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 2022
Lowering the Barriers to Medication Treatment for People with Opioid Use Disorder: Evidence for a Low-Threshold Approach, Shoshana V. Aronowitz, Czarina Navos Behrends, Margaret Lowenstein, Bruce Schackman, and Janet Weiner
Briefs from 2021
The Unequal Pandemic, Julia Lynch
Ending the Opioid and Overdose Crisis, Shoshana Aronowitz, Molly Candon, Austin Kilaru, Margaret Lowenstein, Zachary F. Meisel, Jeanmarie Perrone, and Janet Weiner
Public and Political Opinion on Medicaid, Jane M. Zhu, Sarah Gollust, Yuan-Chi Yang, Abeed Sarker, and David Grande
The Future of Value-Based Payment, Rachel M. Werner, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Hoangmai H. Pham, and Amol S. Navathe
The Future of Value-Based Payment: A Road Map to 2030, Rachel M. Werner, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Hoangmai H. Pham, and Amol S. Navathe
Pennsylvania Scope of Practice Policy Brief, Janet Weiner
Briefs from 2020
FDA Restrictions on Mifepristone: Time for a Change?, Janet Weiner and Courtney A. Schreiber
What Do We Know About Health Insurance Choice?, Megan McCarthy-Alfano
Payment and Pricing Decisions in Health Care Reform, Aaron Glickman
Setting Standards for Affordable Health Care, Janet Weiner
Transforming Mental Health Care Through Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices, Aaron Glickman, Janet Weiner, and Rinad Beidas
Health Care Cost Drivers and Options for Control, Aaron Glickman and Janet Weiner
Policy Options for Financing Long-Term Care in the U.S., Janet Weiner, Norma B. Coe, Allison K. Hoffman, and Rachel M. Werner
Did the Affordable Care Act Contain Costs?, Janet Weiner
Revisiting CHIP Buy-In Programs for Children, Megan McCarthy-Alfano, Janet Weiner, Amaya Diana, Elizabeth Hagan, and Kristin Wikelius
Health Inequity in the United States: A Primer, José Escarce
Briefs from 2019
Could a Public Health Insurance Option Lead to More Competitive Markets?, Mark V. Pauly
Long-Term Care Financing In The United States, Puja Upadhyay and Janet Weiner
Health Care Safety-Net Programs After The Affordable Care Act, Mark A. Hall and Janet Weiner
Expanding Access to Naloxone: A Review of Distribution Strategies, Janet Weiner, Sean M. Murphy, and Czarina Behrends
The Burden of Health Care Costs for Working Families, Aaron Glickman and Janet Weiner
Detecting BS in Health Care 2.0, Lawton R. Burns and Mark V. Pauly
Proposed Work Requirements in Pennsylvania Medicaid: Characterizing Eligible Beneficiaries, Daniel Polsky, Paula Chatterjee, Xinwei Chen, and Janet Weiner
Briefs from 2018
Detecting BS in Health Care, Lawton R. Burns and Mark V. Pauly
What Is "Affordable" Health Care?, Janet Weiner and Aaron Glickman
Supply of Primary Care Providers and Appointment Availability for Philadelphia's Medicaid Population, Molly Candon, Elena Andreyeva, Rebecka Rosenquist, and David Grande
The Current State of Evidence on Bundled Payments, Aaron Glickman, Claire Dinh, and Amol Navathe
Opportunities for Precision Cancer: Reflections from the Gant Consortium, Aaron Glickman and Janet Weiner
Cost-effective Screening and Treatment of Hepatitis C, Janet Wiener and Benjamin P. Linas
State-Based Marketplaces Outperform Federally-Facilitated Marketplaces, Jane Zhu, Daniel Polsky, and Yuehan Zhang
State Efforts to Close the Health Coverage Gap, Janet Weiner, Rebecka Rosenquist, and Erin Hartman
Briefs from 2017
Exploring the Decline of Narrow Networks on the ACA Marketplaces in 2017, Daniel Polsky, Janet Weiner, and Yuehan Zhang
Stabilizing Individual Health Insurance Markets With Subsidized Reinsurance, Scott E. Harrington
Narrow Networks on the Individual Marketplace in 2017, Daniel Polsky, Janet Weiner, and Yuehan Zhang
Substance Use Disorder in America: Research to Practice, and Back Again, Matthew Miclette, Isabella Cuan, and Zachary F. Meisel
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Evolution and Evidence, Janet Weiner, Yuhua Bao, and Zachary Meisel
Issues at the Heart of Advancing the De-Adoption of Low-Value Care, Rebecka Rosenquist and Janet Weiner
Effects of the ACA on Health Care Cost Containment, Janet Weiner PhD, MPH; Clifford Marks; and Mark Pauly PhD
Primary Care Appointment Availability and the ACA Insurance Expansions, Molly Candon, Daniel Polsky, Brendan Saloner, Douglas Wissoker, Katherine Hempstead, Genevieve M. Kenney, and Karin Rhodes
How Has the Affordable Care Act Affected Work and Wages?, Jean Abraham PhD and Anne Beeson Royalty PhD
Briefs from 2016
Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Under the Affordable Care Act, Stacey McMorrow and Daniel Polsky
Turmoil in the Health Insurance Marketplaces, Michael A. Morrisey
Primary Care: On the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis, Marcus Bachhuber, Janet Weiner, Julia Mitchell, and Jeffrey Samet
Show Me the Money: Economic Evaluations of Opioid Use Disorder Interventions, Sean Murphy, Daniel Polsky, Zachary Meisel, and Julia Mitchell
Improving the Lives of Fragile Newborns: What Does Nursing Have to Offer?, Eileen Lake
Briefs from 2014
Improving HPV Vaccination Rates, Alexander G. Fiks
