Featured Publications

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A Global Analysis of Within-Country Health Inequalities

Eran Bendavid and Grant Miller compare health inequalities in the US with 180 countries. In a study in JAMA Health Forum, they found that while global life expectancy inequality has declined since 1960, the US lags behind other high-income countries.

JAMA Health Forum Study

Unhappy With Your Health Insurance? Employer May Not Care

Although 58% of Americans rely on employer-sponsored health insurance, US corporations do surprisingly little to improve health-care options for their employees, according to research by GSB Professors Jeffrey Pfeffer and Sara Singer.

Go to GSB Story on the Research Papers

Lisa Larrimore Ouellette and Josh Salomon, Stanford University

Strategies to Address Harms of Market-Driven Drug Development

Stanford Law’s Lisa Larrimore Ouellette and SHP’s Josh Salomon co-author report to address a persistent flaw in the U.S. health system: prioritizing treatment investment based on market potential rather than medical necessity.

Go to NASEM Report

Fatal Trade-Off: Land Allotment Policy Raised Native American Death Rates

Grant Miller & Matt Snipp reveal that a 19th-century federal program gave Native Americans land and citizenship, but had devastating consequences.

PNAS Research Article

Foreign Aid Sanctions Set Back Decades of Progress on Maternal, Child Mortality

Ruth Gibson and Paul Wise analyze three decades foreign aid sanctions to assess impact on health. They hope the work can help government officials better understand and address how foreign policy decisions affect the well-being of local populations.

Lancet Global Health Article

Publications

Journal Articles

Design elements in implementation research: A structured review of child welfare and child mental health studies

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2011

Doing Good with Good OR: Supporting Cost-effective Hepatitis B Interventions

Interfaces (Providence), 2011

Journal Articles

The relationship between low back magnetic resonance imaging, surgery, and spending: Impact of physician self-referral status

Health Services Research, 2011

Journal Articles

BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance: Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats: Abbreviated Version

National Academies Press, 2011

Journal Articles

A Global Analysis of Within-Country Health Inequalities

Unhappy With Your Health Insurance? Employer May Not Care

Strategies to Address Harms of Market-Driven Drug Development

Fatal Trade-Off: Land Allotment Policy Raised Native American Death Rates

Foreign Aid Sanctions Set Back Decades of Progress on Maternal, Child Mortality

Design elements in implementation research: A structured review of child welfare and child mental health studies

Doing Good with Good OR: Supporting Cost-effective Hepatitis B Interventions

The relationship between low back magnetic resonance imaging, surgery, and spending: Impact of physician self-referral status

Cost Effectiveness of Elective Induction of Labor at 41 Weeks in Nulliparous Women

Advancing the science of patient safety

Japanese Universal Coverage: Evolution, Achievements and Challenges

Quality-of-Care Indicators for Children With Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric bipolar spectrum disorder and ADHD: Comparison and comorbidity in the LAMS clinical sample

Assessment of a Novel Hybrid Delphi and Nominal Group Technique to Evaluate Quality Indicators

Economic evaluation research in the context of Child Welfare policy: A structured literature review and recommendations.

Management of children with sickle cell disease: A comprehensive review of the literature

Marriage squeeze in China's future

Improving practice guidelines with patient-specific recommendations

Efficient stockpiling and shipping policies for humanitarian relief: UNHCR's inventory challenge

Using Nudges in Exercise Commitment Contracts

Relationship of persistent manic symptoms to the diagnosis of pediatric bipolar spectrum disorders

Predictors of placement for children who initially remained in their homes after an investigation for abuse or neglect

Increasing Saving Behavior Through Age-Progressed Renderings of the Future Self

Home blood pressure management and improved blood pressure control: results from a randomized controlled trial

Analyzing self-referral: The author replies

BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance: Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats: Abbreviated Version

What context features might be important determinants of the effectiveness of patient safety practice interventions?

Inflammatory bowel disease-attributable costs and cost-effective strategies in the United States: a review.

REM-related bradyarrhythmia syndrome

The role of theory in research to develop and evaluate the implementation of patient safety practices