Incarcerated Patients Don’t Get Needed Surgical Care - Penn LDI
Incarcerated patients often miss vital pre- and post-op care. Experts call for systemic reform to improve surgical outcomes for this vulnerable group.| Penn LDI
The following excerpt was published in the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing on June 23, 2025. Science is under threat in the United States. This includes nursing science, which has implications for the health and wellbeing of the people for whom nurses care. The reverberations of this threat have been enormous, particularly as the […]| Penn LDI
The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country, with more than half of those individuals serving in state prisons. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Americans. In a recent study, researchers from the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) examined records from state prison systems to understand how […]| Penn LDI
Incarcerated patients often miss vital pre- and post-op care. Experts call for systemic reform to improve surgical outcomes for this vulnerable group.| Penn LDI
A Penn Medicine program to train an inaugural cohort of teens to green their neighborhoods completed a month-long curriculum in late July.| Penn LDI
Improving health and reducing health disparities through a more equitable health care system.| Penn LDI
Hoag Levins is a journalist, photographer, and digital content producer who joined Penn LDI in 2011.| Penn LDI
