LDI conducts an integrated, collaborative research program in health care evaluation, delivery, economics, management, and policy.

LDI's research objectives are to:

Advance fundamental knowledge of issues central to the improvement of health care delivery through better understanding of the efficient allocation of health resources, appropriate uses of those resources, and development of innovative health care delivery systems; and;

Guide and influence health policy at the national, state, local, and organizational levels such that those policies lead to more efficient and equitable health care for the public.

Evaluation of health care interventions: The effectiveness and appropriateness of medical practice contribute significantly to the quality, outcome, and cost of care. Areas being investigated include the adoption and diffusion of new technologies, the cost-quality trade-offs in health care, and the cost effectiveness of medical interventions.

Financing, organization, delivery, and management of care: Providing affordable, quality health care to all Americans requires that financial and other barriers to access be eliminated. These barriers include insufficient alternative delivery systems, inefficient regulation, and lack of sufficient information to users of health care. LDI Senior Fellows examine factors that influence the demand for and supply of care, health care financing, management of systems, workforce issues, the economic implications of health expenditures, and resource use.

Changing provider and patient behavior: Increased competition and resource constraints influence institutional growth, structure, and adaptability, and impact on provider and patient behavior. LDI Senior Fellows are investigating how provider payment, clinical protocols and guidelines, ambulatory DRGs, resource-based relative value scales, volume performance standards, and organizational and administrative interventions influence provider, patient, and institutional decision making and behavior.

Poster Printing Service:
The LDI offers a Poster Printing Service to all LDI Senior Fellows that are first or second author on a poster.

Template for posters

Instructions: 2 weeks prior to your presentation, email your completed poster to Elisabeth Madden. You will receive notice when it's ready for pickup.

Health Services Research Data Center:
The LDI Health Services Data Center (HSRDC) was established in 2005 to facilitate health services research by LDI Senior Fellows at the University of Pennsylvania using highly sensitive patient information. For more information, visit the LDI Data Center FAQ page

Contact: Mollie Epstein, MA

The LDI Research Seminar Series convenes health services research faculty, researchers, and graduate students for in-depth discussion of health services research issues, methodological challenges and approaches, study findings,and policy implications. Seminar abstracts and speaker biographies are available. Seminars are held on Fridays. Check the LDI Calendar of Events for event details.