Featured Publications

Addressing Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care Through Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) Policy

This policy brief by Alyce Adams and Mateen Ghassemi examines the financial burden experienced by cancer patients and their families, impacting around half of cancer survivors.

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International Comparison of Physician Incomes

Stanford Health Policy’s Maria Polyakova, PhD, and colleagues set out to measure how much doctors earn and, crucially, where their incomes fall within the overall income rankings of four wealthy countries: the US, Canada, Sweden, and the Netherlands

NBER Paper

Public Preschool Aids in Developmental, Learning-Related Diagnoses

New research by SIEPR and SHP scholars Adrienne Sabety and Maya Rossin-Slater shows how early exposure to public preschool benefits low-income children with behavioral and developmental conditions.

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Study Finds Gaza Violent Death Toll Likely 35% Higher Than Official Estimates

A Study by Eran Bendavid in The Lancet Global Health finds the number of violent deaths in the Gaza Strip in the first year of the conflict with Israel was underreported

The Lancet Global Health Study

Promoting Fairness in Screening Programs for Late-Career Practitioners

SHP's Michelle Mello argues there are late-career physician programs that can balance patient safety with procedural fairness.

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Guidance for Clinicians Navigating Conflicting Vaccination Recommendations

SHP’s Michelle Mello and former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky offer recommendations to clinicians struggling to follow new vaccine guidelines.

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Post COVID-19 Hypertension: A Longitudinal Study of 40,000 Incarcerated Adults

SHP researchers and colleagues at the California Correctional Health Care Services find that COVID-19 is associated with significant increases in hypertension incidence in the large, racially and ethnically diverse prison population.

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When AI Algorithms Decide Whether Your Insurance Will Cover Your Care

In this Health Affairs study, Stanford researchers examine the promises of efficiency and risks of supercharged flaws in the race to use artificial intelligence in health care.

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Publications

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

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

Working Papers

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

NBER Working Paper, 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

Journal Articles

Preferences for Dialysis Withdrawal and Engagement in Advance Care Planning within a Diverse Sample of Dialysis Patients.

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2009

Journal Articles

Use of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators for Primary Prevention in the Community: Do Women and Men Equally Meet Trial Enrollment Criteria?

American Heart Journal, 2009

Journal Articles

Approach to Improving Quality: the Role of Quality Measurement and a Case Study of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Pediatric Quality Indicators

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2009

Journal Articles

Addressing Financial Toxicity in Cancer Care Through Medical Financial Assistance (MFA) Policy

International Comparison of Physician Incomes

Public Preschool Aids in Developmental, Learning-Related Diagnoses

Study Finds Gaza Violent Death Toll Likely 35% Higher Than Official Estimates

Promoting Fairness in Screening Programs for Late-Career Practitioners

Guidance for Clinicians Navigating Conflicting Vaccination Recommendations

Post COVID-19 Hypertension: A Longitudinal Study of 40,000 Incarcerated Adults

When AI Algorithms Decide Whether Your Insurance Will Cover Your Care

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

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

Economic Incentives to Promote Innovation in Healthcare Delivery

Fetuin-A and Change in Body Composition in Older Persons

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

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

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.

Preferences for Dialysis Withdrawal and Engagement in Advance Care Planning within a Diverse Sample of Dialysis Patients.

Improving Chronic Illness Care: A Longitudinal Cohort Analysis of Large Physician Organizations.

Associations Between Intensity of Child Welfare Involvement and Child Development among Young Children in Child Welfare

Medicare’s Policy Not To Pay For Treating Hospital-Acquired Conditions: The Impact

Health Care Cost Growth Among the Privately Insured

Systematic Review: Elective Induction of Labor Versus Expectant Management of Pregnancy

New, but Not Improved? Incorporating Comparative-Effectiveness Information into FDA Labeling

A Randomized Trial of Computer-based Reminders and Audit and Feedback to Improve HIV Screening in a Primary Care Setting

Use of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators for Primary Prevention in the Community: Do Women and Men Equally Meet Trial Enrollment Criteria?

Lumbar facet joint pain: time to hit the reset button.

Laparoscopy in Women with Unexplained Infertility: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Bar Charts Enhance Bland-Altman Plots when Value Ranges are Limited.

Approach to Improving Quality: the Role of Quality Measurement and a Case Study of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Pediatric Quality Indicators

Inequality in Treatment Use Among Elderly Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: USA, Belgium and Quebec

Assessing the Value of a Diagnostic Test

Grading the Strength of a Body of Evidence When Comparing Medical Interventions

Comparing Safety Climate Between Two Populations of Hospitals in the United States