Insights & Reports

The 41 hospitals costing communities $4 billion

Which hospitals received at least $50 million more in tax breaks than they spent on community investment?

Is there hospital segregation in Asian American communities?

To what extent are hospitals serving patients from Asian American communities? The Lown Institute Hospitals Index racial inclusivity metric can help answer this question.

How cascade events harm patients

Many tests that clinicians order “just to be safe” turn out to be anything but safe because of the treatment cascade they can trigger...

Where are the “hot spots” of hospital overuse in the US?

Is your state an overuse "hot spot"? A new analysis of overuse data at US hospitals from the Lown Institute Hospitals Index finds that some of the biggest differences in rates of low-value care among different hospitals are regional.

Patient mortality at safety net hospitals

Why do safety net hospitals tend to score lower on the Lown Index for patient mortality? This pattern is not due to just one reason; it is the product of many factors.

Applying the Risk Stratification Index to Hospital 30-day Mortality

Published in Medical Care in March 2021

Overuse of Medical Tests and Treatments at US Hospitals

Published in JAMA Open, April 2021

White Paper: Inclusivity at US Hospitals

This white paper describes the LIHI's novel metric of patient inclusivity and patterns of inclusivity among US hospitals.

White paper: Overuse in U.S. hospitals

This paper explains the LIHI rankings for 13 low-value services in hospitals and analyzes patterns in hospital overuse.

White Paper: Methodology of the Lown Index

This white paper explains how we calculated the components, categories, and composite scores of the Lown Index.