Briefs from 2013
The Case for Baccalaureate-Prepared Nurses, Ann Kutney Lee and Linda H. Aiken
Three Models of Community-Based Participatory Research, Janet Weiner and Jasmine McDonald
Genomic Variation: What Does It Mean?, Marian Reiff, Barbara A. Bernhardt, and Surabhi Mulchandani
Effects of Conflict-of-Interest Policies in Psychiatry Residency on Antidepressant Prescribing, Andrew J Epstein, David A. Asch, and Colleen Barry
Briefs from 2012
Accountable Care Organizations: Back to the Future?, Lawton R. Burns and Mark V. Pauly
Adherence to HIV Drug Therapy, Robert Gross
Exposure and Vulnerability of California Kindergarteners to Intentionally Unvaccinated Children, Alison Buttenheim
On the Way to Health, David A. Asch and Kevin G. Volpp
Comparing Treatments for Age-related Macular Degeneration: Safety, Effectiveness and Cost, Maureen G. Maguire
Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Autism on the Family, David S. Mandell
“Buddy System” of Peer Mentors may Help Control Diabetes, Judith A. Long
Designing Health Insurance Exchanges: Key Decisions, Amanda Starc and Jonathan T. Kolstad
How the Newly Insured Use Health Services: a Lesson for the U.S. from Medicare, Daniel Polsky
Briefs from 2011
The Quality of Emergency Medical Services, Guy David and Scott E. Harrington
Re-engineering Drug Discovery and Development, Garret A. FitzGerald
Behavioral Economics and Health Annual Symposium, Janet Weiner and David A. Asch
When Genetic Screening is Useful, but not Used, Barbara A. Bernhardt and Reed E. Pyeritz
Limitations in Access to Dental and Medical Specialty Care for Publicly Insured Children, Karin V. Rhodes and Joanna Bisgaier
The Pay-Off on Nursing Home Report Cards, Rachel M. Werner, Daniel Polsky, and R Tamara Konetzka
The Changing Geography of Outpatient Procedures, Guy David and Mark D. Neuman
Evaluating Health Information Technology’s Clinical Effects, Brian L. Strom and Rtia Schinnar
Briefs from 2010
Treating Viral Respiratory Tract Infections with Antibiotics in Hospitals: No Longer a Case of Mistaken Identity, Ebbing Lautenbach, Ingi Lee, and Kevin T. Shiley
Preventive Surgery is Associated with Reduced Cancer Risk and Mortality in Women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations, Susan M. Domchek and Timothy R. Rebbeck
Communities and Health: The Case of Inner-City Violence and Asthma, Andrea J. Apter
The California Nurse Staffing Mandate: Implications for Other States, Linda H. Aiken
Direct-To-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs, Dominick L. Frosch and David Grande
Foreclosure and Health Status, Craig Evan Pollack, Julia Lynch, Dawn Alley, and Carolyn Cannuscio
Briefs from 2009
Evaluating Residency Programs by Whether They Produce Good Doctors, David A. Asch
Preventing MRSA Infection in the Community, Ebbing Lautenbach and Theoklis Zaoutis
The Burden of Health Care Costs for Working Families, Daniel Polsky and David Grande
Time, Distance, and Access to Emergency Care in the United States, Brendan G. Carr and Charles Branas
Paying People to Lose Weight and Stop Smoking, Kevin G. Volpp
The Best Laid Plans: Disappointments of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, Robert Hornik and Lela Jacobsohn
Briefs from 2008
Medication Comprehension and Safety in Older Adults, Joshua P. Metlay
Preventing Sudden Death: Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators in Elderly Cardiac Patients, Peter W. Groeneveld
Hospital Performance Measures and Quality of Care, Rachel M. Werner, Eric T. Bradlow, and David A. Asch
Voting by Older Adults with Cognitive Impairments, Jason Karlawish
The Shape of Things to Come: Obesity, Aging, and Disability, Dawn E. Alley, Virginia W. Chang, and Jalpa A. Doshi
Drug Safety and Surveillance: the Case of Avandia, David Joel Margolis and Brian L. Strom
Briefs from 2007
Predicting and Monitoring Antiretroviral Adherence, Robert Gross
A Wake-Up Call: Quality of Care After Resident Duty Hour Reform, Kevin G. Volpp and Jeffrey H. Silber
Reducing Firearm Injury: Lessons from Brazil, James Macinko and Maria de Fátima Marinho de Souza
Medical Migration to the U.S.: Trends and Impact, Daniel Polsky, Julie Sochalski, Linda H. Aiken, and Richard A. Cooper
How Health Affects Small Business in South Africa, Li-wei Chao and Mark V. Pauly
Time Under: Hospital and Patient Characteristics Affecting Anesthesia Duration, Jeffrey H. Silber
Flu-Related Hospitalizations in Children, Ron Keren, Susan E. Coffin, and Theoklis Zaoutis
Beyond “Sicko”— Thoughts on Health System Reform, Linda H. Aiken, Arthur L. Caplan, David T. Grande, Mark V. Pauly, and Arnold J. Rosoff
Briefs from 2006
Lower Nicotine Cigarettes may not Lower Harm, Andrew A. Strasser, Caryn Lerman, and Joseph N. Cappella
Genetic Counseling and Testing for Breast Cancer Risk in African Americans, Chanita Hughes Halbert
Reacting to Antibiotic Allergies, Andrea J. Apter and Brian L. Strom
Helping Smokers Quit Through Pharmacogenetics, Caryn Lerman
Preparing for the Next Natural Disaster: Learning From Katrina, Howard Kunreuther
Antibiotics, Acne, and Upper Respiratory Tract Infections, David Joel Margolis