Maria Polyakova

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Maria Polyakova, PhD

  • Associate Professor, Health Policy
  • MS in Health Policy Program Director

Encina Commons,
615 Crothers Way Room 182,
Stanford, California 94305-6006

(650) 498-7528 (voice)

Biography

Maria Polyakova, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Health Policy at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Her research investigates the equity and efficiency of government interventions in healthcare markets. She is especially interested in questions surrounding the design, financing, and broad economic impacts of public health insurance systems. Her work also investigates the drivers of individual decision-making in health care and the roots of socio-economic differences in health outcomes. Dr. Polyakova received a BA degree in Economics and Mathematics from Yale University, and a PhD in Economics from MIT.

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Striking Costs of Infertility Point to Importance of IVF Access and Affordability

Stanford researchers find persistent infertility takes a large toll on mental health and raises the likelihood of divorce.
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SIEPR 2024 Economic Summit-Maria Polyakova
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Big Ideas, Small Fixes: Improving US Health Care

At the 2024 SIEPR Economic Summit, health care experts discussed solutions to a concern that 75% of Americans share: How to make medical care affordable and accessible.
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Just How Much Do Physicians Earn — and Why?

New research by Maria Polyakova, an assistant professor of health policy and faculty fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, takes an in-depth look at how—and how much—physicians are paid in the United States.
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