LDI

With a gift from Leonard and Sophie Davis, the University of Pennsylvania established the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) in 1967, two years after Congress enacted Medicare. It was created to fill fundamental gaps in the evidence base that could inform policies critical to the financing and management of the nation's increasingly costly and complex health care system. Today, LDI is considered one of the world’s leading university institutes dedicated to data-driven, policy-focused research that improves our nation’s health and health care. As Penn’s hub for research on population health, the health care system, and health policy, LDI supports, connects, engages, and amplifies interdisciplinary research among experts from all of Penn’s schools, the University of Pennsylvania Health System, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.