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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

Disparities in Trauma Center Access Despite Increasing Utilization: Data From California, 1999 to 2006

Journal of Trauma, 2009

Journal Articles

A Public Health Approach to Children's Mental Health Services: Possible Solutions to Current Service Inadequacies

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2009

Journal Articles

Aging in America in the Twenty-first Century: Demographic Forecasts from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society

The Milbank Quarterly, 2009

Journal Articles

Hospital Performance Recognition with the Get With The Guidelines Program and Mortality for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure.

American Heart Journal, 2009

Journal Articles

Identifying Organizational Cultures that Promote Patient Safety

Health Care Management and Policy, 2009

Journal Articles

Increased fluid intake does not augment capacity to lay down new collagen in nursing home residents at risk for pressure ulcers: A randomized, controlled clinical trial.

Wound, Repair and Regeneration, 2009

Journal Articles

Effects of Ongoing Epidemic and Vaccine Supply on the Annual Influenza Vaccination Rate and Vaccination Timing among the Medicare Elderly: 2000-2005

American Journal of Public Health, 2009

Journal Articles

Economic Incentives to Promote Innovation in Healthcare Delivery

Clinical Orthpaedics and Related Research, 2009

Working Papers

Hormonal Testing and Pharmacologic Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians.

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2009

Journal Articles

Cost-Effectiveness of a Potential Prophylactic Helicobacter pylori Vaccine in the United States.

Journal of Infectious Disease, 2009

Journal Articles

Identification, Recombinant Expression, and Biochemical Characterization of a Flavonol 3-O-Glucosyltransferase Clone from Citrus Paradisi.

Phytochemistry, 2009

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

Disparities in Trauma Center Access Despite Increasing Utilization: Data From California, 1999 to 2006

A Public Health Approach to Children's Mental Health Services: Possible Solutions to Current Service Inadequacies

Aging in America in the Twenty-first Century: Demographic Forecasts from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society

Integrated delivery systems: the cure for fragmentation

Payment Reform for Safety-Net Institutions — Improving Quality and Outcomes

Comparative Effectiveness Research Essay Introduction

Facts and Fictions About an Aging America

Predictors of Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control Among Mexican American Women and Men

The Benefits of Risk Factor Prevention in Americans Aged 51 Years and Older

Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Imaging Strategies for the Diagnosis of Small-bowel Crohn's Disease

Confronting Social Disparities in Child Health: a Critical Appraisal of Life-Course Science and Research

Functional Status of Elderly Adults Before and After Initiation of Dialysis

Safety and Efficacy of Extended-Duration Antiviral Chemoprophylaxis Against Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza

Inpatient treatment of diabetic patients in Asia: evidence from India, China, Thailand and Malaysia

Fetuin-A and Change in Body Composition in Older Persons

Magnetic Resonance Imaging And Low Back Pain Care For Medicare Patients

High-Powered Incentives in Developing Country Health Insurance: Evidence from Colombia's Régimen Subsidiado

Hospital Performance Recognition with the Get With The Guidelines Program and Mortality for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure.

Identifying Organizational Cultures that Promote Patient Safety

Increased fluid intake does not augment capacity to lay down new collagen in nursing home residents at risk for pressure ulcers: A randomized, controlled clinical trial.

Effects of Ongoing Epidemic and Vaccine Supply on the Annual Influenza Vaccination Rate and Vaccination Timing among the Medicare Elderly: 2000-2005

Economic Incentives to Promote Innovation in Healthcare Delivery

Hormonal Testing and Pharmacologic Treatment of Erectile Dysfunction: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians.

Cost-Effectiveness of a Potential Prophylactic Helicobacter pylori Vaccine in the United States.

Identification, Recombinant Expression, and Biochemical Characterization of a Flavonol 3-O-Glucosyltransferase Clone from Citrus Paradisi.