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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

Preliminary assessment of pediatric health care quality and patient safety in the United States using readily available administrative data

Pediatrics, 2008

Journal Articles

Is Adolescent Smoking Related to the Density and Proximity of Tobacco Outlets and Retail Cigarette Advertising Near Schools?

Preventative Medicine, 2008

Journal Articles

The Cost Effectiveness of Counseling Strategies to Improve Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

Medical Decision Making, 2008

Journal Articles

Unemployment Among Women: Examining the Relationship of Physical and Psychological Intimate Partner Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008

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

Preliminary assessment of pediatric health care quality and patient safety in the United States using readily available administrative data

Is Adolescent Smoking Related to the Density and Proximity of Tobacco Outlets and Retail Cigarette Advertising Near Schools?

Women's Suffrage, Political Responsiveness, and Child Survival in American History

Intensity of Renal Support for Acute Kidney Injury in the Critically Ill

Health Plan Performance Measurement: Does it Affect Quality of Care for Medicare Managed Care Enrollees?

Health Care Reform Requires Accountable Care Systems

A Menu Without Prices

The Cost Effectiveness of Counseling Strategies to Improve Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Among Men Who Have Sex With Men

Using Health Information Technology to Improve Hypertension Management

Improving Communication in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Using Daily Goal Sheets

The Impact of Chronic Hepatitis C and Co-Morbid Illnesses on Health-Related Quality of Life

A Quantitative Assessment of a Methodology for Collaborative Specification and Evaluation of Clinical Guidelines

Unemployment Among Women: Examining the Relationship of Physical and Psychological Intimate Partner Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Timeliness of Care in Veterans with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, Spring 2008 Issue

Implementing Effective Hypertension Quality Improvement Strategies: Barriers and Potential Solutions

Variation in Experts' Beliefs about Lung Cancer Growth, Progression, and Prognosis

Individual differences in insular sensitvity during loss anticipation predict avoidance learning

Common Polymorphisms of ALOX5 and ALOX5AP and Risk of Coronary Artery Disease

Modeling the Logistics of Response to Anthrax Bioterrorism

An Overview of Patient Safety Climate in the VA

Systematic Review: The Effects of Growth Hormone on Athletic Performance

Who Really Pays for Health Care? The Myth of "Shared Responsibility"

Prevalence of Nonpolypoid (Flat and Depressed) Colorectal Neoplasms in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Adults

Cost-effectiveness of cervical cancer screening with human papillomavirus DNA testing and HPV-16,18 vaccination