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TDI Statistics
$12K+
is spent on healthcare per person in the U.S., which is more than any other high-income nation.
20-30%
of healthcare providers nationwide are caring for 80% of Black people, illustrating a marked disparity in healthcare access.
16
labs are within The Dartmouth Institute, which together receive $12 million/year in grants and employ 70 staff and scientists.
TDI Testimonial
U.S. healthcare delivery is highly segregated, one of many manifestations of systemic racism in our country. One-quarter of providers are responsible for the medical care delivered to three-quarters of Black Americans. With the Dartmouth Atlas’ repository of Medicare fee-for-service claims data, we can explore how changes in Medicare financing policy over the past 25 years have impacted this segregation.”
Creating an ‘Atlas’ of Variations in Health Care Nationwide
The Dartmouth Institute is renowned for its Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care. Initiated in 1996 by the Institute’s founder John "Jack" Wennberg, MD, MPH, the Atlas revealed widespread and unwarranted variations in health care practice, outcomes, and spending, and demonstrated that higher spending does not always lead to better care. The Atlas informed some of the most important healthcare legislation of our generation, including the Affordable Care Act of 2010.
A Bold New Approach to Helping Kids in Distress
Pediatrician JoAnna Leyenaar, MD, PhD, MPH, a professor at The Dartmouth Institute, noticed when the hospital beds began to fill with different sorts of kids. They came to the emergency department not with stomachaches and respiratory illnesses, but with anxiety, depression, and thoughts of suicide. She decided to do something about it.
Investing in Healthcare Delivery Innovation for Maximum Impact
A joint venture between The Dartmouth Institute and Dartmouth Health, The Richard and Susan Levy Health Care Delivery Incubator launched in 2020 to transform the delivery of healthcare. It serves as a shining example of how innovation can drive tangible impact for patients and their families—and begin to heal a healthcare system that has long been viewed as broken.
Healthcare Workers Are Hurting. How Do We Help Them Heal?
The pandemic didn’t just strain the healthcare system; it laid bare its flaws and caused those sworn to heal to suffer profound psychological wounds. To address the crisis of moral injury and burnout among healthcare workers, Geisel researchers developed a structured intervention called RECONN (Reflection and Connection). This initiative, supported in part by the Levy Incubator, aims to mitigate the effects of moral injury and strengthen social support among healthcare workers.
About The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice
The Dartmouth Institute has long been at the forefront of health systems research. Its mission is to improve population health, reduce disparities, and create high-performing, sustainable health systems—addressing the problems of access, cost, and quality for the benefit of people everywhere.
