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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

Reducing Mortality from Anthrax Bioterrorism: Strategies for Stockpiling and Dispensing Medical and Pharmaceutical Supplies

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, 2006

Journal Articles

Public health policy for cervical cancer prevention: the role of decision science, economic evaluation, and mathematical modeling

Vaccine, 2006

Working Papers

Initial Clinical Evaluation of a Handheld Device for Detecting Retained Surgical Gauze Sponges Using Radiofrequency Identification Technology

Archives of Surgery, 2006

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

Acquisition of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Rhesus Macaques is Most Consistent with Oral-Oral Transmission

Declining Mortality in Patients with Acute Renal Failure, 1988-2002

Data withholding and the next generation of scientists: Results of a national survey

A Guide to Economic Evaluation: Methods for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Person-Level Data

Expanded HIV Screening in the United States: Effect on Clinical Outcomes, HIV Transmission, and Costs

Cost of Inpatient Rehabilitation Care in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Gender: A Meta-Analysis of Population-Based Prevalence Surveys

New Directions for Public Health Care Purchasers? Responses to Looming Challenges

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, fall 2006 issue

Rapid HIV Testing at home: Does it Solve a Problem or Create One?

Feasibility and Cost-Effectiveness of Treating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Cohort Study in the Philippines

Reducing Mortality from Anthrax Bioterrorism: Strategies for Stockpiling and Dispensing Medical and Pharmaceutical Supplies

Public health policy for cervical cancer prevention: the role of decision science, economic evaluation, and mathematical modeling

Pediatric Anthrax: Implications for Bioterrorism Preparedness

Estimating the cost of cervical cancer screening in five developing countries

Anthrax: A Systematic Review of Atypical Presentations

Bare-Metal Stent Outcomes in an Unselected Patient Population

Effects of Quality Improvement Strategies for Type 2 Diabetes on Glycemic Control: A Meta-Regression Analysis

CHP/PCOR Quarterly Update, summer 2006 issue

Health Economics for 'Reform' (in Japanese)

Leveraging Change: Educational Opportunities in Information Technology Implementation

Initial Clinical Evaluation of a Handheld Device for Detecting Retained Surgical Gauze Sponges Using Radiofrequency Identification Technology

Quality Improvement Strategies for Hypertension Management: A Systematic Review

Is health insurance affordable for the uninsured?

Do Mandates Requiring Insurers To Pay For Emergency Care Influence The Use of the Emergency Department?