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Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

  • Professor, Health Policy
  • Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR)
  • Professor, Economics (by courtesy)
  • Senior Fellow (by courtesy), Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
  • Director of the Center on the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging

Encina Commons, Room 100
615 Crothers Way
Stanford, CA 94305-6019

(650) 736-0404 (voice)
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Biography

Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Health Policy at Stanford University and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research. He directs Stanford’s Center for Demography and Economics of Health and Aging. Dr. Bhattacharya’s research focuses on the health and well-being of vulnerable populations, with a particular emphasis on the role of government programs, biomedical innovation, and economics. Dr. Bhattacharya’s recent research focuses on the epidemiology of COVID-19 as well as an evaluation of policy responses to the epidemic. His broader research interests encompass the implications of population aging for future population health and medical spending in developed countries, the measurement of physician performance tied to physician payment by insurers, and the role played by biomedical innovation on health.  He has published 135 articles in top peer-reviewed scientific journals in medicine, economics, health policy, epidemiology, statistics, law, and public health among other fields. He holds an MD and PhD in economics, both earned at Stanford University.

publications

Journal Articles
December 2022

Understanding the exceptional pre-vaccination Era East Asian COVID-19 outcomes

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Journal Articles
September 2017

Social Isolation and Medicare Spending: Among Older Adults, Objective Isolation Increases Expenditures While Loneliness Does Not

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Working Papers
March 2017

Technological Progress and Health Convergence: The Case of Penicillin in Post-War Italy

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In The News

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News

Study Finds 0.7% COVID-19 Antibodies Among MLB Employees

The test kits were sent to some 10,000 MLB employees and 5,754 of them responded, using a pin prick to draw blood.
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Health insurance no guarantee for diabetes care in developing countries

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