Maria Polyakova
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Maria Polyakova, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Health Policy
Encina Commons,
615 Crothers Way Room 182,
Stanford, California 94305-6006
(650) 498-7528 (voice)
Biography
Maria Polyakova, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Health Policy at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research investigates questions surrounding the role of government in the design and financing of health insurance systems. She is especially interested in the relationships between public policies and individuals’ decision-making in health care and health insurance, as well as in the risk protection and re-distributive aspects of health insurance systems. She received a BA degree in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University, and a PhD in Economics from MIT.
Publications
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For Doctors, Taking Medical Advice Is Sometimes a Hard Pill to Swallow
Doctors often complain that patients don’t follow instructions. But when it comes to their own medical care, physicians do not necessarily do a better job than their patients.
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Do As Docs Say, Not As They Do
Does having more health information actually change behavior? Freakonomics Radio host Bapu Jena talks to SHP's Maria Polyakova and her colleague Petra Persson to explore whether doctors make healthier choices than the rest of us.
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The Importance of Risk Perceptions During Pandemic Shutdowns
A new Stanford study suggests that people’s perceptions of their own risks play an important role in their actions — and that shelter-in-place policies influence what they do, but not to the extent that some might think.