch
Financial Incentives and Drug Spending in Managed Care, Alan L. Hillman and Mark V. Pauly