Not all heart attack patients receive the same type of care, researchers find
While acute myocardial infarction — commonly referred to as a heart attack — remains a leading cause of death in the United States, deaths have decreased significantly over the past two decades in part due to improved treatment methods, according to Charleen Hsuan, associate professor of health…
New website shows how opioid settlement funds are helping Pennsylvanians
Beginning in 2021, a national coalition of attorneys general led by then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro reached settlements to hold prescription opioid manufacturers, distributors and pharmacy companies accountable for their role in contributing to the opioid addiction epidemic in the United States…
Q&A: Understanding cost and benefit for publicly funded health programs
Recent laws instituted in the United States substantially cut funding to many government programs, especially those related to health or social well-being. As a health economist, Dennis Scanlon, distinguished professor of health policy and administration at Penn State, studies the financial impact…
Grants support research collaboration between Harrisburg, College of Medicine
Four teams of faculty from Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State College of Medicine, including SSRI cofunded faculty member Sujeong Park, have been awarded the inaugural planning and seed grants from the Penn State Inter-Campus Health and Medicine Research Program, a partnership created to support…
Race and ethnicity may affect whether and where hospitals transfer patients
Black patients in Florida are transferred to public hospitals more often than white patients, even when comparing patients from the same hospital with similar health conditions and the same insurance, according to new research led by Charleen Hsuan, assistant professor of health policy and…
News Topics: Health Policy and AdministrationHealth Disparities