David Chan is an Associate Professor at Stanford Health Policy

David Chan, MD, PhD

  • Associate Professor of Health Policy
  • Investigator at the Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research

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Stanford, CA 94305-6006

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Biography

David Chan, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Health Policy at the Stanford School of Medicine, an investigator at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Drawing on labor and organizational economics, he is interested in studying how information is used in health care, how this affects productivity, and implications for design. He is the recipient of the 2014 NIH Director’s High-Risk, High-Reward Early Independence Award to study the optimal balance of information in health information technology for patient care.

publications

Working Papers
February 2022

Is There a VA Advantage? Evidence from Dually Eligible Veterans

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Is There a VA Advantage? Evidence from Dually Eligible Veterans
Working Papers
October 2022

The Productivity of Professions: Evidence from the Emergency Department

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The Productivity of Professions: Evidence from the Emergency Department
Journal Articles
May 2020

Provider Discretion and Variation in Resource Allocation: The Case of Triage Decisions

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Provider Discretion and Variation in Resource Allocation: The Case of Triage Decisions

In The News

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Physicians or Nurse Practitioners: Evidence From the Emergency Department

In this National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, Stanford Health Policy's David Chan and Yiqun Chen consider the productivity of emergency room physicians vs. nurse practitioners.
Physicians or Nurse Practitioners: Evidence From the Emergency Department
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Missed diagnoses: Study highlights the importance of physician skills in health care

Research by David Chan and Matthew Gentzkow points to how much diagnostic skills matter in patient care and how policies to boost skills can improve health care efficiency.
Missed diagnoses: Study highlights the importance of physician skills in health care
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Veterans Rushed to VA Hospitals Have Significantly Better Outcomes

New research led by Stanford Health Policy's David Chan and David Studdert finds that veterans rushed by ambulance to VA hospitals have significantly higher survival rates than veterans transported to non-VA hospitals. The public often perceives that the VA provides a lower quality of care, but the researchers say the data disprove those perceptions.
Veterans Rushed to VA Hospitals Have Significantly Better Outcomes
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