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

Child Poverty and the Promise of Human Capacity: Childhood as a Foundation for Healthy Aging

Academic Pediatrics, 2016

Books

The Economics of Women’s Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Life Cycle Approach

World Scientific Handbook of Global Health Economics and Public Policy: The Economics of Health and Health Systems, 2016

Commentary

The Grand Divergence in Global Child Health: Confronting Data Requirements in Areas of Conflict and Chronic Political Instability

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics, 2016

Journal Articles

Prospective Analysis of Health and Mortality Risk in Veteran and Non-Veteran Participants in the Women's Health Initiative

Women's Health Issues, 2015

Journal Articles

Racial Differences in Awareness of the Affordable Care Act and Application Assistance Among Low-Income Adults in Three Southern States

SAGE, 2015

Journal Articles

Defibrillator implantations for primary prevention in the United States: Inappropriate care or inadequate documentation: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data ICD Registry

Heart Rhythm, 2015

Journal Articles

Out-of-pocket health expenditures and antimicrobial resistance in low-income and middle-income countries: an economic analysis

Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2015

Journal Articles

Why highly polluting methods are used to manufacture bricks in Bangladesh

Energy for Sustainable Development, 2015

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

Child Poverty and the Promise of Human Capacity: Childhood as a Foundation for Healthy Aging

The Economics of Women’s Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Life Cycle Approach

The Grand Divergence in Global Child Health: Confronting Data Requirements in Areas of Conflict and Chronic Political Instability

Cost-Effectiveness of Integrating Tobacco Cessation Into Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment.

Population Policy: Abortion and Modern Contraception are Substitutes

Regulation of Insurance with Adverse Selection and Switching Costs: Evidence from Medicare Part D

The Gendered Spillover Effect of Young Children's Health on Human Capital: Evidence from Turkey

Legal and Policy Interventions to Improve Patient Safety

Prevalence and Characteristics of Physicians Prone to Malpractice Claims

Reporting of health practitioners by their treating practitioner under Australia’s national mandatory reporting law

Hospital Utilization and Costs Among Preterm Infants by Payer: Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2009.

The Choice Between Total Hip Arthroplasty and Arthrodesis in Adolescent Patients: A Survey of Orthopedic Surgeons

Measurement Is Essential for Improving Diagnosis and Reducing Diagnostic Error

Antibiotic Use in Cold and Flu Season and Prescribing Quality

Prospective Analysis of Health and Mortality Risk in Veteran and Non-Veteran Participants in the Women's Health Initiative

Evaluating the Productivity of VA, NIH, and AHRQ Health Services Research Center Development Awardees

Physician spending and subsequent risk of malpractice claims: observational study

Improving the global health workforce crisis: an evaluation of Global Health Corps

Peer-Review Fraud: Hacking the Scientific Publication Process

Less Physician Practice Competition Is Associated With Higher Prices Paid For Common Procedures

Quality of Life and Economic Outcomes of Assessing Fractional Flow Reserve With Computed Tomography Angiography

Racial Differences in Awareness of the Affordable Care Act and Application Assistance Among Low-Income Adults in Three Southern States

Defibrillator implantations for primary prevention in the United States: Inappropriate care or inadequate documentation: Insights from the National Cardiovascular Data ICD Registry

Out-of-pocket health expenditures and antimicrobial resistance in low-income and middle-income countries: an economic analysis

Why highly polluting methods are used to manufacture bricks in Bangladesh