Our Research
We study health system reorganization and policy changes and aim to produce research evidence to improve the quality of health care, the power of policy on hospital organizational traits and context on racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in health care outcomes.
Finding Solutions for Burnout Among Nurses of Color
The Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the School of Nursing brought together nurses and researchers for the Solutions to Health Inequities & Nurses’ Emotional Exhaustion Invitational.
After the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the murder of George Floyd, J. Margo Brooks Carthon, the Tyson Family Endowed Term Chair for Gerontological Research, worked on a research study interviewing Black nurse practitioners in the greater Philadelphia area about their efforts to address inequities in care.
Nurses4All Initiative at University of Pennsylvania Drives Evidence-Based Change in Nursing
Nurses4All, a groundbreaking initiative spearheaded by the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR), continues to lead the charge in generating crucial evidence on nursing practices and their profound impact on healthcare outcomes.
Recent CHOPR Publications
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Pogue CA, Schlak AE, McHugh MD. Effect of discharge readiness on 30-day readmissions among older adults living with multiple chronic conditions. Medical Care. 2024 Mar 1;62(3):205-12.
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Aiken LH, Sermeus W, McKee M, Lasater KB, Sloane D, Pogue CA, Kohnen D, Dello S, Maier CB, Drennan J, McHugh MD. Physician and nurse well-being, patient safety and recommendations for interventions: cross-sectional survey in hospitals in six European countries. BMJ open. 2024 Feb 1;14(2):e079931.
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Hovsepian VE, Sloane DM, Muir KJ, McHugh MD. Mortality among the dementia population in not-for-profit hospitals with better nursing resources. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 2024 Feb 1:1-5.
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Sliwinski K, Kutney-Lee A, McHugh MD, Lasater KB. A review of disparities in outcomes of hospitalized patients with limited English proficiency: the importance of nursing resources. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2024.
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Turnbach E, Coates L, Vanek FD, Cotter E, Pogue CA, Clark RRS, Aiken LH, McHugh MD, et al. Emergency nurses’ well-being in Magnet hospitals and recommendations for improvements in work environments: a multicenter cross-sectional observational study. Journal of Emergency Nursing. 2024;50(1):153-160. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2023.06.012.
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Daus M, McHugh MD, Kutney-Lee A, Carthon MJ. Effect of the nurse work environment on older Hispanic surgical patient readmissions. Nursing Research. 2024 Jan 1;73(1):e1-e10.